Miscellaneous NHL Talk XXXV

[Hollywood Cannon]

One of those will succeed and one will fail, because you are Even Steven.

You were correct.

 

[baudib1]

I can see the Caps missing the playoffs.

Burakovsky looks like a steal for Colorado.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Nothing besides Carolina would surprise me in the Metro.

 

[baudib1]

Oilers
Flyers
Sabres
Avalanche

Combined 16-0-2
3 of the 4 (Flyers, Sabres, Oilers) have new coaches
3 of the 4 (Flyers, Sabres, Avalanche) are among the youngest teams in the league.

Average age (league average 27.7)
Flyers 26.0
Colorado 26.3
Buffalo 26.6
Oilers 27.8

 

[wasup]

Subban May have one of the worst contracts in the NHL.

Shit no can't be, there are a bunch on here who wanted us to trade for him cause he is so great . He is a look at me , i'm so great , pass me the puck , hey i'm banging my stick pass me the puck now . Hockey is a team sport not a me , I sport . He will make a great broadcaster or color commentator but hockey wise he is so over rated but more and more people are figuring this out .

 

[baudib1]

Carolina 5-1, 26.2 average age, 2nd-year coach

 

[baudib1]

Let's not write Subban's obituary just yet. That team is a total dumpster fire right now. He looked pretty good vs. Edmonton.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Colorado's defense by NHL games played coming into the year. Hextall would have shit himself.

292-717
155-0
26-0

 

[Starat327]

Let's not write Subban's obituary just yet. That team is a total dumpster fire right now. He looked pretty good vs. Edmonton.

Its almost as if bad coaching and bad teammates can take a guys statline, cause him to do too much, and look bad in the process.

OH, wait, we arent talking about Provorov here? Whoops, my bad.

 

[Tripod]

Oilers
Flyers
Sabres
Avalanche

Combined 16-0-2
3 of the 4 (Flyers, Sabres, Oilers) have new coaches
3 of the 4 (Flyers, Sabres, Avalanche) are among the youngest teams in the league.

Average age (league average 27.7)
Flyers 26.0
Colorado 26.3
Buffalo 26.6
Oilers 27.8

Do we have the youngest team?

 

[FLYguy3911]

Flyers have the 6th youngest roster according to Eliteprospects. 4th youngest in the Metro though.

Leafs are younger.

 

[baudib1]

Do we have the youngest team?

Depends how you calculate it I guess. According to hockey-ref the Flyers are younger than the Leafs.

 

[baudib1]

Looks like CBJ is the only younger team.

 

[Amorgus]

Kadri was such a good add for Avs. Getting a real second line Center makes their depth so much better at the expense of Barrie who was a luxury

At least until his next playoff suspension.

 

[baudib1]

Its almost as if bad coaching and bad teammates can take a guys statline, cause him to do too much, and look bad in the process.

OH, wait, we arent talking about Provorov here? Whoops, my bad.

I think we'll learn quite a bit about how coaching and teammates impact advanced metrics if Provorov-Braun continue to be our best possession pairing. I'm guessing it'll be Sanheim-Niskanen though.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Nothing besides Carolina would surprise me in the Metro.

I think the Atlantic is much better than the Metro this year. Getting into the top three in the Metro could potentially be necessary this year for a playoff spot.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Oilers/Blackhawks U6.5

Reverse psychology on this one.

 

[baudib1]

Hockey-reference.com calculates team age by TOI. The Flyers' average age will go up quite a bit once Elliott is getting 1/4 or 1/3 of the minutes. I'm guessing we're the only team in the league that hasn't used its backup goalie yet.

 

[Starat327]

Hockey-reference.com calculates team age by TOI. The Flyers' average age will go up quite a bit once Elliott is getting 1/4 or 1/3 of the minutes. I'm guessing we're the only team in the league that hasn't used its backup goalie yet.

Ypu might be right. Even with their incredibly light schedule, the rangers have still used their backup. Weird.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

No matter what happens to the Flyers this season, we can hopefully say "At least they're not the Stars.". It's like watching an alumni team play.

[mod]

Imagine if they didn't luck into Seguin.

 

[baudib1]

And Edmonton's average age is really thrown off by its goalies. The Oilers didn't strike me as an "old" team so I looked; they only have two skaters over 30 (Neal and Russell). Their goalies are Smith (37) and Koskinen (31) and Smith has gotten more starts so far.

But they don't have any really young players either. Most of the roster is 25-29.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Ypu might be right. Even with their incredibly light schedule, the rangers have still used their backup. Weird.

Ughh, remember those off-season takes: are rangers the most improved team in the league. After all they added Kravtsov, Kaako, Trouba and Panarin?
Yet somehow they forgot to mention Hayes, Zuccarelo and Shatty departing. Now you can even throw Namestinkov into the mix.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Colorado is about to choke this. They were up 5-2 & just gave up two goals to Washington with the extra attacker both times.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Colorado is about to choke this. They were up 5-2 & just gave up two goals to Washington with the extra attacker both times.

Well their goalie is former caps backup. One would imagine they have a book on him.

 

[Jtown]

Sabres oilers are ranked 1/2 in the nhl. Maybe its time to lay off the psychedelics.