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Originally Posted by Bingo
Some further digging.
There is little doubt that the Giordano/Hamilton duo would benefit from Hamilton throwing everything to net; their CF would jump and with that their CF%.
This doesn't say that their suppression would change at all though, the heat maps are what they are, they don't allow much to get near the net and are excellent at suppression.
Looking at straight on ice counting stats Hamilton was league wide for CF last season averaging 71.6 events for per 60 minutes of ice time. Giordano not surprisingly was second with 71.3. The next closest dman was Brett Burns (not a shock) at 68.5, followed by Josi at 67.8.
On the suppression side of things the duo was still pretty dominant however ...
Giordano was ranked 11th league wide at 52.3 attempts against per 60 minutes of ice time. Hamilton was 15th at 52.7 attempts/60.
Some good news? Noah Hanifin (with sheltering) was 6th at 50.7/60 minutes
There is literally no way to discredit the Giordano/Hamilton pairing.
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Except for their team's winning %
3 of the top 15 shot suppression d-men from teams that lost 8 and 10 more games than they won.
I expect that with the Flames winning a lot more games and playing with a lead far more often Gio and Hanifin will see a big drop in shot suppression rankings as other teams will be out-shooting the Flames in desperation in the 3rd period.
where is the list for shot suppression ranking?