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CH1 said:
hell 15% is excellent
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He was at 9, 13 and 11 in previous three seasons.

I would expect an uptick due to the Caufield effect, which results in the high quality shot selection Krusty mentions. If he’s at 15% for the rest of the season, he’ll wind up at roughy 18-19ish%, which is very high.
 
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Not sure if anyone saw a recent NHL goalie stat:

Over last 8-seasons (15-16 to end of last week inclusive), the median sv % overall league wide has dropped from .914 to .906.

Trend suggests a need to re-baseline G performance expectations …
 
Sal_Butera said:
Not sure if anyone saw a recent NHL goalie stat:

Over last 8-seasons (15-16 to end of last week inclusive), the median sv % overall league wide has dropped from .914 to .906.

Trend suggests a need to re-baseline G performance expectations …
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Which is incredible since most goalies today are a minimum 6’3”/6’4”. Just shows how skilled and FAST young players are today compared to the past. The modern sticks help too.
 
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Sal_Butera said:
Also I find this current version of the Habs team seems to exhibit a strong capacity to learn from their errors. Despite not having 2-minute eating vets (Money-hands & Savard), team didn’t repeat the same errors as the night before in Van.

A very small & limited data point, but that trend seems to be repeating thus far this season - team game shows a penchant for learning from its mistakes
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and recovered from the goal with .1 to go
 
Krustchev said:
Which is incredible since most goalies today are a minimum 6’3”/6’4”. Just shows how skilled and FAST young players are today compared to the past. The modern sticks help too.
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Side note - What’s also incredible was Price’s league leading .930 playoff sv % over that period (for min 25GP)
 
Krustchev said:
Keep trying to convince yourself of that. Suzuki tends to only shoot from high danger areas anyway.
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If he keeps it up, he'll finish with the highest shooting percentage this millennium. Nobody since the early 90s has even flirted with his current number.

Good luck.
 
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Habspatrol said:
If he keeps it up, he'll finish with the highest shooting percentage thin millennium. Nobody since the early 90s has even flirted with his current number.

Good luck.
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I don’t think he’ll finish at 27 percent. But high teens is not impossible and Caufield should have more multiple goal games than he currently does, so that line should keep producing at a high rate.
 
Krustchev said:
I don’t think he’ll finish at 27 percent. But high teens is not impossible and Caufield should have more multiple goal games than he currently does, so that line should keep producing at a high rate.
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Well, I was quoting a post where you told 'coq to "keep telling yourself that" when he suggested that Suzuki will likely finish around 20%.

At this point I'd be surprised if he didn't finish in the 20% range, or better.
 
The point is:

a) They are in 18th place overall, but even this ranking is decoupled from stats.
b) They had a relatively easy schedule thus far.
c) They were kinda free from problematic injuries until Monahan. (I’m not sure what to think about the of Matheson’s injury.) All team get injuries, but the Habs don’t have the horses to paper over major losses.

So, 18th is an unsustainable peak, I think. I see them sliding to the 22-26 range.
 
lecoqsportif said:
The point is:

a) They are in 18th place overall, but even this ranking is decoupled from stats.
b) They had a relatively easy schedule thus far.
c) They were kinda free from problematic injuries until Monahan. (I’m not sure what to think about the of Matheson’s injury.) All team get injuries, but the Habs don’t have the horses to paper over major losses.

So, 18th is an unsustainable peak, I think. I see them sliding to the 22-26 range.
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Yes, and probably.
 
lecoqsportif said:
The point is:

a) They are in 18th place overall, but even this ranking is decoupled from stats.
b) They had a relatively easy schedule thus far.
c) They were kinda free from problematic injuries until Monahan. (I’m not sure what to think about the of Matheson’s injury.) All team get injuries, but the Habs don’t have the horses to paper over major losses.

So, 18th is an unsustainable peak, I think. I see them sliding to the 22-26 range.
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They did take 5-of-8 points on the West Coast swing
 
I’ve noticed they play up to their competition to a point. There are six or seven teams that these guys just can’t skate with.
And there are a bunch of teams that are between 8 and 20 that they seem to hang ok with.
Should be fun to see where they end up.
And with likely three firsts in a deep draft?
Things look good for at least one home run this draft. Fleece someone at the deadline for a pick. Trade a second to fill a hole.
Suzuki, Koala and Goonie are a core that echoes of Towes Kane and Keith.
This team needs to develop a habit of swinging for the fences.
I want home run players not bases on balls.
 
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