gorangers0525
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It's more so AV's stubbornness to get past the left/right side crap. As long as he's here, he'll continue to play Girardi with McDonagh just because of the handedness and the side he plays.
No Ranger fan will argue that they would rather have Cementfeet McGee over Cam Fowler on their top pairing. It's just a matter of it having zero chance of happening with the moron behind the bench in NY.
I'd actually like to thank you, because you're one of a few people who actually understands that advanced statistics are all a matter of context. It's exactly why I haven't bothered to go crazy trying to read and understand them. There are so many variables (most notably quality of linemates - which to me almost negates the point of having these stats if they're not going to properly quantify how their performance affects said player in question's said statstic) that are not properly evaluated and included in the breakdown of the analytics. There are so many things that can go wrong with a said play down to the most smallest detail that one would think of that could affect a play that could change these statistics for the better or worse.
With that said, they're in the early stages. Maybe years down the road, they fix these problems and the stats become so advanced that all variables are accounted for.
I won't argue any of that. I watch bits of ducks hockey. As someone who has had the center ice package since 2002 and access to out of market games since 1998, I can only begin to tell you just how hard it is to watch all of the other teams on a regular basis.
I can guarantee you right now that 95% (at the very least) of the people on this website are lying through their teeth when it comes to how much they watch said player. Whether it's because of pride and wanting to look like they know everything, because after all, HF is a pissing contest of hockey intelligence, or whether it's just the simple desire to want to be included and not look stupid in said conversations, people will jump aboard what I call the HF Mob Mentality. They will see someone say something about a said player regardless of whether it's true or false and if enough people say it, others and soon everyone will believe it to be true.
Which is exactly why when it comes to these boards and "player value", unless it's something absolutely outlandish or can be proven by recent past history, I always claim to not know value because no one here does. Then again, like I said before, at least 95% of the people on here will feed you BS about how much they watch the player that's being discussed if he's not on their team.
I had someone telling me that Rick Nash's game changed, but couldn't give me details on a game to game basis, went straight to selke voting, which is a flawed system to begin with.
I know it's annoying, but I wouldn't get bent out of shape over it. Long story short, I'd take Fowler and I may not agree with him being a #2 (personally I think he's a very good #3, but how am I going to quantify that other than it being my opinion from my own personal eye test?) but he doesn't fit here at all and especially not for Hayes AND Miller.
The variability of an individual play is meaningless when you consider a large sample size. Context goes out the window when it's the same deal no matter the competition, teammate, etc. People act like these variables aren't considered with these stats...they are, and heavily.
So he's only gotten worse offensively and hasn't improve at all defensively? 
That would explain why he's been bumped up the D-pairings over the years... you know, because he's only getting worse. 
