05-08-2021, 07:32 PMJNH Wrote:

05-08-2021, 05:16 PMraymond3000 Wrote: Directly using giveaway/takeaway ratios to compare players on Buffalo and Tampa is ridiculous. There isn't a single forward on any of the Great Lakes teams with a positive GA/TA ratio. Buffalo has the puck 2/3rds of the time when Luffy's on the ice while the Tampa players only have the puck half the time, so of course Fitted and Fiddler would have more takeaways and less giveaways. It would be more accurate to adjust those numbers for possession, but that still ignores factors such as centres generally having more takeaways.

I also have my doubts about using relative corsi to determine whether Luffy is making his team better or not, especially when he's only at -1%. That difference could easily be explained by the quality of competition he faces from playing on the top line. And once again, you can't directly compare relative corsis between teams since Buffalo's roster is so much stronger than Tampa's. If you put Luffy on Tampa, there's no doubt in my mind that he would be posting a positive relative corsi.

This is why I love you. Saved me the need to type all this out.

As an aside - "For a guy who’s one job is offense, Monkey D Luffy does not provide Buffalo more offense when he is on the ice". You can't seriously believe this right? When your interpretation of the stats leads you to a statement such as this, you should probably reconsider your interpretation of the stats.

Last time I checked, Goals For per 60 minutes has already been interpreted for you. That's kinda how statistics work....