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[theograce]

The talk about the turnovers is mind boggling. Useless stat…players that have the puck, turn it over. Players whose job is to try and make plays turn it over.

I disagree, and IMO it's the single most important stat for puck possession. The year we won the Cup, I actively tracked the stat for the league and our Blues had the best GVA/TKA ratio of any team in the NHL from January to the Cup. ROR lead the league with 94TKA to only 33GVA, and almost our entire forward lines had a positive in that stat (something we haven't done since). TJ Oshie was the greatest Blue in that stat category.

I will say that the league play has shifted dramatically in this category, as turnovers reigned supreme last season...

It’s a useless stat now…as of last year

Can you explain why you say "as of last year"?

Compare any top defensive players stats from last year to the year prior

[pucknugget]

Understood. I thought you were referring to how the NHL changed the recording of the Giveaway / Takeaway statistics last season compared to all previous seasons.