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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I remember seeing a stat a while ago that raised my eyebrows - Bergeron was nowhere close in playing tough minutes like Backlund was. That was a few seasons ago. I remember specifically that Bergeron had way more offensive zone starts, for instance.
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What gets lost in "offensive zone starts" is that over something like 70% of zone starts are on the fly.
So if a guy has 60% or 40% ozs, it doesn't really matter. It's the difference between 18% or 12% of your starts being an offensive zone faceoff.