...Last year he seemed a bit outmatched, but this year I am very happy with what I have seen from him so far.
Been winning key faceoffs, too. Like the Tatar goal from last night.nice that larkin has points in 11 of 15 games this season. consistency. would like to see a few more goals though. I think they'll come.
Larkin leading the team in CF% and GF%
He's also shooting at like 5.3% right now... half of his career average. His goal scoring is going to go up a bit this season, while his assists will go down. I think that will cancel each other out in terms of total production. His PDO is slightly high right now (meaning hes getting a bit lucky) at 103.4%. At his current PDO he's on pace for 72 points. Lets assume his PDO regresses to around 100% (103.4 * 0.967 = 100) which is average, normalizing his point totals to that would mean he ends up with 70 points (72*0.967). I doubt this happens and I probably used these stats wrong because I don't understand **** and theres probably like 10 different enigmatic stats that are more useful for predicting points, i'm going to say he ends up with 55-60 points.
league average on ice SV% is around 91%. League average on ice SH% is about 9% totaling to 100%. PDO is simply adding those two together. Looking closer, only Mantha's On ice SH% is above league average, meaning that only his production would really be affected by high luck/PDO, but its only 1% above league average so its probably irrelevant. But my eye test tells me Mantha has been slightly unlucky... hes created so much more than pretty much anyone else on our team, no way should he be under a PPG right now. I even contacted NHL.com via email today telling them to give Frk's goal to Mantha because he pushed it in with his stick touching Tanev's stick. Mantha was directly responsible for the goal its a travesty it wasn't awarded to him and I will make sure I will right this wrongdoing.
I conclude that stats are stupid, and Larkin is having a good year too
While I also doubt he'll put up 70 points, his high PDO is not because of his oiSH% which would affect his production, it's rather a result of high oiSV% which won' affect his production.
And when Mantha's sh% drops off Larkins should go up so they should be able to maintain their production. But as we all know slumps happen, so I doubt they hit 70 points, to expect 60 points seem a it optimistic aswell but I'm a optimistic person so hopefully they both hit 60.
I think I'm most impressed with his playmaking skills this year. And he is a puck hound. I really think he's learning to use his speed much better now.15 assists in 19 games. he had 15 all of last season
this really is the best case scenario for the wings so far this season. young guys all playing well and developing, but the team is still bad enough to potentially get a really high draft pick. I know people think they are winning too much or whatever but before the win last night they were 7th worst in the NHL in points so they are still pretty bad.
this really is the best case scenario for the wings so far this season. young guys all playing well and developing, but the team is still bad enough to potentially get a really high draft pick. I know people think they are winning too much or whatever but before the win last night they were 7th worst in the NHL in points so they are still pretty bad.
Dominant force right now. So sad to see his effort wasted last night.