To your point I'm wrong.
The facts are there in black and white.
DD is actually far better on PP draws than I expected.
Why is he so inept then. Why does what comes next invariably end up in our own end.
When the game is on the line I want to put my trust in this guy but it seems like every time I do I'm sorely disappointed. Has DD proven to be a huge factor after winning the draw or a non factor?
2nd in % 153rd in pp points.
I don't mind being wrong on a stat but it doesn't change this player's utility overall. IMO
Hopefully this year will be different.
Because he falls on his ass, the scrambled draw leads to the habs barely gaining first possession of the puck, where its immediately lost because they're scrambling trying to gain space and maintain possession, the other team is just trying to control long enough to clear it down the ice, and its subsequently cleared down the ice.
Davey "wins" the draw because the habs "control" it first. Here are Davey's top 20 games in PP TOI
Code:
Date Opp G A P FOW FOL TOnI ToffI TOI% CF CF60
4/3/2015 N.J 0 0 0 5 1 6.1 6.4 48.8 6 59.1
11/4/2014 CHI 0 0 0 0 2 5.6 1.7 77 6 64.1
4/17/2015 OTT 0 1 1 1 5 5.1 6.2 45.1 12 141.9
1/27/2015 DAL 0 0 0 2 2 4.8 2 70.7 10 124.6
3/26/2015 WPG 0 0 0 1 2 4.5 3.2 58.3 4 53.8
4/19/2015 OTT 0 0 0 2 3 4.4 5.2 46.1 6 81.7
10/27/2014 EDM 0 0 0 3 3 4.4 1.5 75.1 6 81.1
10/13/2014 T.B 0 0 0 4 0 4.3 2.9 59.8 6 84
10/9/2014 WAS 0 0 0 5 0 4.3 2.7 61.2 9 126.8
3/14/2015 NYI 0 0 0 3 2 4.1 3.2 55.8 4 58.8
12/16/2014 CAR 0 0 0 1 0 4.1 3.2 56 7 101.4
4/9/2015 DET 0 0 0 1 3 3.9 2.8 58.7 2 30.7
1/14/2015 CBJ 0 0 0 0 2 3.9 5.2 42.8 5 77.3
1/3/2015 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 4.2 48 6 92.7
11/13/2014 BOS 0 0 0 4 2 3.9 5.2 42.9 5 77.4
5/9/2015 T.B 0 0 0 3 0 3.7 2.4 60 5 82
4/5/2015 FLA 0 0 0 4 0 3.5 6.2 36.2 2 33.9
11/28/2014 BUF 0 1 1 4 0 3.5 0 100 6 102.6
2/28/2015 TOR 0 0 0 0 3 3.3 2.9 52.9 5 90.9
Says he won 43 draws and lost 30. I dont have access to gamecenter, but perhaps someone who does would be so inclined to see how many of these 43 faceoff wins were scrambles that led to a microsecond of possession gain and subsequently wound up down the ice.
Lets not point out that in those 81.3 minutes of PP time in those 20 games, he's amassed two assists.
Oh, and that 1/14/2015 CBJ game stood out to me, since its one of his lowest TOI% games. What happened that game?
1st Period
03:31 CBJ Kevin Connauton (7) from Jeremy Morin
3rd Period
09:38 CBJ PP — Ryan Johansen (16) from James Wisniewski and Nick Foligno
11:30 MTL PP — Max Pacioretty (19) from Andrei Markov and Brendan Gallagher
14:24 MTL PP — P.K. Subban (9) from Andrei Markov and Alex Galchenyuk
15:23 MTL PP — Max Pacioretty (20) from Tomas Plekanec and Sergei Gonchar
edit: added corsi events. How did Davey have six+ minutes of TOI against the Devils and yet only 6 corsi events were registered in that time with him on the ice despite winning 5 of 6 draws? 5.6 minutes against Chicago and only 6 corsi events? 3.5 minutes against Florida and only TWO corsi events, thats with "winning" all 4 draws.
Please please please someone watch these games.
