hamilton being in there after missing nearly 2 months now is funny

Ok i'm not going to pretend to understand every advanced analytic out there as my knowledge is still pretty basic but can someone explain to me the minutia of what I'm look at here?

a list of players

EVO - Even-strength offense. EVO is a dimension of GAR.
GAR stands for goals above replacement, which is a measurement of a players goal contributions relative to a replacement-level player. Replacement-level players are average replacement options like low price FAs or AHL call-ups. Positive GAR players are better goal contributors than players with a negative GAR.

So basically, the more positive GAR rating the harder the player is to replace in the lineup. Panarin leads all skaters with +16.4

Hmm ok interesting. So I can pretty much right away get the nature of the stat by simply looking at the players on the list like Panarin, McDavid, Josi etc. Players I would expect to have a higher positive GAR rating.

What does this mean for the less obvious guys like McCann and Shattenkirk for example? Are they products of their environment more than they are actual so irreplaceable to be among the others on this list?

Even strength offence takes into consideration certain drivers of value such as scoring and shot generation, while taking into account shot quality, competition and and teammates.
McCann and Shattenkirk being in the top 20 skaters displays their ability to generate offence at even strength at an elite level. However, limited TOI could be a reason these two are rated so high. I would imagine if McCann was playing 17+ minutes a night his GAR rating would drop.

Ok thanks that is kind of what I was thinking. Curious what was the minimum requirement for this list?

100 mins TOI

Ok that's barely nothing, I imagine every one of these guys is way higher than that anyway. Either way doesn't change anything.

This is where I'm confused by this stat though, McCann has less minutes than most guys on here true but not by a TON. 850 EV mins vs lets say Marchand/Pettersson at 975. Yet his EV points is significantly less than those two. So how can a guy like McCann be so high in GAR? Maybe Im missing something? Maybe the GAR difference between those guys and McCann is a lot but McCann just happens to be within the top 20 as a statistical anomaly? Is he the outlier maybe?