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Originally Posted by gvitaly
Andersson also leads the Flames in +/- with a +/- of minus 11 in the last 10 games. The Andersson and Bahl pairing has an xG% of 47.9%, and the highest xGA/60 of any pairings that played more than 50mins together this season.
Pairing xGA/60
Hanley-Pachal 1.72
Hanley-Weegar 1.73
Weegar-Miromanov 2.35
Bean-Pachal 2.35
Barrie-Pachal 2.45
Weegar-Andersson 2.63
Bahl-Andersson 2.67
Bahl- Miromanov 2.86
The Andersson pairing definitely gets to do some of the heavy lifting defensively, but they have been struggling to keep their heads above the water since the end of October. I'm not trying to take a dump on Andersson here, but IMO his trade value has dropped significantly after his hot start in October.
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That’s a well put together analysis.
That said, and this is a general question not directed at you per se, but do people really think a players value can significantly rise or fall in such a short period of time? If I were a GM, I certainly would be looking at data over a much longer period of time than the two most recent months. I’d be a bit surprised if the offers for Andersson are going to be all that better/worse today than they were at the beginning of the season or they will be at the trade deadline.
Other teams have a book on Andersson and that likely includes upside projections as well as downside. Similarly they probably know where he fits in their salary structure now, and long term if they want to extend him.