I get what you are trying to say but unless the stats are readily available, you can't really debate this in good faith... especially when you are pointing out specific stats to support your own claims.
It's not me here who's trying to make an argument though, it's you guys who are trying to sell an opinion backed with absolutely nothing for an argument.
I don't need any stats to debate cuz there's no debate.
Show me our transition struggled with something quantifiable and then we can debate.
And don't tell me you watched the games because I also watched the games...
So, the article I linked... you are 100% correct. It was indeed only ~6 games into the season. However, what we do know is the team struggled in pre-season and Pacioretty struggled all of last year. We can argue he's had longer droughts with Markov and Subban in the lineup, but the stats are there... those two guys were partially or wholly responsible for ~60% of his goal totals in the time frame examined.
Again, the article was 6 games into the season but in the end, Pacioretty scored ~52% less than prior years as an average. While he was a forward, losing Radulov also probably didn't help matters.
What stats are there? That Subban and/or Markov passed the puck to Pacioretty and he scored?
Do you know how many times Petry or whoever on that D passed to Pacioretty and he failed to score last year?
I mean, you're telling me he failed to score cuz he was not getting the puck but can you prove this?
Should I just believe what you're saying or how is this working?
As for your specific stat requests, a show of good faith would be to point me in the right direction to look at the stats or present the stats yourself to support your prior claim that the defence are regularly hitting those tape to tape passes and have high completion rates. What I can say though is advanced stats state the defence struggled:
Benn: 49.8% CF
Schlemko: 49.4% CF
Mete: 50.1% CF
Alzner: 49.8% CF
Weber: 54% CF
Petry: 52% CF
Of the main 6 last season, only 2 were above the team average of 50.2% CF. Mete was above 50% though so that isn't bad, especially as a rookie, but the defence as a group controlled play less than their counterparts.
I don't think you understand what CF% stands for.
First of all, it's not an individual stat it's a team stat.
And almost 50% for a guy like Alzner who starts the majority of his shifts in his own zone is great, there's nothing bad there!
That means the team usually shoots to the net as often as the opposition does when Alzner is on the ice.
If he would be as brutal as some here believe we would probably see it in numbers but somehow we don't...
What is with you and obsession with numbers? This is why I can’t stand advanced stats. People who know very little about the game think a fancy stat can backup any argument when it’s usually flawed. Nothing about my post had anything to do with numbers anyways. It had to do with common sense and how the game is played.
I'm not obsessed with numbers but your eye test is not something we can quantify.
How can we debate something that's subjective?
Just a few corrections. Niemi played close to half his games against non playoff teams, and because the opponent was Montreal, often with weaker lineups.
He actually played 20 games (as goalie of record) won 7 and lost 13 (4 in SO).
3.12 GAA .911 S%. Not sure why you're tooting his horn.
Close to half? I told you the exact number! There's no need to make it sound worse than it is in reality just to try and save face.
You didn't even bother to check the stats for the games he played for us and not his stats for the whole season...
He played in 19 games for us and finished the year with .929 Sv% and 2.46 GAA.