slight lane change for this topic ...
Thought I'd look at Hanifin vs Nurse since that was a big comparable coming out of Edmonton when their contracts were up this summer.
The Edmonton thought was Nurse is an emerging top pairing dman while Hanifin was a sheltered player in Carolina that would be exposed in Calgary when he's leaned on more.
Analytics
CF%
Hanifin 54.32%
Nurse 45.80%
SCF%
Hanifin 51.92%
Nurse 46.71%
HDCF%
Hanifin 50.38%
Nurse 45.00%
Hanifin cleans up across the board in all metrics. But the Flames are a better team so we look at relative metrics for each player.
Relative to their teams
CF%
Hanifin -0.58%
Nurse -6.86%
SCF%
Hanifin -1.25%
Nurse -6.64%
HDCF%
Hanifin +1.60%
Nurse -8.55%
Nurse getting crushed compared to his Oiler teammates, while Hanifin is close to zero or actually ahead of his teammates in high danger splits.
Nurse plays with Kris Russell which isn't good for metrics. Hanifin has had his season split from a rookie & Stone diet to Hamonic.
Counting stats
Nurse 4 assists
Hanifin 3 assists
Neither setting the world afire.
Quality of Competition (sheltering)
Hanifin ranked 4th in Calgary (D) for difficulty of opponents 28.84%
Nurse ranked 3rd in Edmonton (D) for difficulty of opponents 29.23%
Quality of Teammates
Hanifin ranked 5th in Calgary (D) for quality of teammates 27.64%
Nurse ranked 4th in Edmonton (D) for quality of teammates 28.06%
Looks like five on five Nurse is being used as a 3/4, while Hanifin is a 4.
Ice Time (5 on 5)
Hanifin
Nurse 19 min / game
Hanifin 16 min / game
Once again, Nurse more usage, but Hanifin no longer sheltered as a 5/6 like he was in Carolina.
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