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Originally Posted by Vulcan
So comparing two players from two different teams means squat.
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Not at all. You just need to understand that context to use them properly. Weber is supposed to be an elite defenseman - even though the rest of Nashville's blue line is excellent and frankly quite underrated, his shortcomings in shot suppression should still raise eyebrows for a guy who's signed for huge dollars until Milliways. The fact that Nashville gets peppered with shots far more when he's on the ice compared to when he's on the bench is still useful information.
It's like if you just looked at shots against per 60 minutes when PK and Weber are on the ice at evens over the past 3 seasons - you'd notice they're pretty much the same. Weber's 117th in the NHL (among d-men with more than 2000 minutes played) and Subban's 122nd. But then you realize that Nashville is a top ten team at shot suppression over that period (8th) while Montreal is a bottom ten team (21st), so you'd actually expect Subban to be considerably worse given his teammates.
It's all just information, it's all helpful.