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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Andersson leads by exactly 1.5 mins of ATOI. But I think one of the really significant things about Andersson's numbers is that he has actually played significantly low minutes for a #1 defenseman. The Flames are one of only four teams along with Boston, NYI and Seattle with not a single player averaging 23 mins of ice time. One of the great stories of this season has been the balance throughout the lineup.
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Ran some numbers ...
The Flames have the tightest standard deviation between their six defensemen of any team in the league.
Calgary
Islanders
Montreal
Philly
Anaheim
Interesting that Calgary is the only playoff team in that bunch, and the rest can pretty much just play everyone and let the season wind down.
That's a huge advantage.
On the other side ... wide standard deviation ...
Dallas
Ottawa
Edmonton
Nashville
St. Louis