How many goals will the penguins score 2015-16?

[Shwag33]

Is OP the real Rob Rossi?

No his prediction would be in the 10-15 range for the entire season.

 

[SherogoesHAM]

Should have waited till the final roster.

 

[The Greatest 101]

Crosby - 42
Malkin - 37
Kessel - 47
Hornqvist - 31
Perron - 30
Plotnikov - 15
Bennett - 16
Fehr - 19
Bonino - 21
Kunitz - 13
Dupuis - 15
Sundqvist - 9

Letang - 17
Maatta - 10
Pouilot - 11
Dumo - 5
Cole - 6
Lovejoy - 1

Not sure how I feel about this.

 

[Epic Neal Time]

Kessel - 41
Crosby - 34
Malkin - 30
Hornqvist - 28
Perron - 27
Bonino - 21
Fehr - 18
Plotnikov - 18
Kunitz - 17
Dupuis - 17
Letang - 16
Bennett - 15
Pouliot - 15
Sundqvist - 14
Maatta - 13
Cole - 9
Wilson - 6
Dumoulin - 5
Rust - 4
Lovejoy - 3
Scuderi - 0

Edit: I added it up and holy **** that is a ton of goals. Oh well, I'm sticking by it.

 

[Asuna]

Didn't want to make another thread for this but....who will lead the Pens in goals? And how many?

 

[BobCole]

In juniors.

Right, and you think the Penguins hired him so he could abandon everything that's made him successful and become an "offense killer?" What evidence do you have to support this? And if you point to last season, I'd point out that the Penguins effectively had no transition game as most of their NHL-calibre dmen were on the shelf.

I just don't understand what would prompt one to say that MJ is an "offense killer" when there's not a shroud of evidence over the course of his entire career that suggests that's true.

 

[The Greatest 101]

Didn't want to make another thread for this but....who will lead the Pens in goals? And how many?

Kessel.35.

 

[RobRossi]

Is OP the real Rob Rossi?

I'm real only if you believe me to be real

 

[systemsgo]

Right, and you think the Penguins hired him so he could abandon everything that's made him successful and become an "offense killer?" What evidence do you have to support this? And if you point to last season, I'd point out that the Penguins effectively had no transition game as most of their NHL-calibre dmen were on the shelf.

I just don't understand what would prompt one to say that MJ is an "offense killer" when there's not a shroud of evidence over the course of his entire career that suggests that's true.

Maybe, maybe not. However, I don't think it can be disputed Penguins hockey was incredibly boring to watch last season after the first 20+ games. The games got boring to watch long before the playoffs.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Tampa Bay had the most goals last year with 3.16 goals per game (which over 82 games is 259 goals).

http://www.nhl.com/stats/team?fetchKey=20152ALLSAAAll&ord=desc&sort=avgGoalsPerGame&viewName=summary

So 275 goals, which is the consensus, would be a significant advance on that total.

I think that may be a bit optimistic and is enthusiasm over having so much firepower after lacking on the wings and on the bottom lines for so long.

Going north of 260 by any amount would be a huge accomplishment.

As an aside, I could see the Pens starting very hot. maybe 10-1, then keep winning and having a record something like 22-5 for the first third of the year, and having people going bonkers saying hand them the cup right now. Then the injuries hit. Like they always do. Bringing the record and expectations back to reality.

But I think that really hot start is waaaaaaay more probable than hitting 275 or 280 goals for the year.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

Isnt Fehr out until end of December? I like the guy and think he will do well here but penciling him in for 18-19g when he is missing 3 months of the season is a weeee bit hasty, no?

 

[plaidchuck]

Well it's on the coaching this year offensively that's for sure. They have the pieces. No more excuses.

 

[wej20]

Kessel - 44
Crosby - 36
Malkin - 34
Hornqvist - 28
Perron - 22
Kunitz - 17
Bonino - 16
Letang - 15
Plotnikov - 13
Fehr - 12
Dupuis - 11
Bennett - 10
Maatta - 10
Pouliot - 8
Cole - 4
Dumoulin - 3
Lovejoy - 2
Farnham - 1
Callups - 10

Total - 262

 

[Penguinzilla*]

Kessel - 241
Crosby - 0
Malkin - 0
Hornqvist - 0
Perron - 0
Bonino - 0
Fehr - 0
Plotnikov - 0
Kunitz - 0
Dupuis - 0
Letang - 0
Bennett - 0
Pouliot - 0
Sundqvist - 0
Maatta - 0
Cole - 0
Wilson - 0
Dumoulin - 0
Rust - 0
Lovejoy - 0
Scuderi - 1

 

[Asuna]

Kessel - 241
Crosby - 0
Malkin - 0
Hornqvist - 0
Perron - 0
Bonino - 0
Fehr - 0
Plotnikov - 0
Kunitz - 0
Dupuis - 0
Letang - 0
Bennett - 0
Pouliot - 0
Sundqvist - 0
Maatta - 0
Cole - 0
Wilson - 0
Dumoulin - 0
Rust - 0
Lovejoy - 0
Scuderi - 1

You win, sir.

