Really surprising to see no thread about Duchene this season, at least not one that has been used in the past while.
We seriously need to start talking about the kid more. He is having one of the best seasons by an Avs player since Stastny in the 07/08 season.
66 Points in 66 Games now, puts him at a PPG on the season, one of only 15 NHL regulars currently at or above a PPG.
He's particularly been on fire since the Olympic break. 16 Pts(3G, 13A) in 11 games since the break, including points in every game but one. If we stretch it back to his last 20 games even, he's had 25 points.
What's perhaps the most impressive part about his season, has been just how snake bitten he's actually been at scoring goals this year. He had a hot start this year with 11 Goals in his first 15 games, but since then he's only scored 12 in the last 51 games. Its not been his fault either. He's had just as many if not more chances on average then the start of the season but he has had some ridiculously bad puck luck.
Shooting at a pretty low 10.5% on the season. If he were shooting around his career average 12.2% he would be at 26 goals on the season, good for 70 points and tied for 5th in league scoring.
He's having an incredible season. One has to seriously start to wonder what kind of potential he has. Especially if he goes out and puts up ~85 points this season(If he kept up his post olympic pace over the remaining 13 games he'd hit 85 in 79).
1 Point away from tying his Career best season. Unreal that we have he and Mackinnon for this team.
We seriously need to start talking about the kid more. He is having one of the best seasons by an Avs player since Stastny in the 07/08 season.
66 Points in 66 Games now, puts him at a PPG on the season, one of only 15 NHL regulars currently at or above a PPG.
He's particularly been on fire since the Olympic break. 16 Pts(3G, 13A) in 11 games since the break, including points in every game but one. If we stretch it back to his last 20 games even, he's had 25 points.
What's perhaps the most impressive part about his season, has been just how snake bitten he's actually been at scoring goals this year. He had a hot start this year with 11 Goals in his first 15 games, but since then he's only scored 12 in the last 51 games. Its not been his fault either. He's had just as many if not more chances on average then the start of the season but he has had some ridiculously bad puck luck.
Shooting at a pretty low 10.5% on the season. If he were shooting around his career average 12.2% he would be at 26 goals on the season, good for 70 points and tied for 5th in league scoring.
He's having an incredible season. One has to seriously start to wonder what kind of potential he has. Especially if he goes out and puts up ~85 points this season(If he kept up his post olympic pace over the remaining 13 games he'd hit 85 in 79).
1 Point away from tying his Career best season. Unreal that we have he and Mackinnon for this team.