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Originally Posted by IgiTang
Is he not the NHL leader in shot blocks still? Does that not count for something anymore?
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Not really, at least not as a stand alone stat.
If you give the puck away 100 times a game and rack up big shot blocking totals that is not an impressive feat.
Likewise if you take the puck away from the other team and keep it from them so you have a very low shot block totals it isn't a bad thing.
Unfortunately for Russell his high shot blocking totals come from the first example and are at worst as much of a negative as a positive and likely more of a sign of how much issues he has in his own end that he is forced to block so many shots rather than controlling the puck.