In the three games prior to the November 28th Hurricanes game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Jalen Chatfield has been in Carolina’s lineup with Dmitry Orlov.*In that time he has 2 assists and the Canes are 2-1-0. Taking first this small sample, and then taking the season as a whole, I am going to look at Chatfield’s production based on his TOI numbers. After that, I will use TOI as a yardstick to compare Chatfield’s production against the defenseman he replaced, Tony DeAngelo.
As the great philosopher said, “You can make stats say whatever you want if you press them hard enough.