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Originally Posted by timbit
Andersson had by far the most PP points amongst Flames D and was 20th for D in the entire league.
He’ll be on the PP.
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This got me looking at points for defensemen, and what I discovered is almost unbelievable. Here are the Flames' D, in league ranking for EVPs last season:
11) Weegar - 39 (tied with Fox)
18) Hanifin - 34 (tied with McAvoy and Ekblad)
33) Andersson - 30
38) Kylington - 28
40) Tanev - 28
68) Zadorov - 22
Our 6 D were all in the top 75 (including ties) for even strength points last year, and 5 were in the top 40. With 32 teams, top 64 is theoretically top pairing (though of course, it doesn't actually work that way).
Not only is that amazing, but it's also kind of hilarious, because the general - almost universal - view is that the Flames' D is solid defensively, but not that great offensively.