Post-Game Talk: Opening Day - Devils 5, Oilers 2 (@ Sweden)

[JimEIV]

Last year Nico was sub 50% on faceoffs while being over 50% in possession. Boyle was over 50% on faceoffs while being under 50% in possession.

Looking beyond our own team Barkov was bad at faceoffs for his first 4 years but was a good possession player. Getzlaf has been over 50% on faceoffs just 3 times in his career, but is a positive possession player almost every year.

I don't think the link between faceoffs and possession is as much as you think it is.

hmm interesting.

I never really gave it a thought or looked into it.... I just assumed those good at winning faceoffs would have stronger possession numbers like a Zajac.

 

[Nubmer6]

Even with no link to posession, with under a minute left and up by one, I sure as hell want to win any defensive zone draws.

 

[JimEIV]

Even with no link to posession, with under a minute left and up by one, I sure as hell want to win any defensive zone draws.

PK also is pretty important.

 

[JimEIV]

If anyone cares, I just found this article and found it somewhat interesting.

How Important are Faceoffs? The Mike Babcock Story - Blue Steam Hockey

 

[Triumph]

Even with no link to posession, with under a minute left and up by one, I sure as hell want to win any defensive zone draws.

Great. It'd be great if you could. And a team can try like hell to do it, but they're never going to give themselves more than a 55/45 edge. It's a lot more important what happens after the faceoff.

 

[MadDevil]

Even with no link to posession, with under a minute left and up by one, I sure as hell want to win any defensive zone draws.

Faceoffs can be important in certain situations, but I think people tend to overstate how important they are on the overall impact of a game.

 

[RangerDoggo]

Lucic was awful when he wasn’t playing with McDavid and/or Drai. Still an improvement over last year when he couldn’t even manage to play well with them.

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Gotta love how simplified Mueller was playing. You could tell he was always just trying to make the easy play and defer to Vatanen basically every play. You gotta wonder how many young guys don't last long in the league, trying to be Karlsson every 2nd play. He seems to have figured out his limitations and where his partner can become his asset. Greene had many amazing 1 on 1 D plays. Mojo looks like he's 30% faster and stronger than last year.

Also, while he produced. It is hilarious to see Lucic skate. His first 3 strides, look like he is skating uphill. In general, the Oilers looked very slow overall. It felt like we were playing a full squad vs a split squad, in a 3rd preseason game.

Our boy Larsson looks more and more tentative every time i see him play. He gives so much gap on entries, and is very "chip of the boards" style of Dman now.

Wood absolutely walked Larsson in the first. Seeing "defensive specialist" Adam Larsson get deked out of his jock by Miles Wood was hilarious

 

[JimEIV]

Wood absolutely walked Larsson in the first. Seeing "defensive specialist" Adam Larsson get deked out of his jock by Miles Wood was hilarious

Larsson means lead feet in Swedish.

 

[glenwo2]

Gotta love how simplified Mueller was playing. You could tell he was always just trying to make the easy play and defer to Vatanen basically every play. You gotta wonder how many young guys don't last long in the league, trying to be Karlsson every 2nd play. He seems to have figured out his limitations and where his partner can become his asset. Greene had many amazing 1 on 1 D plays. Mojo looks like he's 30% faster and stronger than last year.

Also, while he produced. It is hilarious to see Lucic skate. His first 3 strides, look like he is skating uphill. In general, the Oilers looked very slow overall. It felt like we were playing a full squad vs a split squad, in a 3rd preseason game.

Our boy Larsson looks more and more tentative every time i see him play. He gives so much gap on entries, and is very "chip of the boards" style of Dman now.