morhilane
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- Feb 28, 2021
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NHL website has SAT (all type of shot attempts, include blocked, Corsi is derived from this) and outShoot/OutShoot By.I've probably been the most vocal critic of MSL's system, or lack thereof I should say, but I am starting to see some positives.
We look like a counterattacking team, because we don't have the horses, the other team is going to drive play for 75% of the game without us touching the puck, but as long as we have finishers on every line, we should be able to score a couple goals a game on the rush.
I'm just not sure if this is better or worse entertainment than the games we have watched for the past decade. We aren't playing the trap, but we also aren't touching the puck AT ALL. I would be very interested in seeing possession stats from all of our games if the NHL even tracks that. As a team we are terrible at passing, it is basically just Suzuki who can complete a pass in the offensive zone, and occasionally Matheson can get a puck out of the D-zone, we rely on the other team messing up to go on the rush.
People say "at least MSL makes the games exciting, I'd rather lose 6-5 than win 2-1". I can see how someone would think that, but so far the games really haven't been exciting this year. I hate watching these guys chase the puck around for 60 minutes hoping to get a counterattack goal.
The Habs are 16th league wide in SAT (all situations) right now. 6th when tied. 10th when ahead. 26th when behind. Pretty much looks like 1st period, 2n period and 3rd period...
Habs are 29th for shots for and 7th for shots against (bad) per game. Which makes them 25th on the comparative stats.
They are are the worst in giveaway per 60 in the league...
The Habs are actually very awful this season start, but a few teams are actually worst...