Predict the goals/points for each forward

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Since it's the dog days of summer and there isn't much else to talk about, let's predict the goals / points for each Canes forward for next year. That way, we can look back at how poor our predictions were

For reference, the Canes forwards had a combined 158 goals / 382 points last season of which 6 goals / 9 points came from guys that played ~20 games or less. The rest came from the 14 guys from Skinner down to Brad Malone. What say ye? Pick from:

Skinner
Rask
Staal
Lindholm
Stempniak
Teravainen
Nestrasil
Nordstrom
Aho
Bickell
McClemment
Stalberg
PDG

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[Ole Gil]

82 Game Pace:
Skinner 32g 25a 57p
Rask 24g 40a 64p
Staal 22g 27a 49p
Lindholm 14g 24a 38p
Stempniak 15g 22a 37p
Teravainen 12g 22a 34p
Nestrasil 14g 14a 28p
Nordstrom 9g 15a 24p
Aho 11g 18a 29p
Bickell 6g 7a 13p
McClemment 3g 11a 14p
Stalberg 7g 9a 16p

That makes 169.

Figure defense is good for 40'ish, so it'd be about 210 if everyone stays healthy. Less once the subs start subbing in for the top 9.

 

[Novacane]

Skinner 22g 27a 49p
Rask 20g 32a 52p
Staal 16g 29a 45p
Lindholm 15g 23a 38p
Stempniak 21g 18a 39p
Teravainen 14g 22a 36p
Nestrasil 10g 12a 22p
Nordstrom 5g 10a 15p
Aho 10g 16a 26p
Bickell 2g 4a 6p
McClemment 3g 5a 8p
Stalberg 7g 10a 17p
PDG 10g 15a 25p

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I have to think about total points, but goals prediction for 82G pace:

Skinner: 23
Rask: 22
Staal: 21
Lindholm: 21
Stempniak: 15
Aho: 15
Teravainen: 14
Nestrasil: 12
Nordstrom: 8
Stalberg: 8
PDG: 8
Bickell: 3
McClemment: 2

Total: 172, but not all of these guys will play 82 games as there are 13 on the list and also there will be injuries so the actual total will be less.

 

[HisIceness]

Skinner: 32g 30a 62p
Rask: 29g 34a 63p
Staal: 20g 30a 50p
Lindholm: 20g 25 a 45p
Stempniak: 16g 16a 32p
Teravainen: 15g 20a 35p
Nestrasil: 14g 18a 32p
Nordstrom: 5g 11a 16p
Aho: 13g 16a 29p
Bickell: 3g 5a 7p
McClemment: 2g 4a 6p
Stalberg: 5g 7a 12p
PDG: 8g 9a 18p

So if my math is correct that is 182 goals this season among the forwards. Which would be a 24 goal improvement from last season. A bit much to ask for? Maybe, but hey it's summer and I'm excited for the future of this team.

 

[NotOpie]

Wow, I'm all over the place with my thoughts on this. Here's my initial guess:

Skinner - 33g/34a
Rask - 24g/35a
Staal - 23g/36a
Lindholm - 23g/29a
Stempniak - 15g/23a
Teravainen - 15g/30a
Nestrasil - 11g/26a
Nordstrom - 14g/11a
Aho - 16g/31a
Bickell - 7g/17a
McClement - 2g/9a
Stalberg - 8g/13a
PDG - 4g/7a (spends most of the year in Charlotte)

Is that really 195 goals? Add in another 40 or so from the blueline and random Checkers and we'll be top 5 in GF.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

31 Skinner
34 Rask
22 Staal
19 Lindholm
16 Stempniak
16 Teravainen
13 Nestrasil
8 Nordstrom
21 Aho
6 Bickell
3 McClemment
5 Stalberg
8 PDG

202. Breakout year for Rask, solid rookie campaign for Aho making the difference.

 

[Jerkob Slavin]

Skinner - 32g/25a
Rask - 25g/33a
Staal - 20g/32a
Lindholm - 23g/26a
Stempniak - 11g/24a
Teravainen - 14g/23a
Nestrasil - 13g/24a
Nordstrom - 9g/19a
Aho - 20g/31a
Bickell - 5g/9a
McClemment - 3g/6a
Stalberg - 7g/11a
PDG - 5g/8a

187 goals from the forwards.

Skinner to return to the ASG and Aho gets Calder consideration. We return to the playoffs as a #8 seed but lose in 5 to Tampa.

