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Originally Posted by Ashasx
FO% has little to no impact on Corsi.
Backlund averaged 686 faceoffs taken in the last 2 seasons. His current faceoff % is 48.6, which means he would be expected to win 333 of these 686 faceoffs.
If he improved his faceoff percentage to be exactly 50/50, he would be expected to win 343 faceoffs, and increase of 10 faceoffs over the course of a season, or 0.122 per game.
As long as you are probably within a reasonable range of the average (50%, so probably within 2-3%), FO% really isn't that important and is probably one of the most overrated stats in the game right now.
Unless you are drawing in a 40% or something like McDavid, it really doesn't have a noticeable impact.
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Ya, I was just trying to highlight that what really matters are his advanced stats. Pointing to his (not that bad) FO% while not acknowledging his Corsi and defensive zones starts just seems disingenuous to me.