Andrew Berkshire: Ranking the Top 20 Left Wingers in the NHL, by the Numbers

[HuGo Sham]

Max Pacioretty Best attributes:

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Must go to trade board. Offer Gaudreau + Sam Bennett for Tomas Tatar.

you watch hockey? not certain. So from the list you decide to single out pacioretty? 4, 30 goal years before age 28. (was also on pace for 30 in strike year) plays first line PP and PK (with plekanec) and he's your issue? you're as clueless as fellow hab fans who mix up his production with the fact they don't like that he's captain

 

[HuGo Sham]

Not surprised. The author is a huge Habs fan.

CONSPIRACY. only kane has more goals than pacioretty from the 07 draft year. and 67 kills penalties.
but keep wearing the blue and white goggles

 

[Satan]

Berkshire should've tried to measure Grit/60

 

[KaseMeOutside]

This thread personifies why I hate HFBoards sometimes. Everyone ***** all over something despite not reading it/not understanding it, and fails to provide any substantive response whatsoever.

The author even states this was simply one attempt to quantify top players using advanced stats and is in no way, shape or form definitive.

But instead of a thoughtful discussion of better ways to measure player value or even a discussion of things guys like Ovechkin might do that can't/aren't measured in stats, we just get a parade of idiots posting "lol dumb rankings didn't read."

this list does not help the advanced stats cause thats for sure

 

[sharks9]

He could've tweaked the ranking system to favour players he likes, he did create it.

He would've put Ovechkin higher if he did. Also, he didn't make it completely by himself, in the intro he says he consulted with a few other people to make a consensus on how much to weight each category.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Tatar, Foligno, and Kunitz shouldn't even be on the list.

Not sure this guy even watches hockey.

Tatar is pretty damn good. Not his fault he gets icetime like a 3rd liner when he produces like a 1st liner.

 

[JAK]

Is OP just pumping threads to his own articles?

These "rankings" makes no sense

 

[Absolut]

The list simply doesn't make sense. Ask NHL coaches who the top wingers are. The end.

 

[PsychoDad]

Tatar is pretty damn good. Not his fault he gets icetime like a 3rd liner when he produces like a 1st liner.

Yeah, he is so good, not even own coaches seem to recognize it.

 

[JaegerDice]

The list simply doesn't make sense. Ask NHL coaches who the top wingers are. The end.

Yes, if there's one thing we've all learned watching hockey over the years, it's that coaches always correctly evaluate the relative value of the players on their roster.