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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I never knew that GAR is the go to stat for everything hockey. I'm not saying that Zadorov has been good, but GAR just like most stats is a subjective look at what makes a player better than a replacement player.
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Wait what's subjective about it? It's just numbers. If anything, the eye test is far more subjective.
Zadorov has a +0.8 even strength defensive GAR, which is decent — the 118th-best in the league.
Unfortunately, his -1.4 even strength offensive GAR is the 27th-worst in the league and almost singlehandedly tanks his value. This has been the story with Zadorov for years. He is completely unable to push play, especially when he has the puck.
It doesn't matter if a player is decent defensively if he's a black hole offensively.