Thats fine. I am on my iphone now so its hard looking and behind the net and such when comparing and then writing. I will do it when I get back. I will also search for the BSH article I found showing how Downie has done.
I don't need stats (advanced or otherwise) to tell me whether or not Downie has played well this season. I'm acknowledging that he has not been good for a large part of the season, including recently. All I'm saying is that to me, it seems more likely that he'll turn it around than Akeson will continue his play. If you have a stat that shows which is more likely to occur, great. But if you are just going to throw out some stats that show me Downie hasn't played well, I don't need them. I know he hasn't played well. Again I'm just saying I'd bet on him to turn it around than Akeson to keep it up. If Downie plays like **** in game one, bench away. Be my guest. I've got no problem with that.
If I forget will will agree to disagree. If you think he will change his play after his 2nd long benching thats fine. I dont think that it will happen so I would go with Akeson. Luckily I do think Berube has Downie on an extremely short leash so while he may get a shot if he does below average (which probability is extremely high) he is out. Berube seems pissed at Downie so maybe we (well i guess i and some others) will get lucky and wont have to watch him play lazy hockey.
And that's fine, absent some sort of stat that shows which is more likely (which I wager doesn't exist), it really is just an opinion question. Some people would say play the young guy or play the hot hand or whatever. And they might wind up right. I say play the veteran and I might wind up right. I'm not championing Downie and saying he's key to this team's success. I'm just saying that it seems like a risky move to put Akeson out there because he had a good AHL season.