Red Wings’ Chiarot Is Not a First-Pairing Defenseman

1 year ago  /  The Hockey Writers

is a Detroit Red Wings defenceman who is a divisive topic of conversation. He can play well with elite defencemen, but otherwise, Chiarot should have a ceiling on how much he plays and in what situations the Red Wings deploy him. In his 2016-17 season with the Winnipeg Jets (first year of goals for tracking data from Dobber Frozen Pool), Chiarot played 59 games. Relative to his team, his CF% was last out of nine defencemen that played for the Jets that season. Chiarot played with Jeff Petry (arguably the second-best Canadiens defenceman) for percent of his total ice time over the year....

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