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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
Giveaway and Takeaways are subjective and a different person scoring them could make all the difference in the world. That could be the difference for Hamilton. As for the others, their giveaways are close to the same or even down, so that shouldn't make one think that our system is broken and they have figured out how to neutralize it.
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Even though I already mentioned that factor, there's no way it would account for more than doubling of his ratio.
For those players who's giveaways are down, there's one explanation: Ice time. Russell and Wideman have played far fewer games for the club, and with much less ice time. They were essentially the top pairing after Gio went down last year.
And yes, the system is definitely broken if you're giving the puck away nearly twice the amount of the time that you take the puck back. You will always be playing on your heels and defending because of it. It is a recipe for failure, so it definitely needs to be addressed.