GDT: MIN @ CHI - 7:30 PM Central
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As much as great players can benefit from playing with good players, sure. I mean look no further than his two points tonight. Kaprizov is all over the ice controlling and dictating play, winning battles and distributing. All his linemates are doing is not f***ing up the possession. Zuccarello has two points tonight and the extent of his play contributing to both of those combined is a simple 8 foot pass to an open player.
Zuccarello knows how to play off of Kaprizov, and he's a fine player in his own right, but he's nowhere near a 90 point player without Kaprizov. Kaprizov is still pretty close to a 90 point player without Zuccarello though.
Zuccarello career points per 82 pace prior to the Wild: 57
Three seasons prior to Kaprizov: 55
Two seasons with Kaprizov: 77
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Interesting criteria. Wouldn't be my first choice to use but to each their own I suppose.
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Kahkonen has had an absolutely stellar past 9 games. I wonder when it will get to the point he begins to steal the net from Talbot?
940 sv% since November 30th.
Since November 30th Talbot has 7 games and 899 sv%.
940 sv% since November 30th.
Since November 30th Talbot has 7 games and 899 sv%.
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Hopefully now, and as long as he continues to play better than Talbot. I know talbot is out right now, but Kahkonen should be the de facto starter at this point until such a time as he no longer deserves it.
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Kaprizov elevates the whole team tbf, not many players can do that, even McDavid can't.
He's a great teammate, and he reminds me of Ovi a lot, just loves to play hockey and makes everyone around him enjoy the game more.
He's a great teammate, and he reminds me of Ovi a lot, just loves to play hockey and makes everyone around him enjoy the game more.
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True that, they both have tons of skills. Zucc with his experience is a perfect partner for Kap.
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One critique I have with this squad is our pentathletes I feel like we rank pretty highly in penalties committed but I could easily be wrong as I havent dont my research Wish we could reduce them
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Now we just need Chicago to suck but not too much and drift into mediocre land for a few decades
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Can we face them in the first round and sweep them in four games?
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7th in penalties taken, 9th in PIM, 28th in number of times shorthanded (5th most), 5th worst team in terms of net penalties (+/- for penalties taken/drawn), and 4th worst in penalties taken per 60. So yeah we're in the bottom 5-10 in terms of discipline.
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Definitely something they can work on. Even going back to last year in the playoff series against Vegas, we gave 36% more PP opportunities than we had ourselves. Combined with a league average PK%, it's not a recipe for success.
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Yeah he's never had a linemate like this before which is further proof that the 90 point pace is more a result of Kaprizov than Zuccarello. Not trying to take anything away from Zuccarello or that line here, just not going to give Zuccarello the credit for Kaprizov's work.
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