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2 minutes ago, on the cycle said:

Yeah it was a good deal should of been $3M but Sutter isn't much better offensively and is $1.375M more than that. If Sutter was getting paid $3.5M I'd be fine with it.

Again... centre = worth more. 2 years later = inflation.

 

At best, I'll grant you Sutter might be 'over paid' about $300k :rolleyes: And that doesn't take in to context that you likely have to pay free agents more to play for a non-contender, which we very much are.

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1 minute ago, J.R. said:

Again... centre = worth more. 2 years later = inflation.

 

At best, I'll grant you Sutter might be 'over paid' about $300k :rolleyes: And that doesn't take in to context that you likely have to pay free agents more to play for a non-contender, which we very much are.

He'd be lucky to be a 4th line center on a cup contender. I would rather get someone like Malhotra for less money.

 

Do you also like Gudbranson? 

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2 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Again... centre = worth more. 2 years later = inflation.

 

At best, I'll grant you Sutter might be 'over paid' about $300k :rolleyes: And that doesn't take in to context that you likely have to pay free agents more to play for a non-contender, which we very much are.

 

But... but... the chart.... and Bonino....  that $300k could have gone to Sbisa to "overpay" more for him..... 

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4 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Again... centre = worth more. 2 years later = inflation.

 

At best, I'll grant you Sutter might be 'over paid' about $300k :rolleyes: And that doesn't take in to context that you likely have to pay free agents more to play for a non-contender, which we very much are.

Right but he wasn't a pending FA when we aquired him.

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5 minutes ago, on the cycle said:

He'd be lucky to be a 4th line center on a cup contender. I would rather get someone like Malhotra for less money.

 

Do you also like Gudbranson? 

He WAS a 3C on a cup contender. You wouldn't get a Malhotra for much less money today and Sutter brings more offensive production. Manny signed for $2.5m SIX years ago and without the offensive production.

 

Yes, very much. We've barely seen what he's truly capable of.

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1 minute ago, J.R. said:

He WAS a 3C on a cup contender. You wouldn't get a Malhotra for much less money today and Sutter brings more offensive production. Manny signed for $2.5m SIX years ago and without the offensive production.

 

Yes, very much. We've barely seen what he's truly capable of.

uh huh, at 28 years old next month.

He's hit his ceiling already. I would love to see his trade value if another GM thinks he's as good as you do.

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15 minutes ago, S'all Good Man said:

 

That all sounds great. But whats annoying to me about this kind of discussion - particularly trying to compare different players on different teams, is guys are given different types of roles. On the Canucks e.g., Sutter may be asked to do things that lower GF stats - does it mean he sucks or is he doing his job? I don't see how you can possibly compare internal team stats with other teams unless you can somehow correct for a players role. 

 

I also never, ever see any attempt at margins of error on these things.

 

The chart above suggests that Gaunce is a better winger than Sutter, and thats ridiculous. 

 

 

 

I understand the frustration. And you're correct that there are a host of factors not being taken into account.

 

And to be honest, pretty much all hockey "advanced stats" are just extremely blunt instruments. I mean, lots of these hockey analytics guys get all excited when their models have R-squared values around 0.3. But in terms of actually making definitive claims about individual player value or accurately predicting future results, these stats are all pretty useless (yeah, I said it ;)). Too many factors that just can't be measured (as you note). At least not yet.

 

But still, regarding Sutter, the differences between what we're seeing in his on-ice goals metrics this season, compared to what we saw before, gives me a degree of confidence in saying that something odd is happening during his minutes played to-date in 2016-17. And therefore we shouldn't draw too many conclusions about his value from his current season GF% numbers (beyond him simply having some bad results this year when it comes to team rates while he's been on the ice).

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2 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said:

I understand the frustration. And you're correct that there are a host of factors not being taken into account.

 

And to be honest, pretty much all hockey "advanced stats" are just extremely blunt instruments. I mean, lots of these hockey analytics guys get all excited when their models have R-squared values around 0.3. But in terms of actually making definitive claims about individual player value or accurately predicting future results, these stats are all pretty useless (yeah, I said it ;)). Too many factors that just can't be measured (as you note). At least not yet.

 

But still, regarding Sutter, the differences between what we're seeing in his on-ice goals metrics this season, compared to what we saw before, gives me a degree of confidence in saying that something odd is happening during his minutes played to-date in 2016-17. And therefore we shouldn't draw too many conclusions about his value from his current season GF% numbers (beyond him simply having some bad results this year when it comes to team rates while he's been on the ice).

 

Ouch.

 

Admittedly nearly all of what I've seen are things from hacks like Yost or stuff people put up here, and wow, its so bad. I'd really like to see things progress, it would be really interesting to see a proper model. But right now it sure feels like people get an idea, then go "get" the stats to prove their point, vs letting the data propose the models.

 

I think the variation can be explained in his line deployments. He's been on 3 lines, not sure how many different line mates (guessing 7 or 8) and he's still getting it done many nights. If you left him alone for a season with Loui and Granlund I bet you a coke he'd be right where he's been statistically for years. 

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11 hours ago, on the cycle said:

everyone looking at counting stats I see.

That's ok I remember when I was in high school.

"You are only allowed to use reputation once per day"

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22 minutes ago, on the cycle said:

 

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New team, new coaches, new systems, new conference, small sample size, playing injured for part of that small sample size, playing over his head with top 2 D out for that small sample size, partnered with sophomore slumping Hutton who was also playing over his head for that small sample size all on a decidedly mediocre team.

 

Clearly, drawing firm conclusions as to his value for the next say 6 years based on those circumstances is of dubious value.

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The posters complaining about Sutter remind me of that sleaze Gallagher. On 1040 this morning, in the same interview he yammered on about how disappointing Sutter's play has been and then described the Canucks getting a point last night (due to SUTTER scoring a very clutch goal) as pure luck. 

 

To to me that kind of blatant dishonesty is difficult to fathom, but to the trolls, haters and simpletons who like to emulate Gallagher I guess it's just the usual "duh, I'm entitled to express my opinion".

 

With respect to the OP's point, I would say that Sutter's skill level is maybe number 5 or 6 among Canuck forwards, but due to his versatility and work ethic I would agree that he is probably the second most valuable forward to the team, behind only Bo.

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