Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
Compher does have negative value. He may be "on pace" for ~20 goals and ~35 point but he also has 5 points in his last 18 games. Also take in that during that same stretch Colorado outscored their opponent 69-31.
He is playing at a below replacement level this season in terms of GAR and WAR, and has the worst Corsi% on the team. winning 157/312 face offs not a selling point for "is winning over 50% of his face-offs this year." That's literally +2 face-off, and he averages 9.5 face-offs per game. At 3.5M his stock is only a bit better than Tyler Johnson's was last year
You're twisting facts to suit your narrative.
Using an 18 game sample size is pretty ridiculous considering that Compher has been a ~35 point forward his entire career. Even including his rookie season and last years down season his career point pace is 33.72 pts/82 (125 points/304 games). Needless to say, pointing out that he's pacing for ~35 points (with the implication that he's a 35 point forward) is hardly a reach, it's just a statistical fact.
And again with the faceoffs, it doesn't matter if it's one faceoff over 50%, he's still statistically winning "over" 50%, that's a fact. Being able to win ~50% of your faceoffs is definitely a selling point for GM's and coaches, or are you going to argue that it's not?
Lastly, I'd genuinely love to see the GAR and WAR charts/graphs that you're referring to, if you wouldn't mind sharing them here.