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Are Bigger Defensemen better at defending in the Playoffs?

May 27, 2025 by David Johnson

I have previously written about how teams with bigger defensemen have seen more success in the playoffs (here and here) but I haven’t posted anything about how they do this and specifically what statistics bigger defensemen impact. I plan to take a look at some of that in this post. Everything in this post is … Read more

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