09-05-2014, 09:56 AM
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NHL.com rates best Defensemen - Gio in at #9
Top 14 defensemen excel at both ends of the ice
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9. Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames, 20 points
2013-14: 14 goals, 47 points, 64 games played
Perhaps no player in the NHL benefited from the advent of advanced statistics to show the merits of his game last season more than Giordano. According to stats.hockeyanalysis.com, there were nine Flames forwards who played at least 200 minutes at 5-on-5 with Giordano. All nine saw their Corsi-for percentage, measuring shot attempts for and against, plunge dramatically when they were on the ice without Giordano. The average drop was a whopping 11.1 percent. On top of that, Giordano had the third-highest points-per-game average among NHL defensemen, behind only Karlsson and Keith.
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