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Originally Posted by cannon7
Which data point was that? That he was "relatively sheltered"? My data point was he saw almost no time shorthanded, averaging 3 seconds a game. I posit there is some subjectivity to "relatively sheltered". But some claim there is an official NHL definition that exists somewhere maybe.
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It's a hockey stats sub culture term. They don't publish dictionaries.
But if you asked 100 hockey fans what sheltered means they'd likely have some or all of the following.
- weighted to offensive starts
- weighted to offensive face off starts
- playing less time against top opposition
- all of this five on five
If one agrees with that then Miromanov wasn't sheltered.
Bringing up shorthanded time, to me, is a complete red herring.
If you want to discuss defensive ability of the team's defensemen without the word sheltered then you may/could have a point (though a player could be more suited defensively to five on five play).
And this is from a guy that isn't suggesting the player is destined to be a top four defenseman.
But in my mind you used a term either incorrectly, or worse without even looking it up creating the need to go two pages in defending a position that never had a chance in the first place.
Stick to what you think the player will become and you had all the real estate in the world.
Picked an odd place to plant a flag. Agenda posting can be spotted a mile away.