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114-110
- Aug 18, 2008
- 13,578
- 7,445
The lazy analysis of using GA and only GA to determine the strength of a defense is getting tiresome. The Leafs D was also bottom third in pretty much every shots against/scoring chance against metric as well.
Having to rely on 1st star performances by your goalie to cover up shortcomings for your defense results in what happened in the playoffs when the defense kept leaking shots against/scoring chances against, but Andersen's play didn't cover for it.
A lot of the times though, being in the bottom 3rd or something for a lot of those stats is still very close to the middle of the pack or upper 3rd.
Washington for example wasn't good if you look at the metrics for scoring chances against, or shots allowed compared to shots taken.
But hey, they won the Stanley Cup.