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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'd pump the breaks if you're suggesting Giordano hasn't been very good this year.
His production is off, but league wide in other key stats ...
31st in CF% (1st)
48th in Shot splits (2)
25th in xGF% (1)
49th in SCF% (2nd)
56th in HDCF% (2nd)
And even production ... he's still generating
ixG/60 36th
iSCF/60 22nd
iShot/60 18th
iHDCF/60 59th
Really the only difference is the puck isn't going in this year. The guy is still an elite top pairing defenseman by almost any measure.
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Perhaps I'm misunderstanding those statistics, but don't they suggest that Giordano has been playing to the level of a ~average #2 defenceman rather than an elite #1/Norris Trophy calibre defenceman?
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