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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
so you do agree
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I still think it's a good stat because it highlights certain players for having a deficiency.
I was predicting a Yamamoto decline after his big year because his expected to actual was huge, and his on ice shooting percentage near the top of the league.
Was wrong on Draisaitl though, as he has sustained it.
Ritchie is doing a lot of things right to have such great expected goals against, so that's a good stat.
And he wouldn't get the high % split if he wasn't part of a group creating some good chances offensively too. But he himself, and pretty much who ever he's played with lack of the offensive talent to finish, so the gap with actual goals is huge.
But none of that takes away the fact that as a fourth liner he'd be popular with Sutter because not a lot bad happens when he's on the ice.