Quoting: JhonnyCanuck5
We get it, you know nothing about Detroit’s prospects. That’s ok. But statistically, Larkin and Raymond are better than Hischier and Mercer. But that’s only if you look at goals, assists, and defense. I’m sure Hischier and Mercer are better at other things.
Lets look at this year
Goal Scoring:
Nico and Mercer: 58 combined (34 at 5v5)
Larkin and Raymond: 49 combined (19 at 5v5)
Assists:
Total:
Nico and Mercer: 78 (48 at 5v5)
Larkin and Raymond: 75 (33 at 5v5)
Primary Assists:
Nico and Mercer: 49 (33 at 5v5)
Larkin and Raymond: 36 (21 at 5v5)
So right off the bat you're wrong about Goals and Assists:
Let's move onto defense:
Basic:
+/-
Nico and Mercer: +55
Larkin and Raymond: -24
Nico: Selke Nominee, kills penalties, 59.6% xGoals at 5v5
Mercer: also kills penalties, 55.8% xGoals at 5v5
Larkin: kills penalties, 49.3% xGoals at 5v5
Raymond: does not kill penalties, 43.4% xGoals at 5v5 (yikes)
Advanced:
Nico: 2.3 xDef,
Mercer: 0 xDef
Raymond: NEGATIVE 1.8 xDef
Larkin: NEGATIVE 0.3 xDef
(in general the advanced stats say nico and mercer are better with a combined xWAR of 3.7 compared to 2.5 for Raymond and Larkin)
So you were wrong on all 3 points. Congrats