Senor Catface
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- Jul 25, 2006
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Any thoughts on why the Oilers have so few PP compared to the rest of the league? It's not a conspiracy against the Oilers, so there has to be some logic behind it.
Right now the Oilers have had 72 powerplays, 8 (!) less than the closest team. And we've played one more game, so realistically once the Wild play their next game, we'll have 10 less powerplays then the 30th place squad.
The league average for the other 30 teams is 96 (!!!) powerplays. The league average including our sad sack team is 95.
So at this point we have had 23 less powerplays than the average team, which includes teams playing as poorly as we have. So it's not like lackluster emotionless games are just an Edmonton thing.
If we had a league average amount of powerplays, based on our current PP %, we would have an extra 5 goals (clearly a win or two more.)
If we even had has many of Toronto, 24th in the league, we would have an extra 3 goals.
In a season of a billion paper cuts, what's the reason for this one?
Right now the Oilers have had 72 powerplays, 8 (!) less than the closest team. And we've played one more game, so realistically once the Wild play their next game, we'll have 10 less powerplays then the 30th place squad.
The league average for the other 30 teams is 96 (!!!) powerplays. The league average including our sad sack team is 95.
So at this point we have had 23 less powerplays than the average team, which includes teams playing as poorly as we have. So it's not like lackluster emotionless games are just an Edmonton thing.
If we had a league average amount of powerplays, based on our current PP %, we would have an extra 5 goals (clearly a win or two more.)
If we even had has many of Toronto, 24th in the league, we would have an extra 3 goals.
In a season of a billion paper cuts, what's the reason for this one?