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Originally Posted by BigFlameDog
Wrong...
...and poke checking and stick lifting is defensive play so you can't really say "asides from"
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Yeah, what do you call "defensive play"? You can prevent the other team from getting chances to score in a number of ways.
When Gaudreau is on the ice, Flames' opponents get 29.74 shots on goal per 60 minutes. That's 11th on the flames, about equal with Hudler. How much of that is Johnny and how much is the other guys on the ice? How much is quality of competition? It's possible to figure that out, I'm not going to do the leg work at the moment, but just on the bare face of it, he's middle of the pack on his own team. If you want to look at shot attempts against instead he moves up to 9th.