For those who have a subscription to the Athletic...
By the numbers: Which teams have the most star power going...
Basically, this is a quick-and-dirty evaluation of a team's "star power", as defined by Game Score - mostly because in the past that sort of thing has been pretty consistently necessary to get anywhere in the playoffs. It comes up, naturally, in the context of whether or not Vegas has a chance.
It's interesting to Jackets fans, tho, because.... well, here's the chart:
Yes, according to that metric, we're the #2 team in the league in star power behind Nashville, courtesy of being the only one with three Tier 1 stars. (Panarin, Bob, and Jones. Then Werenski in tier 3 and Atkinson in tier 4).
I did
not expect that.