Will scoring remain high?

Satoru Gojo

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Last year the NHL saw its highest scoring season since 2005-2006 with 2.97 GPG, do you believe that trend will stick or will it revert back to levels of scoring seen in previous seasons?
 

Eat The Rich

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That largely depends on whether the changes to goalie chest protectors have an impact or not.
 

pcruz

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Whatever league scoring average is per game, in the 82 games involving the Leafs, it'll be 30-40% higher.

It might average 7-5 per game for those 82. Toronto seems like they can score at will and can't seem to have discovered defense as of yet.


A 0-0 game will be oh so rare.
 

Bedards Dad

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Whatever league scoring average is per game, in the 82 games involving the Leafs, it'll be 30-40% higher.

It might average 7-5 per game for those 82. Toronto seems like they can score at will and can't seem to have discovered defense as of yet.


A 0-0 game will be oh so rare.

So you expect the team that averaged 2.8 goals against and is better defensively this year to let more goals in per game??
 

Oddbob

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Let's pump them brakes Leafs fans, they scored 6 against a less than full bottom 5 DRW team in exhibition play. Getting Tavares doesn't add 40% more offense to your team, get real!
 
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KPower

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Let's pump them brakes Leafs fans, they scored 6 against a less than full bottom 5 DRW team in exhibition play. Getting Tavares doesn't add 40% more offense to your team, get real!
Don’t be jelly, Bob.
 

Michael Farkas

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Ignoring obvious things like power play opportunities and the like...I would say one of the major (eh, maybe "major" over sells it a touch) contributing factors is how quickly shooters have adapted to beating goalies that are married to reverse VH techniques on plays that originate above the icing line. Shooters can make that shot much more than they could 15 years ago...let's see if goalies across the league adjust. It's one thing that I know Mike Bales had worked with Matt Murray on, as Murray was unhappy with how he was playing those types of sequences.

Other goalie coaches that I have talked to have had varying opinions on whether or not they find it to be an issue...will be interesting to track what goalies adjust...
 
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Hockey4Lyfe

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If the preseason is any indication, then no.

And yes I know it the preseason. Teams have backup goalies and backup players in and are trying out new things, lines etc.
 

Last Gleaming

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If the preseason is any indication, then no.

And yes I know it the preseason. Teams have backup goalies and backup players in and are trying out new things, lines etc.

This preseason has actually had much more scoring than the previous 2 preseasons. ~6.35 goals per regulation through 96 preseason games so far. ~5.6 goals/regulation in the 2017 preseason in 108 games, ~4.6 goals/regulation in the 2016 preseason in 105 games.
 

Iceman

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Since Toronto will have three 100 point players this year I guess so. :sarcasm:
 

Royal Thunder

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If they continue to be strict about slashing, then I absolutely expect this season to be just as high scoring as last year with all the young talent.
 

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Remember when Toronto had a full 2-minute 5-on-3 last night and didn't get a single shot on goal? Even during the PP they were talking about how Toronto would score at least 300 goals on the season and at least 80 PP goals. Yikes, chill tfo. It's a long season
 
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