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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So in your mind:
1) hitting and blocking shots and winning or losing puck battles is a waste of effort? All hockey players should be striving to increase their shots on net and scoring stats? The team with the top two scorers (TB) should win at least most of the time. aside: only 19 of the top 30 scorers last year were on teams in the playoffs.
2) There is no statistical way to show that a player is soft relative to his peers and some players contribute to a team's effort in playing more physical?
3) the leader in the take-ways ( average of the top 30 Def - in 2012 40/yr) needs to weighted to be the equivalent of the leader in hits ( Average of the top 30 hitting D Men 190/yr) and blocked shots (top 30 average 160).
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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You're kidding, right?
Let's say, for the sake of argument, in any given game, the average number of hits is 20 and the average number of takeaways is 5. With your formula, a takeaway is worth just as much as a hit, even though the instance of them happening is much much less. But therein lies the question, is a takeaway just as important as a hit? Who the hell knows, it's so subjective and situational.