Can the New Jersey Devils replace Andy Greene from within for next season? I finally come to a conclusion to say: yes, the Devils can on defense, but at a cost to their offense.
In the fourth installment of looking at whether the New Jersey Devils can adequately replace Andy Greene from within, I take a brief look at the Devils' defensemen on special teams last season.
In continuing to ask whether the New Jersey Devils can replace Andy Greene from within, I take a look at the team's scoring and PDO on the blueline. Here, Greene led the team in scoring, suffered from low PDO, and causes a wrinkle in the notion that whether that can be replaced.
In continuing to look at whether the Devils can replace Andy Greene from within, I post up the defensemen's Corsi stats both relative to competition, teammates, and even adjusted for zone starts from this past season. Andy Greene doesn't come out so well here.
The New Jersey Devils have to make a decision whether to try and re-sign Andy Greene before he becomes an UFA this summer. I ask the question: Can the Devils replace him from within? In this post, I begin looking for an answer with on-ice and off-ice 5-on-5 stats from Behind the Net.
This post looks at the defensive partners of New Jersey Devil defenseman Henrik Tallinder at 5-on-5. In it, it's revealed that he's played mostly with veterans Andy Greene and Colin White; but it does not answer why he hasn't been good.
In looking at average shot distance by the New Jersey Devils between the season and the playoffs, I show that the Philadelphia Flyers didn't keep them on the perimeter at even strength. However, the Flyers kept the Devils' even strength shots low, providing evidence that they were better at 5-on-5 play.
A With Or Without You Analysis of Travis Zajac reveals that he had a positive effect on 15 Devils teammates who played with him enough in terms of puck possession and territorial play in 2009-10. Read on to learn how big the effect is and who Zajac should be playing with in the future.
Inspired by Tyler Dellow's With Or Without You analysis of Alex Ovechkin and Shawn Horcoff, I perform a With Or Without You analysis for Zach Parise. Simply, this analysis shows how important he has been for most of the Devils in 2009-10 in terms of Corsi.
Upon criticisms about the New Jersey Devils' defense in 2009-10, I decided to compare them with past team defenses as far back as 1997-98. What I found was that the Devils' defense this season wasn't lacking in much other than offense.
