Time for some silly stats today - let's look at the leaders from the NHL 2005-6 Regular Season in terms of Giveaways. Who coughed up the puck more often than a cat with bronchitis? Let's have the envelopes, please...
As a further refinement, I could add in Time On Ice to try and get a handle on who's logging more giveaways per minute of ice time. And in light of the finding last week that Giveaways actual seem to be correlated with positive results, the impression I get is more that Giveaways are indicative of having the puck more often, and trying to do more with it. As a result, some giveaways occur, but positive offensive plays occur as well, if not more often.
Later today I'll post similar numbers for Takeaways...
| Ilya KOVALCHUK, ATL | 127 |
| Ales HEMSKY, EDM | 123 |
| Chris PRONGER, EDM | 110 |
| Jaromir JAGR, NYR | 109 |
| Sergei ZUBOV, DAL | 103 |
| Joe THORNTON, S.J | 102 |
| Brian RAFALSKI, N.J | 97 |
| Marc SAVARD, ATL | 94 |
| Mike MODANO, DAL | 93 |
| Jason SPEZZA, OTT | 93 |
| Ales HEMSKY, EDM | 42 |
| Ilya KOVALCHUK, ATL | 39 |
| Bryan McCabe, TOR | 36 |
| Patrick Marleau, S.J | 36 |
| Marc SAVARD, ATL | 35 |
| Chris PRONGER, EDM | 35 |
As a further refinement, I could add in Time On Ice to try and get a handle on who's logging more giveaways per minute of ice time. And in light of the finding last week that Giveaways actual seem to be correlated with positive results, the impression I get is more that Giveaways are indicative of having the puck more often, and trying to do more with it. As a result, some giveaways occur, but positive offensive plays occur as well, if not more often.
Later today I'll post similar numbers for Takeaways...