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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I think you need to look into the numbers a bit further as well.
Dallas is #3 team in CF% in the league right now (behind LA and Ana), but in these past few games with Russell getting tons of ice (basically the last 5, played relatively low minutes in his first game there) they've had very bad Corsi numbers overall.
Two games barely over 50% against Montreal and New Jersey and then three games below 45% - Ottawa, St.Louis and Chicago. So Russell may be doing better than his teammates, but the overall team performance is down.
But hard to say how much of that is due to Russell and how much is other factors - Klingberg's injury, etc.
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True but that's why I focus on CF%Relative
Good possession team with an injury isn't as good as usual, but he's still #1 on the team in a 7 game sample size (which is small)
A team that has great numbers and you're the best can't be ignored, he's doing his part.
I just think it opens up analytics to a whole new layer ... systems, usage, quality of teammates.
You can't just hit sort on a spreadsheet to find diamonds in the rough.
Of course if Russell blows a tire, Boedeker the same and Prince finds it the whole argument is moot.