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Enver Lisin - NHL’s Worst Defensive Forward?
by JesGolbez on 03/17/09 at 02:45 PM ET | View all posts by JesGolbez
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Enver Lisin, a 2nd round pick of the Coyotes back in 2004, is supposed to be a part of the team’s future. He’s got a lot of speed, that’s for sure.
The problem? he’s been hurting his team in the present, a LOT.
Over the course of his short career, Lisin has played a season’s worth of games and has an atrocious +/- stat.
I know +/- can be a flawed stat for many reasons, but when it’s a rather large number in any direction, it generally says something about the player. In this case, it is obvious that Lisin is on the ice for many goals scored against, and it isn’t a one-season fluke.
One has to wonder just how much better off the Coyotes would have been if they had not played Lisin at all. He doesn’t put up a lot of points, and has obviously cost the Coyotes quite a few goals against with his inattention to his own end. It’s not like Lisin is going up against top lines like Samuel Pahlsson.
Checking out Behind the Net’s advanced stats, Lisin is right down near the bottom, with only Rod “The Bod” Brind’Amour and his awful season below him.
I’d have to say, without digging too deep, that Lisin is the worst defensive forward in the league, and would be better off in the AHL until he isn’t such a negative nelly.
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Not really… just putting my toe in the water 
Had something on my mind
Posted by JesGolbez from Burnaby, BC on 03/17/09 at 04:11 PM ET
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hey Jes...you’re back?
Posted by captain_Aaron_Maiden from Slovakia on 03/17/09 at 03:57 PM ET