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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I am not surprised. Without seeing it my impression is that Ari has a tendency to view hockey within a pure statistical bubble.
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Yep. And you can never view a player in a complete vacuum. Someone's shot generation numbers will be influenced by the players they are on the ice with. Same goes for their shot suppression numbers. So on a team that had a bad year their shot generation and suppression numbers will go down. Goalies on a bad team will have their GAA and SV% affected by the fact their defense allows higher quality chances.
The stats only tell part of the story. A lot of stat watchers make the mistake of assuming a player with certain linemates will always perform that same way if they change teams, change linemates, etc. That is a pretty huge mistake to make. You can never get numbers that are not influenced and affected by the team they are on and the people they play with.
Brodie-Hamonic could be one of the best shutdown pairings in the entire league regardless of how bad his stats were last year.