Quoting: Juiceman
JEE
EVD GAR: 2.6
Def GAR: 3.8
Better than ok, but not really elite. He’s had better seasons
Pettersson:
EVD GAR: 5.5
Def GAR: 3.8
What model are you using? The GAR and WAR model don’t exactly prove your point
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theathletic.com/4377944/2023/04/04/nhl-shutdown-centers/%3famp=1
Posted April 4th, this year.
Funny that the article in question is written by Vancouver's own analytical minded Harman Dayal and NOT Dom L.
Per Dayal...
"After running this filter, we get a refined pool of centers over the last three seasons who play top-nine minutes, are trusted enough to defend top forwards on a regular basis, prevent goals against better than league-average and kill penalties.
From here, I decided to use Evolving-Hockey’s Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus (RAPM) tool to measure defensive impact and rank our pool of centers.
This RAPM tool can identify the players who have the strongest impact on suppressing quality scoring chances through their expected goals model. Most importantly, this tool can level the playing field by giving us a player’s isolated defensive impact after accounting for variables such as teammate quality (who they share the ice with on shifts), opposition quality, zone starts (some players start in the defensive zone more often than others) and more.
There’s no such thing as a perfect all-in-one tool, and RAPM is no different, but in a world where objectively measuring defensive impact can be challenging, this stands out as a useful data point."
"No.1-5
NHL's Top 5v5 Shutdown Centers (1-5)
1) Patrice Bergeron
Shots Against: 23.8
GA/60: 1.66
RAPM IMPACT ON XGA/60: -0.224
2) Joel Eriksson-Ek
Shots Against: 28
GA/60: 2.01
RAPM IMPACT ON XGA/60: -0.134"
And here's Dayal's thoughts on JEE in the linked article.
"Joel Eriksson Ek has quietly emerged as one of the NHL’s premier two-way pivots over the last few seasons. There was a long stretch where the GREEF line with Marcus Foligno and Jordan Greenway (who was dealt at the deadline) on his flanks was arguably the best defensive line in all of hockey. That trio dominated all the underlying numbers and controlled nearly 70 percent of goals scored while surrendering just 1.48 goals against per hour over the last three seasons. Recently, the long rangy center has done a stellar job driving the second line alongside Matt Boldy who’s breaking out, and a resurgent Marcus Johansson. He’s hit a career-high 60 points which is an excellent value when you combine that with his elite defensive impact."