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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I don't think it relates to QoC as much as it does with suppressing chances against, and impacting the partner's play. I honestly don't have the formula, but it's easy to discount data just because you don't agree with it. It's another perspective, and you can treat it whichever way you see fit.
I added it because it fit my eye test. I didn't think Hanifin impacted the game enough defensively, and the Hanifin - Andersson pairing had a quite high xGA/60 throughout the season. He had a lot more success when paired with Tanev, but in a smaller sample size.
As for comparing him to Troy Terry. There are probably around 30D I'd rather have ahead of Hanifin. With about 20-30 more I think are on the same level as him. Troy Terry I see in the 15-20 range of RW's with the likes of Konecny, and DeBrincat, and Meier.
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But I'm not discounting data, mainly because I don't see any data - just conclusions on vague categories. "Defensive impact" is a meaningless category unless there's some sort of correlation with actual events and results which have been calculated.