I have to comment on my favourite per peeve - PDO for players. You started out fine, talking about team PDO. If team save % and shooting % are well above average then the team is on heater and is likely to cool off, though a good goaltender can add a permanent bias. I thought you were going to compare the Flames' team PDO to Vancouver and Boston. Are they lucky or unlucky?
Instead we get player PDO which to me is meaningless. Sharangovich doesn't play goal so it doesn't make sense to hang a poor save percentage on him. Could he contribute by bad defence? Perhaps, but aren't there much better ways to measure defensive prowess? We always say +/- is a poor stat since just being on the ice doesn't mean you contributed to the goal for or against. Likewise you shouldn't attribute save % to the player.
Now if we're using PDO just to say good or bad team things happen when he's on the ice without it reflecting on his individual performance, then I guess, but that's a pretty soft stat.
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