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Around the NHL: 2018-2019 (Part 3) Regular Season Opens
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The Leafs are a scoring machine--but so far have played teams that were non playoff teams last year--in some cases disasters. In a long season goaltending and defence need to come up bigger for Leafs if they want to move on in post season play.
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This was kind of interesting:
Sizing up the NHL: 2018-19 NHL teams by age, height and...
For the Sabres, they fall into the following:
Sixth youngest team in the league - average age 26.0. Youngest is Edmonton (25.5), oldest is Minnesota (28.9), league average 27.1.
Sabres are literally the league average in average height - 73.2 inches. Shortest is Montreal (71.9), tallest is Winnipeg (74.4).
Sabres are a little lighter than the average weight - 198.7 pounds. Heaviest is NYI (208.7), lightest is again Montreal (189.5!), league average 199.3.
Sabres have the HIGHEST drafted players in their lineup - an average draft position of 26.1. That includes the following seven top eight picks: Dahlin, Eichel, Reinhart, Skinner, Okposo, Mittelstadt and Ristolainen. The list excluded undrafted players. Vancouver was second at 33.4, SJ was the lowest at 82.6, and the league average was 58.
It's pretty good article. It then breaks down the nationalities of all the players. It only includes who has played through the first week of the season.
Sizing up the NHL: 2018-19 NHL teams by age, height and...
For the Sabres, they fall into the following:
Sixth youngest team in the league - average age 26.0. Youngest is Edmonton (25.5), oldest is Minnesota (28.9), league average 27.1.
Sabres are literally the league average in average height - 73.2 inches. Shortest is Montreal (71.9), tallest is Winnipeg (74.4).
Sabres are a little lighter than the average weight - 198.7 pounds. Heaviest is NYI (208.7), lightest is again Montreal (189.5!), league average 199.3.
Sabres have the HIGHEST drafted players in their lineup - an average draft position of 26.1. That includes the following seven top eight picks: Dahlin, Eichel, Reinhart, Skinner, Okposo, Mittelstadt and Ristolainen. The list excluded undrafted players. Vancouver was second at 33.4, SJ was the lowest at 82.6, and the league average was 58.
It's pretty good article. It then breaks down the nationalities of all the players. It only includes who has played through the first week of the season.
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Sabre the Win
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He elevated to another gear this season, he now carries the puck in like Eichel, the differences between the two we're how Eichel can carry play. You can see Matthews now absolutely dominating doing the same thing, his big body allows him to just rub off defenders.
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He showed no physcality in the games Ive seen of him, he never showed any silky mitts moves or dekes, his strength is his north and south speed. He can get back so fast to defend and he uses his speed to get around the D to fire a shot or pass but his shot isn't very lethal.
I don't think he will be compared to Dahlin in the future other than they are both #1 D
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Put me in a space ship and I’d probably still get caught by that back checker!
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Which is probably why Shanny is creating the fairytale about the Wings of his era all taking less “for the team”.
everyone talked about Makar being so dynamic in that class, but i've also been significantly more impressed by Heiskanen. He's going to be one of the better offensive defenceman in the league by christmas.
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Hutton is only 23 if you count in goalie years.
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The Athletic has a really good article on the gritty art of the forecheck.
Worth the read if you have ever questioned the benefits of a guy like Girgs on a top 6 line.
Worth the read if you have ever questioned the benefits of a guy like Girgs on a top 6 line.
Who does Nick Ritchie think he is? Go play hockey, you haven’t proven a thing. Barely even deserve a one way contract.
Watching Arizona. Dylan Strome looks fantastic, Arizona might finally have something there.
EDIT: Dylan Strome has arrived...I’ve never seen him drive the play this much, even in junior really...
Watching Arizona. Dylan Strome looks fantastic, Arizona might finally have something there.
EDIT: Dylan Strome has arrived...I’ve never seen him drive the play this much, even in junior really...
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I get that there could be $10-20 million at stake with the Nylander contract and that's why he's unsigned, but the Ritchie contract situation just confuses the hell out of me.
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Someone want to explain why the Tampa Bay Lightning have only played 1 NHL game thus far when most teams are going on their 4th or 5th.
Scheduling is kind of all over the place, Florida has only played one game thusfar as well, as has New Jersey and Edmonton. It will all shake out, I’m sure having Jersey and Edmonton overseas to start the year throws a wrench in things.
Career high 28 points in 77 games lol. That contract should be simple to bang out over a breakfast.
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