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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Thanks, that makes sense.
I was looking at it from the perspective of "you can't shoot if you don't have the puck," so not giving them the puck is more valuable than suppressing shots. Which led me to wonder if a guy like Makar doesn't rate favourably in shot suppression because the other team just doesn't have the puck enough to generate as many suppression opportunities.
I didn't realize the stat was simply a quantitative measure of shots against though (in other words, possession is intrinsically factored in).
Edit: Or... in even more other words, I was wrong lol.
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Weegar’s the best possession D on the team as well.
61.74 CF% (1)
68.7 CF/60 (5)
42.58 CA/60 (1)
61.57 FF% (1)
57.38 xGF% (2nd behind Tanev - 60.22%)
Shots For/60: 35.31 (2nd - Zadorov 36.88)
Weegar is only 7th among D in even strength Goals For/60 (2.59) but his expected GF/60 is 2.9 - which indicates to me that he’s focused on getting the puck up the ice and changing, and that he’s probably head manning the puck to guys who can’t finish.
Re: Makar - Makar’s 2.09 GA/60 is obviously elite, but he isn’t as good at controlling his own blue line, by a lot - so his 29.8 SA/60 is closer to Hanifin (29.3).
I’d guess because both guys are up in the play more often, and not in position to deny a zone entry.