And do you understand that your precious analytics aren't the be all and end all when determining a player's worth to a team? You seem on some personal vendetta, to defame and besmirch Gudbranson's name, much like the rest of the analytics community.
I'm not interested in determining what you should say. That's of no interest to me, I just get extremely tired of analytics only posters who enjoy trolling other posters. That would be you.
Not convenient. As a hockey fan, I can choose whether or not I include analytics in my appreciation of the game, and if I do choose to, how much of my observations of the game I choose to prop up with analytics versus just enjoying the sport and enjoying some of the finer nuances of the game that aren't dictated by Corsi and Fenwick.
Gudbranson's year here started badly due to a wrist injury sustained in the pre-season. So right out of the gate, he was:
playing injured
playing in a new conference and division
playing on a new team with a rookie coach who was as squirrelly as &^@#
learning new systems with a new defensive partner, who was 6 months his junior, yet he was given the role of veteran in the pairing
But, yeah, Gudbranson is a joke. Roberto Luongo and Willie Mitchell are chumps who have far less insight into the game than you.....
Did Gudbranson do something to you personally? You seem extremely spiteful whenever anyone defends the guy.