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Originally Posted by ricardodw
A hit, a blocked shot and a Take-away and a give away are all hockey events. Why in the world would you feel a need to make a takeaway and give away worth 5 hits? or 4 Blocked shots?
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I admit I am cherry picking here, but I will respond to this one part of the argument: Because not every event is of equal value. Would you give scoring a goal and winning a faceoff equal weight?
Hell, even by itself one hit is not necessarily as valuable as another hit. You can be credited for a hit for tapping a guy after he's passed the puck and the play has gone up the ice. That is worthless. Or if you were Cal Clutterbuck in Minnesota, you'd get credit for a hit without actually hitting someone.
Also, how do you quantify this?