Palat needs 200 more
Do you mean points? I mean games. Palat's at 480.
Palat needs 200 more
Kucherov will get 105+ this season IMO.Over/Under 99.5 points for Kuch?
His pace gets him 99.3 over 81 since he missed a game.
I am going to take the over on that personally. He has 24 in 16 since the new year
Games with: | 1 point | 2 points | 3+ points |
This year | 72% | 38% | 9% |
Last year | 76% | 46% | 22% |
The biggest variance this year is in the amount of games where he has truly piled on points. Last year he had 18 games of 3+ points. Those 18 games accounted for a full half of his points - 64 of his 128.
This year he has 5 games of 3+ points, and none above 4.
Below are the percentages of games he played each year with 1, 2, and 3+ points.
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Games with: 1 point 2 points 3+ points This year 72% 38% 9% Last year 76% 46% 22%
And a lot of that is on the PP being a) more balanced than last year (second unit gets more ice and is effective), and b) slightly less ice time. And I'm fine with it. I don't really need him to score 128 in the regular season.There was a narrative on the last page that he is more consistent this year, that's not true. He went pointless in only 20 games last year, he's currently at 15 which paces out to be slightly higher this year, the major difference is as you pointed out is magnitude of those 3+ point games.
The biggest variance this year is in the amount of games where he has truly piled on points. Last year he had 18 games of 3+ points. Those 18 games accounted for a full half of his points - 64 of his 128.
This year he has 5 games of 3+ points, and none above 4.
Below are the percentages of games he played each year with 1, 2, and 3+ points.
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Games with: 1 point 2 points 3+ points This year 72% 38% 9% Last year 76% 46% 22%
At least part of that has to be the team clamping down on small leads rather than trying to run up the score. Last year we buried more than a few teams.
You may want to include that 8 of those 15 pointless games happened in the first month and a half of the season, where he was playing abysmal.There was a narrative on the last page that he is more consistent this year, that's not true. He went pointless in only 20 games last year, he's currently at 15 which paces out to be slightly higher this year, the major difference is as you pointed out is magnitude of those 3+ point games.
And a lot of that is on the PP being a) more balanced than last year (second unit gets more ice and is effective), and b) slightly less ice time. And I'm fine with it. I don't really need him to score 128 in the regular season.
I mean - look we went 0-5 on the PP last night. We're 1 for our last like 30 or some nonsense. And we're on a 5 game winning streak and have lost three total games in the past 20. Our PP dried up in the postseason and our offense couldn't compensate 5 on 5. I'd rather win games like this than get dominated 5 on 5 all night but score 3 PP goals to pull out a win.
You may want to include that 8 of those 15 pointless games happened in the first month and a half of the season, where he was playing abysmal.
It's not like they purposely ran up the score last year by sacrificing defense last year either, besides in a blow out game a player like Kucherov sees less time towards the end of it. They were still better defensively and gave up less goals last year than this.
The team just isn't as well oiled this year and we're seeing a lot hiccup games whereas everyone was just in sync last year.
I don't know... I'm not sure I buy this. Like look - yeah we're playing well, and we can all pretend everything is different and yadda yadda yadda, but the fact is, I won't believe shit until April. That's where this team needs to prove its balls.There's definitely more attention to clamping down on leads though, much like the 2016 - 2018 versions of the team. Last year we would go up by 3 or 4 by the halfway point and put it on cruise control. This year we seem to tighten up with any lead at all, regardless of how much time is left.
I don't know... I'm not sure I buy this. Like look - yeah we're playing well, and we can all pretend everything is different and yadda yadda yadda, but the fact is, I won't believe **** until April. That's where this team needs to prove its balls.
Regular season is meaningless right now beyond qualifying. I don't care if they sneak in as WC2 and have to play Washington in round one - my level of "I guess they really changed" isn't going to be answered until it's best of 7.
I don't know... I'm not sure I buy this. Like look - yeah we're playing well, and we can all pretend everything is different and yadda yadda yadda, but the fact is, I won't believe **** until April. That's where this team needs to prove its balls.
Regular season is meaningless right now beyond qualifying. I don't care if they sneak in as WC2 and have to play Washington in round one - my level of "I guess they really changed" isn't going to be answered until it's best of 7.
and lazy, like those good for nothing russians.The kucherov paradigm on this board is so ridiculously dynamic.
Pretty sure he's talking about games played and not points. In which case Palat needs 20 more.
I have no idea why I said 200, I meant 20Do you mean points? I mean games. Palat's at 480.
It does if you are talking about consistency. He hasn't been as consistent in the first month and a half, what about from mid november till now?Which really doesn't matter cause it's still part of the season in whole...
It does if you are talking about consistency. He hasn't been as consistent in the first month and a half, what about from mid november till now?
We hatelove him!The kucherov paradigm on this board is so ridiculously dynamic.
No it doesn't, that's cherry picking data to make something look better than it is. Btw he only had 6 pointless games in October, he had another 6 in November, you're telling me to remove 1.5/4 months of the season to show that he's been more consistent than he actually is? I'm not sure removing 40% of the sample size of anything to reach a conclusion accurately paints the picture...
Achoo.6th in scoring now. Just like that.