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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
In tight games he fails the eye test to me. Lots of bad passes and poor plays with the puck on his stick in the offensive zone. However he's an advanced stats darling so I guess he's not that bad.
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I'd like to demystify "advanced stats" in his case.
He's a defense first defenseman so you only truly notice him when a mistake happens. But the numbers suggest bad things just don't happen when he's on the ice.
Nothing fancy or advanced about that (not speaking to you directly).
3rd in the league for shot attempts against
1st in the league for shots against
4th in the league for expected goals against (a touch fancier)
6th in the league for scoring chances against
8th in the league for high danger against
Those are just counts, no bias, no magic.
Elite defenseman.