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Originally Posted by The Fonz
Recardo... ever stop to wonder why some of the best players in the league (you mentioned Couture) have low "RGI"s?
Because when they're on the ice, they have possession. When your team has possession of the puck, there is nobody for you to hit (unless you want to hit your own teammate)... and no shots for you to block (unless you want to block your own scoring chances)... which equals... low "RGI".
If you wanted it to be accurate, you'd measure:
Blocked Shots + Hits +/- Turnover Diff / Time Without Possession
Your equation you're running right now penalizes players that control the game.
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And they are great players.... They show up at the top of their teams and league scoring. It is obvious that a team needs several talented offensive players.... Maybe they have grit or maybe they don't need to have it.
However if you put up a team of 6 Patrick Kanes/ Eric Karlsons they lose the the LA kings in a playoff series 4 games straight.
On the 2013 Chicago Hawks they had Kane with a .7 RGI and Leddy with a 1.5 as their 2 softer players..... Maybe not as brutally big and hard to play against as the LA kings but nobody shying away.
The Kings had 3 softer players Carter, Williams and Scuderi.
I truly want Gaudreau to light up the league.... love the way Hudler (and Cammalleri and Tanguay) plays and see the value of Mason Raymond.
You put them on a line and expect the same degree of success that the Oilers are having with Eberle, RNH and Hall.
Once you have more than 3 they end up playing on the same line and become targets for getting run over.
Burke calls it Beef.... Players don't have to be that big... Andrew Shaw .. they just have to play big.