Do you think there are 1 ppg players hiding in the NHL?

[Uncle Scrooge]

Killiam Warlsson

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

I have ended heard that NHLers like a good game of hide and seek.

I think Guentzel can get there as he matures his game a bit more.

 

[Pile]

Rickard Rakell perhaps

Edit: Not hiding or in the lower lines so doesn’t meet OP criteria, but I think he’d look great on a better team.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Panarin

Do you mean, he'll degrade to a PPG player, if you place him in a worse situation?

 

[Bedards Dad]

Matthews

Nope, hes a .98 PPG player. Doesnt have it in him to make 1PPG

 

[nbwingsfan]

I think there are about 10-15 defensemen in the league who could come pretty close to it if they got put in the position that guys like Victor Hedman, Mark Giordano, or John Carlson are in.

10 to 15?? Like who?? The three guys you just mentioned aren’t even PPG D

 

[Eat The Rich]

Nope, hes a .98 PPG player. Doesnt have it in him to make 1PPG

For real.

The pedants of HF would be the first to point out even a .995 PPG as "not being PPG."

 

[Bedards Dad]

Panarin

He is above PPG

 

[agent082]

Do you mean, he'll degrade to a PPG player, if you place him in a worse situation?

No. I mean he is hiding behind the net.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Given the right situation, I think Torey Krug would have a shot at it.

For example, if you put him on Tampa in Sergachev's spot I think he hits 1.00 PPG

He's an elite PP weapon, and his PPG has jumped every year for the last 5 seasons:

0.50
0.54
0.63
0.78
0.87

He's currently at 40 in 46 so far this season, so its not that far fetched

 

[Newt91]

With better circumstances Clayton Keller

 

[bobbyking]

Drouin

 

[DaPhazz]

Drouin indeed

 

[jbeck5]

27 points his last 32 games, on the fourth line.

Nice scouting report

 

[Rschmitz]

1 ppg is a lot. Bolts are overflowing with talent and I still wouldn't classify any of our lower line guys as potential 1 ppg guys. Maybeee....Miller because he has played much of this season on the fourth line but I think that's in name only.

 

[torniojaws]

Perhaps they could be identified by taking in their average TOI into the factor:

Say, Crosby gets 82 points in 82 games for 1 PPG. But he does that with 20+ minutes per game.
If you have a Random McRandomface doing 20 points in 82 games, you don't even lift an eyebrow. But if he does that with 5 minutes of ice time, he is doing mighty fine and could theoretically score at 1 PPG if he gets to play 20+ minutes per game.

I took a couple of low-key possibles from: https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/stats...time=0&pos=0&team=0&qual=1&sortOrder=1&page=1

Mason Appleton WPG
31 GP
3+7=10
8:08 avg TOI

Austin Wagner LA
40 GP
7+5=12
8:38 avg TOI

Jack Roslovic WPG
56 GP
7+9=16
9:42 avg TOI

If they tripled their ice time, they could theoretically have near-1 PPG.

But finding players that could do 1 PPG if they played in higher lines will be a bit harder to spot without doing extensive watching. Off the top of my head, I would say Patrik Laine, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeny Malkin, Alex DeBrincat are names that could very well reach if they played in a better team or with their 1st line.

 

[King Mapes]

Drouin


In the past I would have said Schwartz but he's fallen hard.

 

[King Mapes]

Perhaps they could be identified by taking in their average TOI into the factor:

Say, Crosby gets 82 points in 82 games for 1 PPG. But he does that with 20+ minutes per game.
If you have a Random McRandomface doing 20 points in 82 games, you don't even lift an eyebrow. But if he does that with 5 minutes of ice time, he is doing mighty fine and could theoretically score at 1 PPG if he gets to play 20+ minutes per game.

I took a couple of low-key possibles from: https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/stats...time=0&pos=0&team=0&qual=1&sortOrder=1&page=1

Mason Appleton WPG
31 GP
3+7=10
8:08 avg TOI

Austin Wagner LA
40 GP
7+5=12
8:38 avg TOI

Jack Roslovic WPG
56 GP
7+9=16
9:42 avg TOI

If they tripled their ice time, they could theoretically have near-1 PPG.

But finding players that could do 1 PPG if they played in higher lines will be a bit harder to spot without doing extensive watching. Off the top of my head, I would say Patrik Laine, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeny Malkin, Alex DeBrincat are names that could very well reach if they played in a better team or with their 1st line.

It doesn't work like that?m. The guy playin 5 minutes a night is facing bottom pairing dmen. If you're getting .20 minutes you're getting the top pairing.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Perhaps they could be identified by taking in their average TOI into the factor:

Say, Crosby gets 82 points in 82 games for 1 PPG. But he does that with 20+ minutes per game.
If you have a Random McRandomface doing 20 points in 82 games, you don't even lift an eyebrow. But if he does that with 5 minutes of ice time, he is doing mighty fine and could theoretically score at 1 PPG if he gets to play 20+ minutes per game.

I took a couple of low-key possibles from: https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/stats...time=0&pos=0&team=0&qual=1&sortOrder=1&page=1

Mason Appleton WPG
31 GP
3+7=10
8:08 avg TOI

Austin Wagner LA
40 GP
7+5=12
8:38 avg TOI

Jack Roslovic WPG
56 GP
7+9=16
9:42 avg TOI

If they tripled their ice time, they could theoretically have near-1 PPG.

But finding players that could do 1 PPG if they played in higher lines will be a bit harder to spot without doing extensive watching. Off the top of my head, I would say Patrik Laine, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeny Malkin, Alex DeBrincat are names that could very well reach if they played in a better team or with their 1st line.

not quite, P/60 has long since been proven to not be linear. It decreases as TOI increases

 

[TheOtherOne]

That kind of depends a lot on who's line you want to put the guy on. A lot of people would probably be ppg if you put them with Crosby.

 

[psycat]

I don't know if he is really hiding or if he could score ppg at this age, frankly I didn't see him play for close to a year, but I am of the opinion that if Söderberg went over earlier in his career he would be a good(perhaps even great) first liner.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

It was weird, I was walking behind the arena, and low and behold, there was this guy there behind the dumpster. It was a player from the team, he was hiding cause the coach wanted 2 points per game!

Booooooooo!

 

[Machinehead]

If Kreider played with a particular type of center like a Getzlaf or a Crosby, they would bounce 45 goals in off of his ass.

That's not to say that Kreider is necessarily that good or that his situation on the Rangers is bad in any way. It's a style thing. Zibanejad isn't really a playmaker.

 

[Halak Ness Monster]

Clayton Keller

In a better scoring environment he might get there this year or next. It may take awhile in Arizona.

 

[WatchfulElm]

Most underrated player in the league.

When your name is Mark Stone or John Smith or Mike Jackson, it's pretty easy to go unnoticed.