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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Thanks, I needed a good laugh. Brad and Brian must have you on speed dial then huh? It's been pointed out time after time but the metrics you use for your index are way to subject and vary wildly from arena to arena. How do you explain that giveaways and takeaways are rarely equal on a game by game basis? Shouldn't every giveaway result in a takeaway? LET. IT. GO.
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Ricardo's "grit index" is garbage. Total, unadulterated garbage.
However, it needs to be pointed out that the "giveaway" and "takeaway" statistics in the NHL are not two sides to the same on-ice event. They are different events altogether, that occasionally happen to overlap. A "giveaway" can occur if a player throws a blind pass up the middle that lands on the stick of an opposing player, but this is not a "takeaway." A "takeaway" can often occur when a player forechecks hard, lifts the stick, and strips the puck, but this again does not necessarily constitute a "giveaway" for the other player. Sometimes a "giveaway" and a "takeaway" are recorded for the same event, but this is not necessarily so all the time, and for good reason it is not a reflection of the subjectivity of these particular statistics.