tomgilbertfan
#WhyBother
All i know is I'm not looking forward to facing their offense when McKinnon gets a few years under his belt.
All i know is I'm not looking forward to facing their offense when McKinnon gets a few years under his belt.
They haven't added anyone on defense right?
So no
12-1 anyone still not worried? 7 points ahead of the Wild with a game in hand
With 138pts left to try to obtain for Colorado and 136 for the Wild... I'm not concerned about a 7pt gap as of yet.
Remember a couple years ago, the Wild led the entire league in points in December... how did that turn out for them?
LONG ways to go.
you are correct but like I said a young team starts believing they can be dangerous. and they say the standings at Thanksgiving are usually what it will look like come playoff time
With 138pts left to try to obtain for Colorado and 136 for the Wild... I'm not concerned about a 7pt gap as of yet.
Remember a couple years ago, the Wild led the entire league in points in December... how did that turn out for them?
LONG ways to go.
While we aren't going to maintain this pace obviously, you guys should note that the main reason for your collapse a couple seasons ago was injuries. Didn't you lose your entire top 6 at one point?
Casual observers would say that the Wild were not as good as their record, then injuries hit, then they were better than their record, but still dropped out of the playoffs in historic fashion.
Stats guys pointed at the even strength close Corsi numbers, which showed the Wild had negative puck possession estimates, as well as positive PDO which showed they had unsustainably high save and shooting percentages. Then the team flipped where they weren't just coming back to average, but had unsustainably low save and shooting percentages.
Either way, they should have had enough points that even with them coming back to Earth and playing as expected, they should have made the playoffs. It was pretty spectacular.
I don't know what to think about Colorado. They are 26th in Corsi Percentage, which indicates they aren't possessing the puck enough...they are 2nd in PDO which indicates they are likely somewhat lucky in terms of shooting and goaltending...and both would indicate they should drop back down. But I don't fully trust these stats and maybe they are legitimately a good team. We should probably expect them to not be able to sustain that performance but perhaps they will be a playoff team on the back of good coaching, lots of talent up front, and some clutch goaltending.
I don't look at all that advanced stats stuff but I'm just wondering what's the Avs Corsi or whatever when the game is tied? We seem to dominate games out of the gate as we've only been scored on first in two games so far, but once they have the lead they tend to fall back into a defensive shell so I'm wondering if that negatively affects the advanced statistics.