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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I'm not upset. I just question the necessity of trading even a middling pick for somebody like Forbort whose counting stats have been nothing short of replacement level over the last four seasons. These types of players can be found on waivers dozens of times a year.
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I'm an advanced stats fan, but I do wonder about it's ability to really gauge defensive d-men and truly adjust for competition and zone starts.
The Point Hockey had some interesting Forbort stats on twitter for last season.
EV DZ Outlet Passes - 10.1 per game (7th in the league)
EV DZ Puck Battles Won - 2.2 per game (15th in the league)
EV DZ Stick Checks - 1.5 per game (7th in the league)
Now I know you need to be careful with micro-stats like these but those all feel like areas that the Flames need help in.
Plus I think the value is fine. Here are two L.A Kings D-men at 5v5 over the last three seasons:
Player A:
TOI: 3121
CF%: 48.0%
HDCF%: 47.5%
xGF%: 46.8%
Zone Starts: 48.1%
Goals: 12
Points: 30
Player B:
TOI: 3020
CF%: 48.4%
HDCF%: 47.3%
xGF%: 46.7%
Zone Starts: 45.4%
Goals: 3
Points: 31
Player A is Alec Martinez and cost the Knights two second round picks. Player B is Derek Forbort and he cost the Flames a 4th.
He's not going to be a gamebreaker, but it's not bad value.