Okay I have one more attempt at clarity:
I went and took the 2012-13 stats and did the Hits + blocked + take-aways - give aways and just divided by games played. (KISS)
I took everyone who played 24 or more games for the teams.
I then set the limit for being soft was 1 net physical event per game for a forward. As Defense get more ice time and a greater opportunity for physical events (more blocked shoots that happen without intent) I set this to 1.5.
This analysis gave 96 soft players 3.2/ team - 76 forwards and 20 d-men.
Here is how they are distributed. I was wrong in that Detroit made the playoffs with 6 soft players.... which I thought was near impossible..
You can look at the distribution and interpret the results how you want---
team ---------- Pts ---------- goal diff ---------- soft player count
P - CHICAGO ---------- 77 ---------- 53 ---------- 2
Z - PITTSBURGH ---------- 72 ---------- 46 ---------- 1
Y - ANAHEIM ---------- 66 ---------- 22 ---------- 3
Y - MONTRÉAL ---------- 63 ---------- 23 ---------- 3
X - BOSTON ---------- 62 ---------- 22 ---------- 2
X - ST. LOUIS ---------- 60 ---------- 14 ---------- 1
X - LOS ANGELES ---------- 59 ---------- 15 ---------- 3
Y - VANCOUVER ---------- 59 ---------- 6 ---------- 4
X - TORONTO ---------- 57 ---------- 12 ---------- 2
Y - WASHINGTON ---------- 57 ---------- 19 ---------- 3
X - SAN JOSE ---------- 57 ---------- 8 ---------- 4
X - NY RANGERS ---------- 56 ---------- 18 ---------- 1
X - DETROIT ---------- 56 ---------- 9 ---------- 6
X - OTTAWA ---------- 56 ---------- 12 ---------- 4
X - MINNESOTA ---------- 55 ---------- -5 ---------- 4
X - NY ISLANDERS ---------- 55 ---------- 0 ---------- 3
COLUMBUS ---------- 55 ---------- 1 ---------- 2
WINNIPEG ---------- 51 ---------- -16 ---------- 3
PHOENIX ---------- 51 ---------- -6 ---------- 2
PHILADELPHIA ---------- 49 ---------- -8 ---------- 3
DALLAS ---------- 48 ---------- -12 ---------- 4
NEW JERSEY ---------- 48 ---------- -17 ---------- 4
BUFFALO ---------- 48 ---------- -18 ---------- 5
EDMONTON ---------- 45 ---------- -9 ---------- 7
CALGARY ---------- 42 ---------- -32 ---------- 5
CAROLINA ---------- 42 ---------- -32 ---------- 4
NASHVILLE ---------- 41 ---------- -28 ---------- 5
TAMPA BAY ---------- 40 ---------- -2 ---------- 1
COLORADO ---------- 39 ---------- -36 ---------- 1
FLORIDA ---------- 36 ---------- -59 ---------- 4
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