Damaged Goods
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How much longer will Zac Rinaldo continue to get a pass? How much longer will he be allowed to fail as an NHL hockey player and be a liability to the team?
In just a half season of limited minutes (282 TOI), Rinaldo is a -11 and has taken 13 more penalties than he's drawn. He has 0 goals and 1 assist and ranks dead last amongst Flyers forwards in nearly every detailed metric.
+/- is not the most precise stat, but extreme outliers should not be ignored. With regular forward minutes (~12 or more minutes per game), Rinaldo is pacing below -40 when the next closest Flyers regular will not break -20. This would go along with -50 penalties taken/drawn over a full season of regular minutes (the equivalent of handing 10 excess Power Play goals to your opponent).
With Zac Rinaldo on ice 5v5, the Flyers score .73 goals per 60 and allow 3.39 (both numbers worst amongst all Flyers regulars). The Flyers have been outscored 14-3 with Rinaldo on ice 5v5, while they are just barely positive without him (95-93).
In other terms:
Without Rinaldo 5v5, the Flyers score 1.02 goals per every goal they allow. With Rinaldo, they score .21 goals per every conceded goal.
With Rinaldo: 4.67 goals allowed for every Flyers goal
Without Rinaldo: 0.98 goals allowed for every Flyers goal
Rinaldo is also last or 2nd to last among regular forwards in every Corsi%, Fenwick%, Shots%, Goals% category (total or relative) on the team and approaching Jay Rosehill levels of futility. He does all of this against below-average quality of competition.
The unsuccessful Rinaldo PK experiment is basically over (mercifully) because Raffl has superior capability and hockey IQ. Rinaldo neither provides offense, nor PKs, nor takes draws, nor defends, nor creates Power Plays. He just skates, hits, concedes goals and takes penalties. That is a net liability and it's something that should be worked out with the Phantoms, not the Flyers.
What you're left with is an undisciplined and untalented player whose 'intangibles' provide no tangible advantages to his team. Steve Downie is a far superior player in the energy role and gives you meaningful, quality minutes. Hartnell is a better agitator (drawing 50% more penalties than he takes). Replace Rinaldo with a player who belongs in the NHL and you'll lose the hits but find yourself better off with someone who plays sound hockey.
In just a half season of limited minutes (282 TOI), Rinaldo is a -11 and has taken 13 more penalties than he's drawn. He has 0 goals and 1 assist and ranks dead last amongst Flyers forwards in nearly every detailed metric.
+/- is not the most precise stat, but extreme outliers should not be ignored. With regular forward minutes (~12 or more minutes per game), Rinaldo is pacing below -40 when the next closest Flyers regular will not break -20. This would go along with -50 penalties taken/drawn over a full season of regular minutes (the equivalent of handing 10 excess Power Play goals to your opponent).
With Zac Rinaldo on ice 5v5, the Flyers score .73 goals per 60 and allow 3.39 (both numbers worst amongst all Flyers regulars). The Flyers have been outscored 14-3 with Rinaldo on ice 5v5, while they are just barely positive without him (95-93).
In other terms:
Without Rinaldo 5v5, the Flyers score 1.02 goals per every goal they allow. With Rinaldo, they score .21 goals per every conceded goal.
With Rinaldo: 4.67 goals allowed for every Flyers goal
Without Rinaldo: 0.98 goals allowed for every Flyers goal
Rinaldo is also last or 2nd to last among regular forwards in every Corsi%, Fenwick%, Shots%, Goals% category (total or relative) on the team and approaching Jay Rosehill levels of futility. He does all of this against below-average quality of competition.
The unsuccessful Rinaldo PK experiment is basically over (mercifully) because Raffl has superior capability and hockey IQ. Rinaldo neither provides offense, nor PKs, nor takes draws, nor defends, nor creates Power Plays. He just skates, hits, concedes goals and takes penalties. That is a net liability and it's something that should be worked out with the Phantoms, not the Flyers.
What you're left with is an undisciplined and untalented player whose 'intangibles' provide no tangible advantages to his team. Steve Downie is a far superior player in the energy role and gives you meaningful, quality minutes. Hartnell is a better agitator (drawing 50% more penalties than he takes). Replace Rinaldo with a player who belongs in the NHL and you'll lose the hits but find yourself better off with someone who plays sound hockey.
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