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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Having a good xGF/60 means you're doing your job on the ice offensively. If you aren't scoring, you're at least skating well, being in the right places, opening up the ice and creating opportunities for your linemates to score. If a having a good xGF/60 isn't translating into good point totals, it's typically a sign that you're going through a stretch of bad luck and things will eventually even out with enough playing time.
Dube needs to be better defensively than he has been this year. No question about that. But he's not just riding the coattails of his linemates offensively, he's working well with his linemates to create chances, and if he keeps at it, the goals will come.
Expressing frustration with a player is not the same thing as hate. I don't hate Monahan - the furthest thing from it. I celebrate with a money hands image every time he scores a goal!
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Not sure I 100% agree here.
Neither xGF or xGA means anything specifically to any one player. A guy like Frolik always had really good numbers but didn't drive things all that much; he just helped keep them in the offensive zone with support and was excellent in his own zone.
If you have a great xGF number you're probably doing a lot of the things you are talking about but it's an on ice stat and isn't particular to the player.
ixG/60 though is what you were expected to score individually and Dube is third on the team with 0.87/60. The kid is getting chances but is somewhat snake bit.
He's also 6th in individual shot attempts/60, 5th in individual scoring chances/60 and 4th in individual high danger chances /60
Have to think the puck is going to start going in.