Thomas Drance
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But two and a half of his goals above replacement metric comes from...
never getting called for penalties.
He never takes penalties.
And I don't know if you've watched Philip Peronic play, but he is constantly interfering.
Like, he is constantly... Hey, man.
It's the rusty, classless school of defending, and it is to be respected.
You get the game within a game.
But while I value it enormously on a good team, when it's the standout way that you impact the game as a team's best player...
I think it belongs in the Hall of Fame of unethical hooping.
Adds to the dread that I have while watching this team play.
You're calling Philip Roenick the James Harden of Vancouver Canucks?
Like, he has 5.7 goals above replacement value for his power play contribution.
And 2.6 for his never getting called for penalties.
And then everything else is, like, kind of rounding error.