Where does this Rory has a poor defensive game #### come from? Are there advanced AHL stats available that I am unaware of? If so, can someone please link them for everyone to see?
What I see is a player who has never been a minus player in any league he's played in. In Junior, coaches praised his two way responsible play:
https://calgarysun.com/sports/hockey...-scoring-stats
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“He thinks the game at a very, very high level,” said Flames development coach Ray Edwards of Kerins, who also has an ‘A’ stitched on his jersey as an alternate captain. “He’s ahead of it, you know what I mean? He sees plays before they happen. He sees the ice very well. He can slow the game down. He enters the zone, delays. He loves that delay game. He loves hitting that second wave coming into the zone. He’s an elite power-play player. He can make plays. He finds people. He can shoot the puck from that flank position.
“And then the other side of that is just his hockey sense allows him to be in the right place all the time and allows him to play quicker, in terms of just being ahead of the play.”
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When he was played in the NHL, he played exclusively with grinders, the worst possession players on our roster. He STILL had 4 points in 5 games and was a plus player. Using advanced stats generated in only 5 games is absolute Bull####.