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Originally Posted by cannon7
Ok, bro.
Erik Karlsson had 44.8% defensive zone starts, is he amazeballs defensively, too?
DZS% is almost meaningless here. But hang your hat on it if you must.
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Nobody is using DZS% as a measure of how good a player is defensively.
But if you get the majority of your starts in the defensive zone, it shows that your coach is not sheltering you from defensive responsibilities. That dog won't hunt.
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