Quoting: MitchJr
First of all no data to support your statement that puck is on his stick more than other dmen. And if you do have the puck, you need to produce positive outcomes (points, scoring chances, zone exits, etc). We live with Reilly defensive foibles b/c he produces offense at an elite level for a dman. Lili ain’t that, but like I said I’m not ready to bury or promote him - withhold judgement until after playoffs.
JT looked bad as did most of team last night but no decision needs to be made on him; he’s core part of team for this and next year. Different discussion.
I mean, looking at Lilly's stats, he's 2nd on the team in GAE (behind Jake McCabe and ahead of Morgan Rielly)
3rd for shots on goal per 60 (behind Mo and Gio)
3rd in shot attempts (behind McCabe and Rielly, while playing 18 less games)
5th in hits (behind Benny, McCabe, Rielly and Libby... But if you adjust it to his everyone else's games played, he'd have more than Rielly for 4rth on the team)
5th in blocked shots (behind Libby, Brodie, Rielly and McCabe, but if you adjust it to his everyone else's games played, he'd lead the team)
4rth in giveaways (behind Brodie, Rielly and McCabe) and the same for Defensive zone giveaways...
Oh, and here's your JFresh card (The most recent one I can find):
Look at those possession metrics
So where's the defensive nightmare I was told?