The Vancouver Canucks are on one of the greatest PDO benders in recent history. But is that the only reason they’re playing well? Just luck?!
In this video I go through what PDO means and what it could mean for the future of this team.
0:00 Intro
0:38 PDO and the Canucks
1:22 Underlying metrics
3:08 Comparison against other high PDO teams
4:16 Conclusion
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You make your own luck in hockey. But it helps to have the bounces fall your way. Tampa in 2019 and Boston last year both had a ton of good fortune (in the regular szn) with bounces, injuries, contracts, etc. You don't perform like that without a little help.
Plus minus is not luck, it’s superiority.
Since there is no such thing as luck it's not really a question.
I have noticed myself that the canucks are the most lethal team in the league in the sense that they might not out shoot the opposing team but all of a sudden they smack in 2 or 3 goals consecutive out of nowhere
PDO is a bad stat if the team elects to pass in order to get a higher scoring opportunity attempt. As it's based on shot % not scoring chances.
PDO is easily explained in this situation IMO: highly talented players who go above and beyond in shot selection and the ability to execute , and a team that invests in excellent goal-tending ( seriously, the goalie is the most important most and its like some people treat it a bonus when the goalie is actually good instead of a correct part of team construction). the team tries to select higher percentage plays instead of throwing it on net all the time.the save percentages are fair for each of the goalies they have, in the situations they are in , compared to their historical averages