Andy Greene Appreciation

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

on pace for 44 points

 

[Bleedred]

We now have 16 goals from defensemen this year.

We only had 16 goals from defensemen all of 2011-2012.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Make this man Captain. Perfect mentor for all of our young D.

Salvador...gtfo.

 

[glenwo2]

Greene's next contract could hurt if he keeps playing like this.

Dude, the Cap is going up considerably next season in case you forgot(which you probably did).....

I seriously doubt that any new contract for Greene would even put a dent in the Devils budget.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Greene is having a great season and i like to give Mark Fayne some kudos too.

Those two just work so well as a pairing, if DeBoer was smart, he should keep them together for the rest of the sesson. I really dont know why they were split last yesson given they played extremelly well in 2011 season and playoffs.

If Salvador is going to come back into the lineup, it got to be for Volchenkov to pair with Zidlicky.
And Larsson should take Merrill spot to pair with Gelinas.

 

[Wingman77]

Now hopefully you guys believe me when I rave about a player. Even when Greene was not doing well a few years back you could see he had something special. I am glad it worked out and they didn't trade him away.

I still believe Greene is better than Martin, but that is just my opinion.

What puts Greene > Martin for me is based around how much more involved and physical Greene is

Greene should be this teams next C

Been saying this since Parise left

 

[Emperoreddy]

We now have 16 goals from defensemen this year.

We only had 16 goals from defensemen all of 2011-2012.

The offense from the defense has been a real treat this year. We knew Zids would provide, but the bonus of what Gely has brought, and Greene really stepping up and doing his thing too is really helping us in a big way.

 

[Wingman77]

From TG;

“He’s a great offensive player, never mind defensive player,” Jagr said. “He’s great defensively, but for me I’m surprised the way he can read the play, he can make the passes. His skating is excellent, so even if he gets into trouble he’s always in the right position to make a play, make a pass, jump in the play. He plays a lot of and he made great plays today again.”

Jagr benefited from Greene’s aggressive play to score a power-play goal that pulled the Devils within 3-2 5:28 into the third period. After Travis Zajac won the right circle draw, Greene jumped up to grab the puck and move in on the left side. Holtby made a save on his initial shot at the left post, but Greene got the puck back, headed behind the net and found Jagr alone to the right of the net for the easy finish.

“It was not only that pass, but the play before,” Jagr said. “He jumped in the play. He read it well, so he surprised everybody. He even surprised me. The way he jumped in the play everybody stopped because when you play on the power play you don’t really do that.”

 

[TaiMaiShu]

We now have 16 goals from defensemen this year.

We only had 16 goals from defensemen all of 2011-2012.

How many more point shots are they getting? Pete's system helps the defense and I would argue hinders centers on the scoresheet.

 

[Buckingham Claude*]

You heard Dano say it two months ago and your very own Buckingham Claude for 5 years. Greene is turning into an excellent defenseman.

 

[glenwo2]

You heard Dano say it two months ago and your very own Buckingham Claude for 5 years. Greene is turning into an excellent defenseman.

The medal will arrive within 3 business days, sir.

 

[Jedi]

Greene is currently tied for the team lead in point shares along with Jagr (hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/2014.html).

His 4.8 point shares also currently rank 8th among all NHL defensemen this season (see here) - in fact he's just about Karlsson! And last year, Green was on pace for 8.37 point shares, which is All-Star level and led the whole team.

Greene should be strong candidate for Team USA, instead of an afterthought.

 

[Loyal Lou]

Make this man Captain. Perfect mentor for all of our young D.

Salvador...gtfo.

I've been saying this all year. I never liked the idea of Salvador being captain. The guy is consistent night in and night out. Its a shame he won't make Team USA because he doesn't have the big sexy name.

 

[Hypernova]

I can't wait until Andy signs with another team and immediately becomes a Norris candidate. Seems to be the only way that kind of stuff happens for Devils players.

 

[day1devilsfan]

Andy Greene should be our Captain

 

[The 29th Pick]

Captain America

 

[glenwo2]

I've been saying this all year. I never liked the idea of Salvador being captain. The guy is consistent night in and night out. Its a shame he won't make Team USA because he doesn't have the big sexy name.

I think his name is plenty "sexy".


But in all seriousness, I think it has more to do with him being a NJ Devil(and Team USA officials not even knowing there's a hockey team in NJ) than anything else.

SCREW 'EM!!!

At least Andy would avoid injury....

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I hope we extend both him and Cory this summer.

 

[day1devilsfan]

I hope we extend both him and Cory this summer.

This

 

[TaiMaiShu]

4 yrs 5.5 per?
8 yrs 5.75-6.5 for Schneider?

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

4 yrs 5.5 per?
8 yrs 5.75-6.5 for Schneider?

I'd be fine with that for Greene

I don't think Schneider gets nearly that much. I'm thinking more like 6 years, $36 million or something max

 

[MoonDragn]

I always thought Greene had better offensive instincts than Martin, but was miles away defensively. These last 100+ games have had me thinking it's a lot closer.

Much closer:

                              	All situations 	                                                        
Player  	  Pos. 	GP 	G 	A 	P 	TOI/60 	S      Sh% 	Pen +/- GF% 	GF% rel 
Andy Greene 	D 	37 	6 	14 	20 	24.5 	    62 	9.7% 	+2 	50.0% 	+3.4% 	
Paul Martin         	D 	23 	2 	9 	11 	25.2 	    29 	6.9% 	-1 	50.0% 	-6.6%

Abbreviations:

S Shots
SH% Shooting %
Pen +/- Penalty +/-, Penalties drawn-penalties taken
GF % Goals for %
GF Rel % Goals for relative to team's GF% when player not on the ice.

                              5 on 5 on-ice      	                                EV 	                	                                   5 on 5
Player  	         CF% 	CF% rel       Sh% Sv% 	  PDO 	O/DSt% 	EVTm% 	PPTm% 	SHTm% 	TotTm% QoC  TotTm% QoT
Andy Greene 	57.0% 	+3.5% 	7.9% 	90.2% 98.1 	46.9% 	37.5% 	44.2% 	66.2% 	29.3% 	     27.2%
Paul Martin 	        50.2% 	-3.0% 	8.3% 	89.4% 97.7 	45.8% 	37.3% 	65.6% 	56.5% 	29.7% 	     29.1%

Abbreviations:

CF% Corsi for %
CF% Corsi for % relative to team's CF% when player is not on ice.
SH% Shooting %
SV% Save %
PDO Shooting % + Save %
O/DST% Offensive zone start at evens/(Offensive Zone start at EV+Defensive Zone Start at EV
EVTm% Percentage of Team's Even Strength Ice Time player is on ice for
PPTm% Percentage of Team's Power Play ice time player is on ice for
SHTm% Percentage of Team's Short handed ice time player is on ice for
TotTm% Qoc Average TotTm% of 5 on 5 on ice opponents
TotTm% QoT Average TotTm% of 5 on 5 on ice Teammates

 

[Devilsfan992]

NHL Live has Andy Greene as one of their "Career Year" guys and they were mentioning how he should be in the mix for Team USA but how it was unfortunate he didn't get the initial invite. Good to see him getting the credit he deserves.

 

[TaiMaiShu]

I'm pretty new to these new advanced stats but that looks pretty good! ^

 

[AfroThunder396]

Greene was pretty mediocre the first 5-10 games of the season. I think the emergence of the young guys took a LOT of pressure off him, he doesn't need to sponge up as many difficult minutes and that's let him play a more relaxed and comfortable game.