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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
My point exactly. These silly fancy stats really mean nothing when you do comparisons between players and actually apply the eyeball test. There is no one on this planet, outside of Edmonton, that is going to argue that McDavid or Draisaitl play defense, care about defense, or can even spell defense. These stats are BS and have been since Oiler fans started dreaming them up to claim Hemsky was a superstar, Horcoff was a number one center, and Conklin was better than Brodeur. It is sad how many people have been sucked into these empty measures.
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Did you even look at the graphs i posted a post after you? of course you didn't! You had your mind made up already. Those fancy stats show McDavid at 3% for Defense, and Draisaitl at 0%. You just needed a reason to criticize another tool - stats. You do that with everything that doesn't fit your opinion, and frankly it gets old.
People aren't suggesting trading Monahan for a bag of pucks. People are saying that a GM wouldn't want to overpay for Monahan after the season he had. He won't get a return strictly based on offensive career averages. It doesn't matter what you use, the eye test or fancy stats, they both suggest that Monahan's stock comes with a high risk.