The Decline of Dany Heatley

My quantitative investigation of Dany Heatley's time in San Jose as well as a comparison to Martin Havlat

11 months ago Kent Wilson 2 comments 5 recs |

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Interesting.

I’d be curious to see the ‘07-’08 for both guys, but especially Heatley, since I think it’d help show the pattern a little more.

Also, there’s been some chatter about Heatley being used incorrectly by making him play a more defensive game and putting him on the other wing than he used to play (though I remain somewhat unconvinced, personally). Still, it’s worth asking the questions about if those things make up the difference in his even-strength decline, or if those things are a separate or marginal issue toward his production.

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by Auth0r on Jul 7, 2011 12:26 PM PDT reply actions

Those suggestions strike me as convenient post-hoc explanations, personally. I mean if you can throw a $7.5M off a cliff in terms of possession by playing him on the other wing, then he’s not much of a player anyways.

Not that the Sharks have to worry about it. Incidentally, Devin Setoguchi’s 2 year corsi-tied rate was only marginally above Heatley’s and he’s gone too!

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by Kent Wilson on Jul 7, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions