08-07-2018, 03:54 PMGood_Ole_Kimmy Wrote:

08-07-2018, 03:23 PMArGarBarGar Wrote:

08-07-2018, 03:13 PMGood_Ole_Kimmy Wrote:

08-07-2018, 03:07 PMJSS Wrote:

08-07-2018, 03:03 PMArGarBarGar Wrote: There are not enough statistics involved in STHS for us to judge a defensive defenseman accurately and compare them with a ton of other defensive defensemen who have similar stats in a lot of places.

Even the Dar is a struggle to really determine who is the best "two-way" "defensive" forward. Adding one for a defenseman would be silly to me.

Most blocked shots + factoring in PK time and maybe +/-?

That makes sense to me. Even though we don't have many stats that can show who is the best defensive defenseman doesn't mean that we should just ignore them when it comes award time, we do the best we can with what we have.

They should be utilized when determining who deserves the Stevens. Diluting the award into two makes two awards with even less clout.

Yes but saying the best defenseman is too broad, I think splitting it into two best defensive and offensive would he clear it up. We could also keep the Stevens for just best all around.

It is broad because the position itself has a pretty broad definition. Some times the best defenseman has a great all-around season. Some times they are a major step above everyone else offensively. But regardless winning the Stevens holds a lot of weight because of it requiring you to either be really really good at everything or be incredibly good at one thing. And because defense is such an important part of being a defenseman (compared to forward), there isn't really that need to have a two-way or defensive award. It should come with the territory of being a great defenseman.