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Originally Posted by 8sPOT
What about the fact that Brodie and Gio both averaged 5 mins per game more in ice time? Or the fact that they would more often than not be lining up against the other teams best players? Not sure those stats really portray how good a player is defensively.
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That is why you normalize for per 60 minutes.
Also why I included the defensive zone face offs and their quality of competition - which were both very similar.