Top 20 Corsi Rates

There is a debate in hockey sabermetrics about what is more important.  Are counting numbers (total number of a stat - for example goals) more meaningful that rate numbers (stats per unit time - for example goals per minute played) or vice versa?  My opinion is that nothing beats good counting numbers.  A fifty goal scorer is a good player and is more valuable than a 20 goal scorer, even if the 20 goal scorer had the same number of goals per minute played.  It is often true that players who succeed in lesser ice time have a more limited range of situations in which they can succeed.  If they were given the frontline ice time of the 50 goal scorer, their scoring rate would decline because they would have to be played outside the situations where they excel.  On the flip side, we are always looking for the next 50 goal scorer and who is a better candidate than a player who has the same scoring rate in lesser amounts of ice time?

I look at Corsi rate lists as a list of players who succeeded (or failed) in the role that they played, but they are strongly dependent upon the role played.  It is easier to come up with a ranked list that better fits skill levels from a counting rate list.  Nevertheless it is interesting and useful to see who succeeded in their role.

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