Speculation: Karlsson the upcoming season

[Nordic*]

What do you predict in terms of over all play, points, other statistics and possible hardware?

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[Laphroaig]

No hardware but I expect his defense to keep improving while I expect his point totals will be somewhat less than in his Norris season.

 

[TroubleInTurrisTown]

I think he'll be back to form, and win the Norris while Subban becomes average again.

 

[ErikNorrisson]

20 goals
60 assists
30 PowerPlay points
26:00 avg TOI

 

[BondraTime]

17 Goals, 45 Assists

 

[pt_mck]

Won't be 100% until Jan-Feb

possibly 40-50 points

 

[Legend Killer]

I have a feeling it will be a letdown year.... I hope im wrong...

 

[tony d]

16 Goals 64 Assists for 80 Points, finalist for the Norris. Helps lead Ottawa to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference 2nd round.

 

[WhiteLight*]

30 points in the 1st half, ppg in the 2nd half, ~70 points, Olympic Gold/Silver, Stanley Cup


OK that last one may be more wishful thinking

 

[McManked]

People need to understand one thing.

In the sense of Erik Karlsson, you may as well pencil him in as a linemate fore whatever forward line he's playing with. If Spezza remains healthy and gels with Ryan, and Karlsson is on the ice when they are, he will put up PPG+. If Spezza gets injured and Karlsson is out there with Colin Greening and Erik Condra the whole time, he's not going to put up as many points.

That's not factoring him still being injured, because I don't think it's rational to expect that. He was supposed to be ready for this season all along, and a nice training camp will give him the time he needs to sort out all his timing issues. I expect an Erik Karlsson on opening night that is much closer to the Norris winner than the one that we saw at times in the playoffs where he was clearly not 100%.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

15 goals 40 assists. 2nd team all-star. Finishes 3rd for Norris.

Yes, those stats are quite low but I still have him finishing high overall.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

50-60 points

I don't expect him to be 100%

 

[dennilfloss]

He's gonna better his 2011-2012 season.

 

[WhiteLight*]

15 goals 40 assists. 2nd team all-star. Finishes 3rd for Norris.

Yes, those stats are quite low but I still have him finishing high overall.

I think if he plays a full season, there's no way he gets less than 60 points. Whether he's 100% or not. The guy is an offensive machine. Creating goals is so easy for him. Even in the playoffs and at the end of last season, the points were still there.

 

[McManked]

Honestly, he wasn't that good in the playoffs, but he still put up points.

When Karlsson plays injured, it's not his production that suffers, it's his defence.

 

[WhiteLight*]

Honestly, he wasn't that good in the playoffs, but he still put up points.

When Karlsson plays injured, it's not his production that suffers, it's his defence.

His offense suffers a little, but true for the most part.

He was still better defensively than Subban. Lol

 

[God Says No]

50-60 points

I don't expect him to be 100%

Yip, that's what I was thinking as well. I'm pessimist, so I don't think he'll regain his Norris form.

 

[mat_sens]

The guy had 8 points in 10 games in the playoffs last year, without even being near 100%. Not expecting anything less than 60-65 points.

 

[Tuna99]

Just as he was last season before the injury:

Best Player in the Game
Norris and Hart
Leads all D in points and goals
top 10 in NHL scoring

 

[OmniSens]

Karlsson walks down the side feeds Ryan a one time pass and he buries it!


Cant wait! 70 points, easily.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

I am going to play devil's advocate here and say if fans of any other team were predicting 70 points for their defensemen, after doing it once, you'd all find it very annoying.

 

[McManked]

I am going to play devil's advocate here and say if fans of any other team were predicting 70 points for their defensemen, after doing it once, you'd all find it very annoying.

Why...

How many other active defenseman have had 75 point season? I know there's 1, but that was like 5 years ago.

 

[18Hossa]

I predict 50-60 points or so with pretty good defence.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

Why...

How many other active defenseman have had 75 point season? I know there's 1, but that was like 5 years ago.

Players have very productive years despite sustaining a similar quality of play. I am not convinced that Karlsson will be a consistent 78 point player after seeing him do it once. This team went from a wide open offensive system, to a defensive system, and now we don`t really know. I have a difficult time expecting Maclean to scrap what worked so well.

 

[SenzZen]

15 goals 40 assists. 2nd team all-star. Finishes 3rd for Norris.

Yes, those stats are quite low but I still have him finishing high overall.

Doubtful he gets that kind of recognition for the Norris if he puts up 55 points.