The Difference Between A Good Defense And A Good Reputation

Giving a massive stick salute to omgrodnick for coming up with the words to form this article. This is a topic I've wanted to write about for a while but haven't known how to formulate it into something that makes sense. Thankfully, omgrodnick handed me a shake and bake and now I'm baking with his recipe. Let's kick off with his original comment:

We have the best D reputation in the league. I think Staal still has some good hockey left. Girardi has been a train wreck since the SCF and he's only getting worse. You can even leave shot suppression stats out of the picture. Girardi mishandles and turns over almost every puck. He loses guys in front constantly and his best attribute, shot…