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Originally Posted by GGG
How do those % compare with other 6th defensemen in the league though. Inherently playing with a better defensemen on your own team should raise your corsi given constant level of competition.
Also why is your 6th defensemen playing with your 1st defensmen. Is it against better comp or worse comp. This is a great example of advanced stats being used without any context. They do show a trend but is this trend unique to Engelland or common for 6th defensmen around the league.
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Corsi numbers also don't take into account how a player is used. Engelland started 26.9% in the offensive zone and 31.5% in the defensive zone, so it's reasonable to assume that this partially accounts for low corsi numbers. Advanced stats are useful but don't tell the full picture in isolation.
Engellands advanced stats can be found on
http://www.extraskater.com/player/31/deryk-engelland if anyone is interested.