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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
There absolutely is high, medium and low danger zones on the ice an it's undeniable.
Now, not every shot from a high danger zone has the same chance of going in as other shots from a high danger zone, but on average your chances of scoring from high danger zone are much better than scoring on a shot from a medium or low danger zone.
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Have to disagree. Having someone either skilled at dealing off the puck to high scoring areas AND/OR having team defense not controlling the passing lanes on a regular basis greatly changes the averages.
That is why coaches go to great lengths to match up defensemen who control the passing lanes against the other teams skilled puck movers/ shooters lines.
Gaudreau/ Monahan would dominate even more than they do if they get out against the other teams non-defense players.
I do not have any fancy stats to back it up (except for +/-) but I would venture to guess that there a lot more quality scoring chances generated against the Flames top-defense pair and best defense line than average. This puts extra pressure on the goalie to be outstanding.
Inference from playing time suggests that Hamilton is really bad at controlling passing lanes as he does not get put out on the PK.