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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
are you comfortable with the mobility of the top pair if it's gio - rasmus? Believe me I love both guys, I think they're both smart and know how to positionally play. Now to your point, Gio and Andersson did play together as the top pair but for me I have some questions about that for a season and playoffs - just from the mobility pov. I have no doubt about their other abilities.
Plus maybe the aggregate of their strengths are perfect for a top pair but to me that is my immediate question about running those two as the top pair.
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Giordano-Andersson was a pairing for 276:30 last season. In those minutes:
MG/RA vs MG/TJ
CF%: 54.91% vs 53.32%
FF%: 55.23% vs 52.12%
SF%: 54.64% vs 50.67%
SCF%: 56.20% vs 52.34%
HDCF%: 56.58% vs 51.00%
xGF%: 56.06% vs 53.13%
Granted, they did have a higher OZF% (54.50% vs 46.09%) but Giordano and Andersson formed an elite pairing last year.
Both their numbers were worse away from eachother. However, same thing can be said for Hanifin-Andersson as a pairing, who were also excellent as a pairing and had worse numbers away from eachother, which is why I want to keep them together so badly if Hanifin isn't traded.
However, based on Treliving's comment on 960 today, it sounds like the plan is for Andersson to play with Gio and for Tanev to be paired with one of the younger guys.