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Originally Posted by jemjey
Thanks for the explanation. Without your enlightened post, I could never have guessed it would be easier to score 5 on 4 than 5 on 5... You're saying 4 is less than 5??? What a fantastic contribution.
So you're saying Stone's PK prowess should be factored in, but Johnny's PP prowess shouldn't? Like you said, it's about overall game. Seems to me power plays are just as much a part of the game as penalty killing (Why, it's almost as if for every power play, there's a penalty kill - perhaps you could explain?).
What I'm saying is not that Stone's defensive ability is meaningless, but that it IS NOT of more value than Johnny' offensive ability. Like I said, it goes to the best rookie, not the best defensive rookie, so defensive ability is just as (not more) valuable as offensive ability. Saying johnny deserves it less because he plays more PP is, frankly, dim.
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The problem is that Stone has 62 points, and Johnny has 64.
Your post is 100% correct IF Johnny has 64 points, and Stone had like 40 points, and we're trying to argue that PK time and defensive ability makes up for the fact that there's a 20+ point gap. But we're not. Stone has matched Johnny's offensive ability completely (depending on the last game), and has objectively better defensive statistics - like PK time.
Again, I'm doing this for the sake of argument. I think Johnny should win - but I think it's a lot closer than you're envisioning.