 

[Sutter16]

Kessel - 37
Sid - 32
Hornqvist - 26
Geno - 25
Perron - 22
Kunitz - 19
Dupuis - 18
Plotnikov - 16
Bonino - 14
Fehr - 11
Bennett - 8
Sundqvist - 6
Rust - 4
Wilson - 2

Letang - 13
Cole - 9
Pouliot - 7
Maatta - 6
Lovejoy- 3
Dumo - 3
Scuds - 0

Total : 281, maybe a little high

 

[CrosbytoKessel]

Not sure how I feel about this.

Wow. Last year, the highest number of goals scored by a team for the season was Tampa at 259. RobRossi's 279 would be optimistic for sure; the 341 suggested by bennett? Not gonna happen, I think it's safe to say.

Hey, Im optimistic Honestly, i don't think a single one of those goal totals is unrealistic.

 

[steveg]

Hey, Im optimistic Honestly, i don't think a single one of those goal totals is unrealistic.

I like optimistic!

I agree with you, I don't think a single one of those is unrealistic, looked at individually. All the players you listed goal totals for are, IMO, capable of hitting those. However, the external reality that the Pens won't score 360 goals this year means that some on your list won't hit the totals that would otherwise be "realistic" for their skill level, either due to injury, other linemates scoring goals that in a vacuum that player otherwise might have scored, etc. etc.

Anyway, like I said, I like optimistic! Here's to 360 goals for the Pens this year!

 

[Shrimper]

Crosby - 37
Malkin - 35
Kessel - 42
Hornqvist - 29
Perron - 27
Plotnikov - 17
Bennett - 13
Fehr - 12
Bonino - 18
Kunitz - 11
Dupuis - 10
Sundqvist - 1

Letang - 15
Maatta - 9
Pouilot - 7
Dumo - 3
Cole - 3
Lovejoy - 1

290

 

[Penguinator]

Dalai Lama's age multiplied by Roger Federer's # of career titles divided by Mario's jersey # multiplied by the average # of a red panda's eyeballs + Jagr's jersey # minus the # of cups won by the Pens.

 

[Deutschland Dangler]

Dalai Lama's age multiplied by Roger Federer's # of career titles divided by Mario's jersey # multiplied by the average # of a red panda's eyeballs + Jagr's jersey # minus the # of cups won by the Pens.

80 * (17+6+23+86) / 66 * 2 + 68 - 4 = 384

I appreciate your optimism but that seems a little unrealistic, to be honest.

 

[eXile59]

I think people forget how hard it is to score in this league.

 

[deathtouchtrample]

Kessel-37
Malkin-32
Hornqvist-30
Crosby-29
Perron-22
Bonino-19
Fehr-16
Kunitz-15
Plotnikov-15
Dupuis-12
Sundqvist-8
Bennett-7
Call-ups-3

Maatta-16
Letang-13
Pouliot-8
Cole-6
Lovejoy-2
Dumoulin-1
Scuds-0

For 291. Y'all are forgetting about olli's goal scoring knack.

 

[Lomez]

Crosby - 32
Malkin - 47
Kessel - 40
Hornqvist - 27
Perron - 23
Plotnikov - 10
Bennett - 4
Fehr - 12
Bonino - 18
Kunitz - 9
Dupuis - 5
Sundqvist - 10

Letang - 13
Maatta - 10
Pouilot - 10
Dumo - 4
Cole - 5
Lovejoy - 1

Calling for a big year by Geno given all the extra space he'll get with Kessel on his wing.

 

[Darth Vitale]

Guessing for Bottom six type players is pretty pointless but for the big shots I'll say

Crosboid: 33
Hornqvist: 25
Malkin: 38
Kessel: 42
Perron: 20
Platonikov: 21 (because he's pure dark-horse platinum)

Pouliot: 12 (going big)

Fleury: 1