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Originally Posted by Bingo
I've never seen it tabulated but Amber from TSN was suggesting Hamilton let Giordano hustle back for the puck way more than the 50% that most pairings would strive for.
If that was the case, and players noticed it ... potential issue.
I certainly didn't count though.
Does it matter? Not a whole lot. But if you have a few of these things I'd guess it would start to build in a dressing room.
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Was going to post this in another thread, but maybe this is a better place. I saw these charts in an Athletic article comparing Hanifin's progress over the last two years. Out of curiosity I ran them for Hamilton's last two years and was shocked to see that nearly every metric for Hamilton dropped last year compared to previous years. The only exceptions relate to personal shot attempts. Even looking at counting stats, goals are up last year but assists and points are down.
Was curious to see if the smarter analytics crowd had any insight to this. Was also curious if this change began part way through the year when Freddie was traded. I recall comments that Dougie played some of his best hockey after the trade, but the stats imply to me (who knows nothing about analytics) that he became much more focused on his own goals and less on the team. Perhaps he turned his back on the team a little?
I'd love the perspectives of the analytics savvy posters such as Bingo.