 

[Roboturner913]

Skinner 22g, 29a, 51p
Staal 22g, 28a, 50p
Rask 19g, 30a, 49p
Teravainen 15g, 28a, 43p
Stempniak 19g, 22a, 41p
Lindholm 18g, 22a, 40p
Aho 13g, 25a, 37p
DiGiuseppe 18g, 12a, 30p
Nestrasil 12g, 15a, 27p
Nordstrom 10g, 9a, 19p
Stalberg 9g, 8a, 17p
McClement 8g, 4a, 12p
Bickell 4g, 5a, 9p

if I count right that's 189 goals, 237 assists

 

[Highway29]

Skinner 32g, 25a, 57p
Rask 22g, 32a, 54p
Staal 24g, 29a, 53p
Aho 14g, 32a, 46p
Teravainen 15g, 26a, 41p
Stempniak 14g, 27a, 41p
Lindholm 16g, 25a, 41p
Nestrasil 10g, 20a, 30p
Ryan 11g, 15a, 26p
Nordstrom 12g, 12a, 24p
DiGiuseppe 14g, 10a, 24p
Bickell 8g, 7a, 15p
McClement 2g, 8a, 10p
Stalberg 2g, 4a, 6p

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I really think Lindholm is going to have an improved year this season. I predicted 21 goals and think he's going to be between 20-25G and 45-50 points, if he stays healthy. I feel this way for a variety of reasons, even though my reasons are very speculative, at best. First, I think he's at an age when kids start to "get it" and realize they have to put the hard work in off-season. Roddy subtly calling him out last season was part of it and the video we implies he is taking it seriously.

Secondly, as a 19 and 20 year old, he was mainly put in a 1st line RW or 2nd line RW role and was over-matched IMO. I really think this year he's going to likely get more time at center and more time on the 3rd line with the likes of Aho and Teravainen and will gain some confidence.

Getting out of the gate is key. If he can just avoid the pretty much 0 for October (ok, I know he had 1 point in 11 games) and score at a pace like he did for the rest of the season, he'd be at about 45 points just from that alone.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Can't wait to see how wrong this is. Let's do it!

Rask 22g/31a
Stempniak 16g/25a
Skinner 28g/35a
Staal 20g/29a
Nestrasil 11g/19a
Nordstrom 8g/14a
Lindholm 18g/28a
Teravainen 17g/28a
Aho 21g/23a
McClement 2g/7a
Bickell 8g/9a
Stalberg 11g/10a
Di Giuseppe 12g/13a

 

[MinJaBen]

Skinner = 27g/35a
Rask = 24g/40a
Staal = 20g/38a
Lindholm = 18g/40a
Stempniak = 15g/33a
Teravainen = 19g/39a
Nestrasil = 11g/25a
Nordstrom = 13g/21a
Aho = 17g/36a
Bickell = 5g/11a
McClemment = 3g/11a
Stalberg = 10g/13a
PDG= 11g/15a

 

[Unsustainable]

Skinner - 31g/23a 54p
Rask - 25g / 31a 56p
Staal - 16g/22a 38p
Lindholm - 19g/27a 46p
Stempniak 20g/25a 45p
Teravainen 25g/31a 56p
Nestrasil 9g/12a 21p
Nordstrom 12g/18a 30p
Aho 21g/29a 50p
Bickell 5g/12a 17p
McClemment 6g/13a 18p
Stalberg 11g/18a 29p
PDG 7g/13a 20p

 

[GoldiFox]

Skinner - 33g/41a = 74p
Rask - 22g/40a = 62p
Stempniak = 14g/29a = 43p (PDG gets time on this line)
Aho - 28g/32a = 60p
Lindhom - 19g/35a = 54p
Teravainen - 14g/40a = 54p
Nordstrom - 9g/15a = 24p
Staal - 18g/26a = 44p
Nestrasil - 11g/18a = 29p
Stalberg - 7g/11a = 18p
McClement - 4g/7a = 11p
Bickell - 4g/5a = 9p
PDG - 9g/12a = 21p

192 total goals. The 30 goal increase coming largely from the Aho/Lindholm/TT line.

 

[CandyCanes]

+ Skinner - 33G/29A - 62pts
+ Rask - 24G/28A - 53pts
= Staal - 21G/27A - 48pts
+ Lindholm - 18G/30A - 48pts
+ Teravainen - 17G/29A -36pts
- Stempniak - 15G/31A - 36pts
+ Aho - 15G/18A - 33pts
+ PDG - 10G/19A - 30pts
= Nestrasil - 9G/14A -23pts
= Bickell - 9G/8A -17pts
= Stalberg - 7G/7A - 14pts
= Nordstrom - 3G/6A - 9pts
- McClement- 5G/7A - 12pts

I only see a few guys regressing this season, most of the team is trending upward. With that said I think we will see some growth from some of our guys which should help increase our scoring total. I put a plus, minus, or equal to each guy to whom I think will either take a step forward, stay the same, or regress.

