Tyler Dellow has recently pushed for defensemen evaluations via their effect on their team's Corsi%, also known as relCorsi. Over at Hockey-Graphs, I published today that there is another angle to look at as well: how a defenseman affects their opponents Corsi%.
The article is worth a look and some discussion. The punchline though is in this graph here:
For fun, I thought we'd like to look at how different Jets defenders fared in these different metrics.
|
Player |
delTmC% |
-delOpC% |
distance from (0,0) |
Combined (dTm+(-dOp)) |
|
Tobias Enstrom |
2.70% |
2.40% |
3.60% |
5.10% |
|
Dustin Byfuglien |
1.80% |
1.50% |
2.30% |
3.30% |
|
Paul Postma |
0.00% |
-0.30% |
0.30% |
-0.30% |
|
Grant Clitsome |
0.00% |
-0.60% |
0.60% |
-0.60% |
|
Jacob Trouba |
-0.70% |
-0.40% |
0.80% |
-1.10% |
|
Zach Bogosian |
-1.00% |
-0.40% |
1.10% |
-1.40% |
|
Mark Stuart |
-2.40% |
-2.20% |
3.30% |
-4.60% |
Jets defensemen with 500+ 5v5 minutes accrued on team and signed for next season.
A positive delTmC% means that Jets players are in general better with the player on the ice than off.
A positive -delOpC% means that the Jets opponents do worse with the player on the ice than off.
Some thoughts:
* There is an obvious link but some differences exist.
* Tobias Enstrom is really good at hockey. I don't care what anyone says about his size. They are misguided.
* The Jets will likely miss Byfuglien on defense, although if Trouba can be freed of his anchor, maybe we can start to see an awesome Enstrom-Trouba pair.
* Both Trouba and Bogosian seem to hurt their team's Corsi% more so than than they help their opponent. This discrepency is likely due to their defensive heavy deployment.
* Clitsome has the most extreme opposite effect, meaning his relCorsi may be overstating his effectiveness.
* Mark Stuart received an extension and… well…
