ROOS LETS LOOSE POLL: Best Deployment

[RizzeeDizzee]

It's time for another poll I like to run this time every year which looks at players who seemingly are doing as well as they are due at least in part to ideal - or close to ideal - deployment, and deciding which of them would see the biggest negative impact if that deployment suddenly became less ideal. Specifically, your task is to vote for the five players who, percentagewise, are benefitting the most in terms of scoring because of how they're being deployed. The key word in that sentence is percentagewise. So if there's a player who you think is more realistically a 55 point player but is scoring at a 75 point pace due to ideal deployment, and another who's realistically a 70 point player but scoring at a 90 point pace, it's actually the first player who's benefitting more even though they both are "better" by 20 points, since the first player's percentage gain is higher. Hopefully that makes sense. And you're voting based on the here and now - don't take the past or future into consideration.

As always, please post in this thread who you voted for and why, as that gives us all added insight.

[RizzeeDizzee]

This was probably the toughest voting I've had too do in a while, and I went back and forth on a few guys before deciding upon....

Coyle - Yes, he was a first rounder and had modest success previously, but at his age it's difficult to see this and not think it's the by-product of situation more than talent
Faber - I think Faber will be a very good defensemen in the NHL; but he's basically been thrust into a huge role out of necessity, and his metrics don't suggest he'd be this high of a scorer otherwise
Ghost - When 20 of your 32 points have come on the PP, that says a lot
Hagel - Sure, maybe in a couple of seasons Hagel will have graduated to Carte Verhaeghe status; but for now, it's difficult not to look at him and see someone who's doing this well by riding better coattails
Hyman - Go back and look at his first season in Edmonton, and compare that to now

[loppantorkel]

Went with:
Hronek - career year, I believe, next to Hughes
Coyle - explained above
Ghost - same
Hyman - same
Boeser - didn't find any better, maybe Burns would've been a better choice

[pmorrow]

I voted for a bunch, but I missed Coyle. He seems like the prototype of this analysis.

[Grapes]

Boeser: as the Vancouver power play goes, so goes Brock
Hyman: making the most out of McDavid, Draisaitl & Edmonton power play
Faber: looks like he’s going to be good, however being the only D in Minny helps float the offence
Hronek: time spent with Quinn Hughes helping
Coyle: as mentioned above

[chuckcouples]

I went with Boeser, Hyman, Matheson, Coyle and Hronek.