Time to get those 2019 Draft favorites started!
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Time to get those 2019 Draft favorites started!
Jesus, could you imagine if Buffalo got Jack Hughes too?
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NHL Draft grades 2018: Islanders, Red Wings earn full marks; Rangers tank
I don't think Farabee has any more reason to worry about the press box than Provorov and Patrick.
We'll see about O'Brien, hopefully he's more polished than TK by the time he comes out.
Players bench themselves, cherry picking is for orchards, bad cross ice passes for junior hockey.
Ghost learned, TK learned . . .
Both players still get benched. When will the coach learn?
That would be pretty unstoppable, especially if ROR sticks around. Eichel-Hughes-Mittelstadt-Girgensons down the middle, with Ristolainen and Dahlin on the blueline. They could trade ROR for literally any top six winger they can get and play anyone in the entire world in goal and still be a tough team to play against.Jesus, could you imagine if Buffalo got Jack Hughes too?
That would be pretty unstoppable, especially if ROR sticks around. Eichel-Hughes-Mittelstadt-Girgensons down the middle, with Ristolainen and Dahlin on the blueline. They could trade ROR for literally any top six winger they can get and play anyone in the entire world in goal and still be a tough team to play against.
He absolutely does not suck. He is not a superstar and he's not winning a Norris any time soon, but he has scored 40+ points the last three years in a row and playing on a better team likely improves not only that, but his defensive play as well. I'd love another 40 point scoring defenseman on this team even if he wasn't a stud defensively.Risto sucks
He absolutely does not suck. He is not a superstar and he's not winning a Norris any time soon, but he has scored 40+ points the last three years in a row and playing on a better team likely improves not only that, but his defensive play as well. I'd love another 40 point scoring defenseman on this team even if he wasn't a stud defensively.
I think we are talking about two different people. Ristolainen is almost 50/50 for his ES v. Special Teams points (he had four more Even Strength goals and nine fewer Even Strength assists, so that's what a -5 in point differential?). He's also playing 25+ minutes per night on the absolute worst team in the league. I mean I understand that he is not a superstar, but if you think he is terrible and a #5 defenseman, I'm not sure what a good defenseman looks like, especially a 23 year old one scoring 40+ points per season. What do you think Ghost would look like on that team? Provorov? Come on.He is terrible at ES and is terrible defensively. He right now should be a 5th defenseman on a good team and should be used on a 2nd PP unit. Outside of Dahlin of course, they have a pretty weak future D-core.
Who are the favorites for 2019 risers? Anttoni Honka looks interesting
Seems like "meh" is the consensus. That's certainly my take. The only pick I am real juiced up about is Farabee. The O'Brien and Ginning picks are growing on me. I know nothing of the goalie but it can't hurt to have a bunch of potential goalies in the pipeline, especially with our history. Then you have to two overage re-drafters that are interesting but not all that flashy. Westfalt from Sweden is intriguing but I don't think anyone expects too much from him. I think that is everyone.So many pages. What's the HF consensus on our draft? I watched round 1 but it was quite boring. It seems our second pick may have more upside than the first; though admittedly I am basing that off of minimal information and my own opinion. Insights appreciated.
I think we are talking about two different people. Ristolainen is almost 50/50 for his ES v. Special Teams points (he had four more Even Strength goals and nine fewer Even Strength assists, so that's what a -5 in point differential?). He's also playing 25+ minutes per night on the absolute worst team in the league. I mean I understand that he is not a superstar, but if you think he is terrible and a #5 defenseman, I'm not sure what a good defenseman looks like, especially a 23 year old one scoring 40+ points per season. What do you think Ghost would look like on that team? Provorov? Come on.
First of all, your numbers are off. He had 41 points, 18 ES and 23 PP, which is a five point swing like I said..."almost" 50/50.38 total points. ES 15, so no, not 50/50. And yeah, he is playing big minutes there. But, he wouldn't be doing that nearly anywhere else and for obvious reasons.
