"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." - I personally do not like the face off winning percentage because a lot of "draws" are controlled by one guy but for a verity of reasons (wing play, - missed ground ball - controlling the draw but sending the ball to the wrong area) - a great fogo is like pornography you can't always define it but you know it when you see it. If fogo "A" wins 50% but they are all clean wins that lead to breakaways and scoring opportunities and fogo "B" wins 56% but every face off is a battle and a ground ball war and usually picked up by his wing who is the better FOGO? I would bet most coaches would rather have the guy that is creating a bunch of scoring opportunities.

Another part of the equation is when is he winning and losing his face offs? is he stopping momentum? is he leading a comeback? does he go 70% in the first quarter and then 30% in the fourth when he has been figured out? Also what kind of tempo does his team like to play? a grinding defense may not depend as much on a fogo as a run and gun team that is getting into shoot outs and have a lot more face offs in a game.

All I am trying to say it that face off is a very important position but any argument made about how important or unimportant can have to valid arguments with no right or wrong answer just opinions.