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Originally Posted by cannon7
If you have a stat other than DZS% to demonstrate that, then I'll happily acknowledge it.
Miromanov saw a regular 5v5 shift with Weegar. Kylington, similarly, saw a regular 5v5 shift with Andersson. However, Weegar and Andersson saw additional shifts in the offensive zone as they were the Flames best offensively from the blueline (hence a lower DZS%) and also got a lot of shifts shorthanded.
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Sure offensive zone face off starts as a percentage.
Takes out changing on the fly and points directly to deployment by starting the player on a defensive zone face off.
Miromanov was only above Hanley since the trade deadline for offensive zone face off starts. If you want to shelter a player you don't start them in their own zone for a face off if you have the option.
But even putting that aside ... you don't play a player with your best defenseman if you want to shelter him as that best defenseman is doing all the heavy lifting.
I mean sure he could help cover up for mistakes like Tanev does, but it doesn't work long time to put a guy in your top four if he's a 6/7.
For a 20 game sample size Miromanov wasn't sheltered, and was treated like a top four (arguably top two) defenseman.