WordsOfWisdom Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) I wanted to post this earlier but here you go. It's a little something I've been working on over the years in my spare time. Again, it's not perfect, but it's a way to measure how good a player is defensively using only the traditional/core statistics. Have a look: EDIT: Part-timers and goalies removed from list. The idea behind it is very simple... yet difficult for most people to understand. It's "Minus". It's the minus half of +/-. While it's not pleasing to look at, this is how many times said player was on the ice when his team was scored against... but only in those circumstances where +/- would have been affected. So allowing a goal while killing a penalty doesn't hurt you for instance. Now you see what I'm getting at with this... So looking at the data above, Tyson Barrie is the most disappointing Leafs player defensively, and Travis Dermott is leading this group. One thing this doesn't consider is quality of opposition, so keep that in mind too. Edited December 19, 2019 by WordsOfWisdom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordsOfWisdom Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 Please also ignore the goalies. Thanks. (I had to re-post since I had a formula error earlier.) So looking at this data, we can see that the Auston Matthews and William Nylanders of the Leafs are very weak defensive players. Until they develop a defensive game to go with the offence they provide, the Leafs are going to have a lot of trouble winning hockey games consistently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 23 minutes ago, WordsOfWisdom said: not pleasing to look at When it comes to the Leafs, really you had me at this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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