#also 'shootiness' is one of my fav hockey semi-stats | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

sergeifyodorov · 9 months

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honestly i am so blissfully oblivious to a lot of stuff there couldve been a hockeyblr civil war and i wouldve been diddling about saying stuff like "sarah nurse has an offensive disappear-and-shoot-from-nowhere ability comparable to auston matthews according to my eye test but because she is a winger she's generally more comparable to a pastrnak type equivalent. furthermore pastrnak combines matthews' shot versatility with ovechkin's shootiness although he's not nearly as good as either of them" and getting a solid 23 notes (21 likes and 2 reblogs) on it. ive never even gotten anon hate

#i got one anon politely disagreeing with me a while ago. closest ive ever gotten #also 'shootiness' is one of my fav hockey semi-stats #great word. measurable metric. does it make you better or worse not really it's just There #frankly i think all this one-axis measurement of players is not entirely helpful (tho it has a place). players can be good in diff ways #eg why natemac and am34 are both who i would consider to be the current second-best players in hockey #but they are ENTIRELY different players

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