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Originally Posted by butterfly
They are equal in aggregate. If a player does 17 things that prevent 0.01 goals each, it has the same value as a player who does 1 thing to create 0.17 goals.
It is goal creation, not simply scoring - when McDavid stickhandles all over the Kings zone on the PP and fires one in off Hyman's skate, almost anyone could be standing out there "scoring" the goal. Standing there is a very small part of what led to its creation.
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Ok, so that’s not equal. If a player doing one thing to contribute to a goal is equal to 17 things another player does to prevent a goal, those aren’t equal things of value, it means the goal suppression is 6% as valuable as goal creation.