Total: 189 Goals

Additional note: I think we are going to finish in the 10-15 range in total goals.

 

[NotOpie]

I really think Lindholm is going to have an improved year this season. I predicted 21 goals and think he's going to be between 20-25G and 45-50 points, if he stays healthy. I feel this way for a variety of reasons, even though my reasons are very speculative, at best. First, I think he's at an age when kids start to "get it" and realize they have to put the hard work in off-season. Roddy subtly calling him out last season was part of it and the video we implies he is taking it seriously.

Secondly, as a 19 and 20 year old, he was mainly put in a 1st line RW or 2nd line RW role and was over-matched IMO. I really think this year he's going to likely get more time at center and more time on the 3rd line with the likes of Aho and Teravainen and will gain some confidence.

Getting out of the gate is key. If he can just avoid the pretty much 0 for October (ok, I know he had 1 point in 11 games) and score at a pace like he did for the rest of the season, he'd be at about 45 points just from that alone.

BBA, I'm right there with you on this. I also think that Lindy is the recipient of distribution largesse by both Aho and Teravainen. In fact as the season rolls on, I think Lindy keeps getting his and the two young Finns pick up the pace. Both Aho and Teravainen have great shots, but both are also known to be spectacular passers. My guess is both get PP time and rack up assist numbers there. I think Aho starts off moderately but Teravainen clicks with Lindy in particular. Lastly, I think there's a potential for Stempniak's numbers to be impressive, but again, I think more from an assist standpoint. I look for both Skinner and Rask to benefit from having him on their line.

 

[Caniac125330]

Skinner 35 goals 58 points
Rask 26 goals 52 points
Staal 24 goals 50 points
Lindholm 20 goals 45 points
Stempniak 18 goals 40 points
Teravainen 20 goals 60 points
Nestrasil 15 goals 33 points
Nordstrom 11 goals 23 points
Aho 17 goals 38 points
Bickell 10 goals 18 points
McClemment 3 goals 11 points
Stalberg 12 goals 25 points
PDG 17 goals 30 points

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Skinner 35 goals 58 points
Rask 26 goals 52 points
Staal 24 goals 50 points
Lindholm 20 goals 45 points
Stempniak 18 goals 40 points
Teravainen 20 goals 60 points
Nestrasil 15 goals 33 points
Nordstrom 11 goals 23 points
Aho 17 goals 38 points
Bickell 10 goals 18 points
McClemment 3 goals 11 points
Stalberg 12 goals 25 points
PDG 17 goals 30 points

if i did my mental math correctly 228 goals from forwards is a lot

the whole team scored 196 last year

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

if i did my mental math correctly 228 goals from forwards is a lot

the whole team scored 196 last year

To further put it into perspective, the Dallas Stars were the team that scored the most goals last year, and they got 233 from their forwards. The Caps were 2nd best team in terms of goal scoring and their forward only had 217.

228 from our forwards would mean the Canes would be one of the top goal scoring teams in the league.

 

[MinJaBen]

To further put it into perspective, the Dallas Stars were the team that scored the most goals last year, and they got 233 from their forwards. The Caps were 2nd best team in terms of goal scoring and their forward only had 217.

228 from our forwards would mean the Canes would be one of the top goal scoring teams in the league.

We might even get tired of hearing "Hey Hey Whaddaya Say!" Well, maybe not...

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

To further put it into perspective, the Dallas Stars were the team that scored the most goals last year, and they got 233 from their forwards. The Caps were 2nd best team in terms of goal scoring and their forward only had 217.

228 from our forwards would mean the Canes would be one of the top goal scoring teams in the league.

especially considering we have a halfway decent chance of getting 25-30 from our d

 

[RibFrabcus]

Chip just tweeted that Francis has contacted Vesey's agent.


Jimmy Vesey 50G 100A

 

[GoldiFox]

Chip just tweeted that Francis has contacted Vesey's agent.


Jimmy Vesey 50G 100A

Going from "having some magic up his sleeve" to full on *****ing Gandalf.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Chip just tweeted that Francis has contacted Vesey's agent.

Along with half the GMs in the league, I would imagine.