Last week I published the worst 20 players by team and zone adjusted Corsi ratings in 2010/11. Perhaps the most significant player on the list is Robyn Regehr, then of the Calgary Flames and now a Buffalo Sabre. Regehr has represented Canada internationally in both the Olympics and the World Cup, so he must have been a top player at one time. Regehr is 31 years old, so perhaps he is starting to slow down - though many players remain at all star level at much higher ages than that.
Regehr had a relatively poor raw Corsi, which was the worst on his team. Calgary had a better than average team Corsi so this makes his team adjusted rating worse. Regehr played against a tough quality of opposition. He had the third toughest quality of opposition of any defenceman who played a significant number of games last season (behind Nicklas Lidstrom and Brent Seabrook), but he was not used preferentially in his own zone.
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