Oh boy. Fortunately, between Seider and Edvinsson playing really well on both ends and Chiarot pitching in defensively, the mistakes of the blue line were compensated for. I\u2019m not going to focus on Sandin-Pellikka even though he had a really rough night. No, instead, I think it\u2019s time to talk about the Red Wings third pair and just how much they\u2019ve been struggling as of late.<\/p>\n
Game score, Corsi for, and just about whatever other stat you can find will tell you Detroit\u2019s third pair has seriously struggled these past few games. Tonight against the Maple Leafs, Johansson and Bernard-Docker both really struggled.<\/p>\n
Eye Test:<\/p>\n
Bernard-Docker had by far the worst turnover of the night to Nick Robertson in the second period. The puck was fully stripped off his stick before Robertson came down for a breakaway. But beyond that, the pair was out there against the Matthew Knies power play goal, which left Knies wide open.<\/p>\n
Generally, there were times Bernard-Docker would miss a pass that led to an avoidable icing, and their shifts felt longer (and, correctly, felt as you\u2019ll see later) than their contemporaries. The line is often on the ice with Detroit\u2019s best players, Larkin and Raymond, but they still end up stuck in their own end for almost the entire shift. The eye test isn\u2019t pretty, but the advanced stats certainly aren\u2019t either.<\/p>\n
Advanced Stats: <\/p>\n
The world of advanced stats is messy and often taken out of context, but for Bernard-Docker and Johansson, almost none of them are favorable. Truthfully, after the Maple Leafs game, the stat card didn\u2019t look terrible. But, there was still a lot to be unhappy with. <\/p>\n
The stat card had both of them as positive this game, largely because they were on the ice for the Mason Appleton goal that tied the game in the third period. Albert Johansson even recorded an assist on the play, which made his box score look good enough to let him off the hook a little. But again, context matters, and in this game, a secondary assist doesn\u2019t really make up for the rest of what they were doing.<\/p>\n
Johansson and Bernard-Docker get hemmed in a lot\u00a0as a third pair; their average shift time in the Toronto game was 43 and 50 seconds, respectively. That on its own isn\u2019t too bad, but the standard deviation of their shifts were the highest on the team, 25 and 22 seconds. Meaning that their shifts fluctuated more than anyone else. As a third pair, short shifts wouldn\u2019t be a surprise. The problem is they\u2019re getting hemmed in, leading to that deviation growing.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not like Seider used to be, though.\u00a0The two of them have some of the softest deployments on the team. On the season as a whole, they\u2019ve been struggling in fairly easy deployment. Despite facing the easiest minutes and the easiest competition, the bottom three Red Wings defencemen in Corsi for the team are Bernard-Docker, Hamonic, and then Johansson. As for goals for percentage, Johansson and Hamonic are at the bottom, and Sandin-Pellikka is the only thing separating Bernard-Docker from being at the bottom again.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the Move?<\/p>\n
Well, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s internal. Truthfully, all the numbers I\u2019m critiquing Bernard-Docker for are actually worse from Hamonic. Johansson doesn\u2019t even have a direct replacement unless you consider Gustafsson. Unless you\u2019re comfortable trying Wallinder in that role, I think you have to see it through with these guys or make a trade. Max Bultman mentioned Justin Faulk, I think that they should look for Oleksiak but journalists seem to agree a trade is needed.<\/p>\n
Detroit is in first in the Atlantic, but the race is tight. Getting a trade early to help the depth of this team can go a long way in giving this team some points.<\/p>\n
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