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My point was actually that they had a higher rate of offensive zone starts in 2011-12 than they did in 2013.
So whatever happened within 2011-12, and you'll forgive me for going off the top of my head here and pointing out that many of Hodgson's offensive zone starts came at Ryan Kesler's expense (also you have split up Henrik's point production but provided no corresponding zone start data), none of it detracts from my point that the Sedins still started ~20% more shifts in the offensive zone that year than in 2013 with only a 5% bump in production.
And of course, none of this proves that the Sedins will be less able to contribute on the scoresheet when you add defensive assignments to their workload without subtracting offensive opportunities.
Nor does it prove that the Sedins will be any more likely to be injured in those defensive assignments than they are standing in front of shots, setting picks, taking hits, grinding in the corners in the offensive zone.
I see your point but yeah ... if you know of the specific site that provides game by game defensive zone starts (without having to manually review the play by play game logs) ... that would be interesting to know.
Even if we exclude the Sedins and just focus on the Canucks proclamation that they "fattening" up of Cody Hodgson's offensive stats.
As stated earlier, even though the PPG didn't increase, during that practice, his goals per games did which would make him more marketable and hence tradeable. The Canucks' strategy seemed help him in January but in February ... his numbers slowed down quite a bit, so it seems to me that the "strategy" to help him was a bit overplayed.