number72
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- Oct 9, 2011
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I do wonder If Dion has truly gotten better defensively or has he been lucky with his unsustainable on-ice SV%.
He has the highest 5 on 5 SV% on the team sitting at 96.2%. This number will inevitably regress at some point obviously. I just wonder if his +/- will plummet along with it when it does. Since this is what the majority of posters seem to correlate his improved +/- with improved defensive play I thought it would be interesting discussion.
http://www.extraskater.com/team/toronto-maple-leafs/2013#performance-charts
Edit: Looks like it's already been brought up...
Great point. I notice the pro-advanced stat crowd are at a loss for words when it shows just how average Phaneuf is. This is the Clarkson contract all over again.
I'm better with overpaying for Kessel who is clearly elite but Phaneuf is closer to average Clarkson then his game is to an elite Kessel.
Over pay for an average talent and you have an average team.