Look. I get it. Points aren’t everything.
It can be easy to get intoxicated by a player’s big-time offensive stats. You go to their Hockey Reference page, and what’s the first thing you see? Goals and assists. And when those look great, that player must be great, right?
Usually.
But not always. Sometimes you gotta look a bit deeper. The offense might check out, but other things may betray some holes in their game. Perhaps that player allows more shot attempts than they take. Let’s say he also gives up more scoring chances- high-danger ones, too- at a higher rate than his teammates.