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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
So let me get this straight.
Butler is a good defensive defenseman that is bad on offence?
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Wrong. Butler is an average bottom-pairing defenseman on a bad defensive team (I certainly would nor characterise that as "good").
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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
How does that explain the 41 goals (or 42% of all goals scored against the Flames this year) that have gone into the net while he is on the ice?
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Like this:
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Butler also leads the team in Short Handed time on ice, which doesn't help his GA.
Compared to other DMen on the team (who have played 20+ games).
Butler: 31 GA ES - 10 GA PK
Brodie: 28 GA ES - 8 GA PK
Wideman: 33 GA ES - 8 GA PK
Russell: 27 GA ES - 2 GA PK
SOB: 10 GA ES - 0 GA PK
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You very conveniently neglected to mention that Brodie (37%) and Wideman (42%) are within the same range as Butler when factoring in their ratio of total goals against. Way to cherry-pick, there.
Again, Butler's problem is average defense combined with poor offence, and the poor offence is in part a product of circumstances which do NOT favour production.