If I'm just pulling this stuff out of my butt, why does the coaching staff agree with me?
This website doesn't see those mistakes because it's not good at evaluating defensive talent. Want to know how I have proof of that? Riikola made one of those heinously bad defensive plays in one of the scrimmages and no one commented on it. Riikola made a downright nonsensical decision to attempt to lay a hit on the puck carrier on a 3 on 1 after a POJ turnover, which resulted in a 2 on 0. No one in the GDT commented on it, and I only saw
@ColePens mention Riikola's defensive adventures after either that scrimmage or the next scrimmage.
This website can see obvious ones like turnovers, bad pinches and such, but when it comes to positioning, stick work and anticipation, it's just bad at evaluating it. ZAR is another good example of it, but in both ways. People on here regularly say ZAR is terrible and refuse to believe the defensive analytics and eye test that say he's great defensively, but most people also didn't criticize ZAR on either the 1st or 3rd goal last night when he made horrible defensive plays.