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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Iginla does not block shots.... therefore he doesn't kill penalties..... feeds to a lower ARGI score. Point scoring is very very important.......
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Huh? Not following your logic there.
Blocking shots isn't necessarily a requirement for forwards killing penalties. A lot of it depends on the system. Take Michael Grabner. He's second among Isles forwards in PK time and he's 10th among Isles forwards in blocked shots.
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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So is physically controlling the game.....
Pittsburgh had far better scoring stats and Boston was far grittier. Boston 4 Pittsburgh 0. The Leafs are not nearly as talented as Pittsburgh but forced Boston to resort to a miracle on ice finish. Why? The ARGI might provide some insight as to why Toronto was better than Pittsburgh in the playoffs.
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I'll let you do the math on this one but Boston vs Pittsburgh. Hits/Blocked shots/takeaways/giveways.
Game 1: Bruins win 3-0
Pens: 34/10/9/8
Bruins: 19/11/5/1
Game 2: Bruins win 6-1
Pens: 37/9/5/12
Bruins: 19/16/5/2
Game 3: Bruins win 2-1
Pens: 46/24/10/8
Bruins: 34/25/13/10
Game 4: Bruins win 1-0
Pens: 33/12/1/8
Bruins: 29/19/5/11
The stats suggest that the Bruins were hardly grittier. As you can see, the Pens actually out hit the Bruins every game and by a significant margin. Blocked shots were generally pretty close except for the 6-1 game. Similar figures can be found in the LA vs Chicago series where LA outhit Chicago every game and blocked slightly less shots. Looking at the stats for both series, it seems the winner was generally the team that had the better takeaway/giveaway ratio.
In the regular season, I think Colorado had one the best "RGI" index score yet they were one of the worst teams in the league.