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Originally Posted by Inferno
They're two completely different models.
The problem with his player one is he's just making an offensive rating and defensive rating and rating the players by the sum. You can get away with being mediocre defensively and still win the Calder if you score enough points.
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And the further problem with that is that defensive ratings for individual players are often out to lunch. Measuring the defensive contribution of an individual skater is
the toughest analytical problem in hockey. Some progress has been made, but I don't believe anyone has solved it yet.