Edmonton East
BUT the ADvaNCEd STatS...
- Nov 25, 2007
- 6,492
- 2,450
To be fair, it would have been Vatanen if he didn't get hurt.Severson's going to finish dead last on defense......... for yet another year.
To be fair, it would have been Vatanen if he didn't get hurt.Severson's going to finish dead last on defense......... for yet another year.
To be fair, it would have been Vatanen if he didn't get hurt.
Two important things:
1) That statistic is ridiculous hockus-pockus & really cant be taken seriously
2) Anyone watching this team even before Hall, Vats, Nico, (insert name here) went down knows it was a total train wreck.
To claim this team would have about 9 more full-blown 2 point wins without the injury bug is optimistic at best. In fact, oddly, I'd argue that after Hall and a few others went down, this team started playing more structurally sound. So while, yes, there's no team that could survive the Devils injuries this season, to claim they'd be fighting for that last playoff spot if not for injuries is completely unrealistic.
I fear it's number 4. The one that was never reported was the high, late hit by Carrick that knocked him out of the AHL playoffs.That’s #3 for him if that’s the case right?
Told everyone last year he is trash at defense....I honestly haven't noticed much of a difference, except he hasn't produced offensively like last year.I'd like to think not. Vats' year has been a mystery to me, it's like he took a huge defensive step backwards.
It also has to be accounted for that there were a number of nights throughout November and December where the team looked great some nights, but just as many nights, if not more, they looked very uninspired, out of position, and seemed to be going through the motions - which is partially why the questioning of Hynes became even more prevalent. After the new year, it all went further off the tracks.
What I particularly like about Vats is his engagement and battle level. Also he sees the developing counterattack and can pass the puck hard on the breaking out players stick.Told everyone last year he is trash at defense....I honestly haven't noticed much of a difference, except he hasn't produced offensively like last year.