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In previous NHL seasons with an expansion team, the #1 scoring team in terms of goals scored:
1998-99 (Nashville): Toronto Maple Leafs, 268 goals
1999-00 (Atlanta): Detroit Red Wings, 278 goals
2000-01 (Columbus-Minnesota): New Jersey Devils, 295 goals
For perspective, this year's #1 scoring team was Pittsburgh with 282
A far cry from 4 300+ goal teams in 1991-92 (San Jose), 3 300+ goal teams in 1993-94 (Florida/Anaheim) and of course 1992-93 famously had 15 such teams.
With the expansion draft, that'll weaken some teams and potentially goaltending.
In baseball, expansion years have led to big booms in offense (1961, 1977, 1998).
Do you see such a big boom next season?
Could the likes of Edmonton/Pittsburgh/Toronto light it up to an even higher level?
Does anyone come close to 300 goals, which has been only done 4 times in the 2000s (OTT/DET 2005-06, BUF 2006-07, WSH 2009-10)?
And how many 280-290+ goal teams may we have?
Could we see a surplus of 40-50 goal scorers and 100+ point skaters?
Heck, could a team have multiple 40 goal snipers? I remember it was a big freaking deal by today's standards when Dallas 2 years ago had three 30-goal men on one team. Pittsburgh only had 2 such guys this year and their 282 goals was 1 more than they had in 2000-01 (an expansion year BTW) with Lemieuc/Jagr and the KLS Line.
1998-99 (Nashville): Toronto Maple Leafs, 268 goals
1999-00 (Atlanta): Detroit Red Wings, 278 goals
2000-01 (Columbus-Minnesota): New Jersey Devils, 295 goals
For perspective, this year's #1 scoring team was Pittsburgh with 282
A far cry from 4 300+ goal teams in 1991-92 (San Jose), 3 300+ goal teams in 1993-94 (Florida/Anaheim) and of course 1992-93 famously had 15 such teams.
With the expansion draft, that'll weaken some teams and potentially goaltending.
In baseball, expansion years have led to big booms in offense (1961, 1977, 1998).
Do you see such a big boom next season?
Could the likes of Edmonton/Pittsburgh/Toronto light it up to an even higher level?
Does anyone come close to 300 goals, which has been only done 4 times in the 2000s (OTT/DET 2005-06, BUF 2006-07, WSH 2009-10)?
And how many 280-290+ goal teams may we have?
Could we see a surplus of 40-50 goal scorers and 100+ point skaters?
Heck, could a team have multiple 40 goal snipers? I remember it was a big freaking deal by today's standards when Dallas 2 years ago had three 30-goal men on one team. Pittsburgh only had 2 such guys this year and their 282 goals was 1 more than they had in 2000-01 (an expansion year BTW) with Lemieuc/Jagr and the KLS Line.