The Flyers averaged about 1/2 a goal more per game. Risto accounted for roughly ~9% of his teams points this year. After adjusting their team point difference between the Flyers and Sabres, Risto should have only 7 points if he were on the Flyers. Then again, he wouldn't get 1st line powerplay time as Gostisbehere is significantly better. He wouldn't have gotten as much ES strength ice time. So, he probably ends up scoring a lot less points, a lot.
A good contending team shouldn't aspire to have Risto as anything other than a bottom-3 defenseman.
Good analysis. Meh. If O'Brien turns into the next Roenick and Farabee is Amonte, we'll be very lucky...Seems like "meh" is the consensus. That's certainly my take. The only pick I am real juiced up about is Farabee. The O'Brien and Ginning picks are growing on me. I know nothing of the goalie but it can't hurt to have a bunch of potential goalies in the pipeline, especially with our history. Then you have to two overage re-drafters that are interesting but not all that flashy. Westfalt from Sweden is intriguing but I don't think anyone expects too much from him. I think that is everyone.
38 total points. ES 15, so no, not 50/50. And yeah, he is playing big minutes there. But, he wouldn't be doing that nearly anywhere else and for obvious reasons.
The Flyers averaged about 1/2 a goal more per game. Risto accounted for roughly ~9% of his teams points this year. After adjusting their team point difference between the Flyers and Sabres, Risto should have only 7 points if he were on the Flyers. Then again, he wouldn't get 1st line powerplay time as Gostisbehere is significantly better. He wouldn't have gotten as much ES strength ice time. So, he probably ends up scoring a lot less points, a lot.
A good contending team shouldn't aspire to have Risto as anything other than a bottom-3 defenseman.
First of all, your numbers are off. He had 41 points, 18 ES and 23 PP, which is a five point swing like I said..."almost" 50/50.
As for the rest, I am a little confused. How are you "adjusting their team point difference" to come to the conclusion that he would have 7 points for the Flyers? How many points would Jack Eichel have on the Flyers based off whatever formula you are using there? Would our #5 defenseman put up 40+ points three years in a row?
The Sabres are awful. He nearly doubled the next defender on his team in almost ten fewer games. I don't care what you say that is not "terrible" under any definition. You don't play 26 minutes per night by accident and you don't double the next player at your position if you are terrible (especially when you are playing on what is indisputably a terrible team). Even if all his points were on the power play, or if 43% ES point percentage is awful, this would still be a good player. But oh well. He sucks. #5 defenseman.
He had 41 points, according to both nhl.com and H-R.
Also, not sure where you're getting the 9% from? Ristolainen played 73/82 games and the Sabres scored 198 goals in 82 games. Roughly adjusting for games played:
(((73/82)* 198)/41)^-1 = 23%
First of all, your numbers are off. He had 41 points, 18 ES and 23 PP, which is a five point swing like I said..."almost" 50/50.
As for the rest, I am a little confused. How are you "adjusting their team point difference" to come to the conclusion that he would have 7 points for the Flyers? How many points would Jack Eichel have on the Flyers based off whatever formula you are using there? Would our #5 defenseman put up 40+ points three years in a row?
The Sabres are awful. He nearly doubled the next defender on his team in almost ten fewer games. I don't care what you say that is not "terrible" under any definition. You don't play 26 minutes per night by accident and you don't double the next player at your position if you are terrible (especially when you are playing on what is indisputably a terrible team). Even if all his points were on the power play, or if 43% ES point percentage is awful, this would still be a good player. But oh well. He sucks. #5 defenseman.
Who are the favorites for 2019 risers? Anttoni Honka looks interesting
But how does that translate to Risto scoring 7 points on the Flyers? Are you suggesting that he would have the exact same percentage points across teams and that would be static for everyone? No matter how bad you think he is you know he would not actually score 7 points on this team.As a team they scored 486 points. 486* (73/82) = 432. 41/432 = 9.4%. Hence he accounted for ~9-10% of his teams points.
As a team they scored 486 points. 486* (73/82) = 432. 41/432 = 9.4%. Hence he accounted for ~9-10% of his teams points.
But how does that translate to Risto scoring 7 points on the Flyers? Are you suggesting that he would have the exact same percentage points across teams and that would be static for everyone? No matter how bad you think he is you know he would not actually score 7 points on this team.