>50.0 = generating more offense than allowing. All are calculated at even strength.
Corsi Blocked & Unblocked Shot Attempts on goal or not.
Fenwick Unblocked Shot Attempts on goal or not
I will mention that Quinn Hughes is 5’10” like Zellweger and has 8 goals (more than all of our defenseman combined) is second on his team in +/-, and at 33 points this would lead the Ducks in points. The point is Zellweger height only interests old school thinkers, not the modern game where clutching and grabbing is a penalty.
by AndiagoSupremo
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How many of the listed defensemen played a full 82 game NHL season last year?
Gudas leading in goals is really something
It’s Fowler and LaCombe, but whenever someone mentions it, the fandom here catches the vapors. People around here can’t take criticism – of others! So weird. LaCombe really needs to be sent to SD.
the ducks have a week or two of coming from behind and everyone thought they were contenders? there will be a lot of ups and downs this season, more downs than ups. they were a last place team a year ago.
let’s be patient and enjoy the process.
I’ve watched at least half of our games from start to end so far and I thought Lyubushkin has been the biggest liability. He’s only here for this year so i assume he is a piece used to help Minty. Having someone from his native country here to help him learn all the on and off ice stuff he’s going to experience will help him.
Other than him it’s the Fowler and LaCombe line, especially LaCombe but I’ve seen mistakes from Fowler too. Now putting a rookie in his first season on the top pairing and asking him to defend other teams 1st lines speaks volumes about what the coaching staff see in LaCombe. He is making mental errors, positional errors and so on. Going from the NCAA to defending the top lines of the NHL is something very few defensemen could do seamlessly. I’d think the coaching staff are doing this to teach him quickly and unshelteredly. This is a rebuilding year so I don’t think the coaching staff are afraid of putting players on lines where they will struggle, but learn the game to be better when we actually start contending in around 2 years from now. It’s both logical and worth it.
…and when in doubt, always blame Bettman. That’s my policy.
Blame? No one.
Lybushkin is terrible but he’s playing a role that allows mintyukov to focus on his strengths. That’s important for now.
Because the focus is rightly on mintyukov, we’re sheltering him from defensive starts and where possible the oppositions better players. That means there’s less scope to do so for others.
Gudas and vaakaninen have been break even and Fowler is always going to take big minutes. By default the last spot has to be with Fowler. No matter who they bring up it will largely be a rookie or poor player getting top minutes with our #1 D.
They’re developing their best young D in a way that’s shown early dividends. They have two other young guys who could be staples going forward but have almost no experience taking relatively chunky minutes and assignments.
This is what bad teams look like while they develop their young players. They can either develop this young players and everyone is patient and the whole future is bright thing happens, or they trade that future for help now. Those are the options. Pick your poison
Gudas is a beast. The four horsemen of the apocalypse see him as an end of times omen. Chuck Norris checks his closet for Radko Gudas.
Zellweger, Luneau, Mintyukov are the future of what will be an amazing team redefining hockey to have players with a “primary position”, but will often be flowing positions with wings. I see LaCombe as promising, but not the sure thing of the three.
LaCombe is making mistakes rarely seen in the NHL, so a little time in SD is exactly why we have an AHL team. Let’s give Zellweger his chance, because we are desperate for scoring.
Fowler does many things well, but his puck watching while standing in front of our goalie is a disaster. His almost playing no check league hockey and not pressuring puck carriers has made him a scouting report target. McDavid coming down on a 2:1 and Fowler just backs off and gives the best player in the world forever to pick a corner is comically bad.
I would give Fowler to any team willing to take his contract. His passive play and standing around the net doing nothing might be part of LaCombe being out of position trying to do the work of two players.
I got obliterated on here for saying Lacombe doesn’t look ready 3 weeks ago….
Read on the Athletic that Lacombe has been out scored 17-1 in November. As they said with that Stat giving a rookie the toughest minutes probably isn’t the best idea.