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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Gudbranson has become the poster child to illustrate the importance of situation, linemates, and quality of competition, when it comes to stats for defensemen.
Awful-fantastic-hideously awful over 3 years, on 3 different teams.
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Quite true. And this is why some analytics wonks think defensive defencemen are no good. They should be looking in the mirror and asking why their metrics for defensive play are no good. But spreadsheets don't have mirrors.