Ok. Im not getting through to anyone on here. Im a fair impartial person and I have posted very valid points here but people obviously only care about stats so lets put some stats up. These are defensive stats. Girardi is not an offensive dman so so offensive stats are useless so lets look at defence.
Brent Burns has the most giveaways than any other player in the league. He is 11th is shot attempts against and 29th in blocked shots.
Erik Karlsson has the 2nd most giveaways in the league. He is 3rd in shot attempts against and 2nd in blocked shots.
Dustin Byfuglien has the 4th most giveaways in the league. He is 6th for shot attempts against and 36th for shot attempts against.
My point being is that people say that high shot attempts against and high shot blocking is because the player is being hemmed in your own zone.
Dan Girardi is joint 86th with 14 other players in the league in giveaways. He is 46th for shot attempts against and 4th in blocked shots.
For stat junkies - this shows 'statistically' that Dan Girardi is by far not the worst dman in the league and that in certain defensive areas is having much better defensive displays that the players listed above.
I agree that Dan Girardi's contract is quite awful but I do not agree with the amount ***** he gets and being labelled as the worse dman in the league with negative value.
Brent Burns has the most giveaways than any other player in the league. He is 11th is shot attempts against and 29th in blocked shots.
Erik Karlsson has the 2nd most giveaways in the league. He is 3rd in shot attempts against and 2nd in blocked shots.
Dustin Byfuglien has the 4th most giveaways in the league. He is 6th for shot attempts against and 36th for shot attempts against.
My point being is that people say that high shot attempts against and high shot blocking is because the player is being hemmed in your own zone.
Dan Girardi is joint 86th with 14 other players in the league in giveaways. He is 46th for shot attempts against and 4th in blocked shots.
For stat junkies - this shows 'statistically' that Dan Girardi is by far not the worst dman in the league and that in certain defensive areas is having much better defensive displays that the players listed above.
I agree that Dan Girardi's contract is quite awful but I do not agree with the amount ***** he gets and being labelled as the worse dman in the league with negative value.