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Originally Posted by New Era
Since this stat is based off of subjective measures, such as what is a take away/give away or what is a hit, why not just say who is soft and who has grit?
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Because then you could make whoever you want gritty or not gritty? Those second assists can be kind of iffy, so screw points, why not just say who's a good scorer and who isn't?
E.g. Alex Tanguay is a gritty guy who but he's no good offensively. Tim Jackman is a soft guy who scores a lot. Because I said so. Q.E.D.
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I like the idea of compiling the stat using road games only, and also the idea of correcting the stat with a puck-possession factor. However, those two changes will only fix two of the most obvious problems with a ginned-up number that, I'm afraid, doesn't really mean anything.
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It might mean something. It hasn't really been proven meaningless or meaningful.