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Post by montreal on Dec 15, 2002 19:03:24 GMT -5
We are now 30 games into the season, here's a look at how the players stack up.
Koivu- 10-16-26, +6, 18:43 ice time. He's 1st in +/-, assists, pts, 2nd in pims, 3rd g's
Zednik- 14-9-23, +6, 18:21. He's 1st in +/-, goals, shots (76), 2nd in pims, pts
Perreault- 13-10-23, -5, 16:17. 2nd in goals, pts, 1st in PPG (6)
Markov- 6-14-20, +3, 22:20. 2nd in assists, 3rd in points. Close to career high in pts
Petrov- 5-11-16, -2, 13:33. Ice time has been cut, still 4th in pts.
Gilmor- 4-11-15, Even 15:49. Has been much better lately, passing very well.
Bulis- 5-9-14, +1, 14:00. 54 shots is 5th on the team. He's the shooter for the 3rd line
Brisebois- 3-11-14, -5, 24:22. Leads team in ice time. -5 is lowest for defense. 37 shots
Dackell- 4-8-12, -2, 15:59. Good use of ice time, IMO. Steady 3rd liner/PKer.
Juneau- 3-7-10, -3, 18:07. 6 pims, team lowest. Getting a lot of ice time for 3rd line.
McKay- 5-4-9, -2, 12:10. 31 pims 3rd on team. 25 shots, needs to shoot more.
Chow- 2-7-9, -1, 12:10. 34 shots ? guess I missed most of them.
Kilger- 4-4-8, +3, 10:10. 30 shots, very good lately, 5pts since being moved up.
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Post by montreal on Dec 15, 2002 19:16:44 GMT -5
Continued.....
Rivet- 3-5-8, +2, 22:28. 40 shots.
Audette- 2-5-7, -7, 15:29. 46 shots. Team worst +/-. 1 goal every 23 shots. Not good
Quintal- 1-3-4, -2, 18:10. 24.2 mins for Brezzy, 22.3 for Rivet, and 18 mins for 3rd line
Ribeiro- 1-3-4, -1, 8:11. 0 pims, 5 shots, in 8 games, but 4 pts is good with limited ice
Traverse- 0-4-4, +1, 18:55. Too much ice time. 6 pims team lowest (w/Juneau) 21 shots
Dykhuis- 0-2-2, -1, 16:30. 9 shots, needs to do more. Was a +16 last year. wow. less ice
Lindsay- 0-1-1, -1, 5:13. 4 shots in 14 games. Never plays, not used enough, IMO.
Hainsey- 0-0-0, -1, 12:43. 4 shots in 9 games. No goals in Hamilton either.
Blouin- 0-0-0, -2, 2:38. 1 shot, 22 pims. Almost useless. Never plays, understandable.
Theodore- GAA 3.72, save % .883 Needs to improve leaps and bounds, stats wise
Hackett- GAA 2.40, save % .931 Unreal numbers, 1st in NHL in save %, great comeback
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Post by MPLABBE on Dec 15, 2002 19:44:03 GMT -5
do you have our team stats?
I mean where are we in the league for goals for? against? etc
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Post by GoMtl on Dec 15, 2002 20:49:04 GMT -5
2.83 goals scored per game (85 total), tied for 11th in the NHL. , that's pretty good for us 3.20 goals against per game (96 total), 27th in the NHL. pretty stinky. 24.8 shots per game forced, 29th in the NHL (awful) 33.6 shots per game against, tied for 29th in the NHL (awful) we're movin up in both shot categories! ;D ... i'd imagine our shooting percentage is among tops in the league... 12th in goals while being tied for last in shots.
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Post by MPLABBE on Dec 15, 2002 20:51:17 GMT -5
wow...offensively that is pretty good when you consider Audette and Chow have 4 goals between them!
Defensively...it will improve IMO
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Post by Andrew on Dec 15, 2002 21:00:18 GMT -5
To round off the stats:
Power Play = 15.7% (17th) Penalty Kill = 78.6% (29th)
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Post by GoMtl on Dec 15, 2002 21:06:14 GMT -5
78.6 is up from around 70 earlier a few weeks ago ;D, we might just break the top 20 by year end
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Post by MPLABBE on Dec 15, 2002 21:15:48 GMT -5
PP would be better if MT played Koivu and Zednik as the real first unit(i.e. play them 1:10 to 1:20 on each PP)...too many times the other unit spends 1-1:10 out there and it bugs me.
Also, only having 2 guys with any kind of offensive skill from the blueline(Markov and Brisebois) hurts us on the PP...they can't play the whole 2 minutes.
PK has been getting better ever since Markov has been allowed to play on it...usually our 2nd pair of d-man was Rivet-Quintal and they were bad together...Markov-Rivet with Traverse-Brisebois is just much better right now
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Post by montreal on Dec 15, 2002 22:35:14 GMT -5
Here's some team stats. 85 goals, 743 shots, 361 pims, 21 PPG, 1 SHG.
Shooting %- 11.40 tied for 2nd in the league, behind Pitt/Stl 11.90
Faceoff %- 51.96 6th in the league behind ducks, canes, flames, NYR, flyers.
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Post by MPLABBE on Dec 15, 2002 22:39:53 GMT -5
WOW...imagine if we shot 30 times per game ;D
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Post by Andrew on Dec 15, 2002 22:48:55 GMT -5
PP would be better if MT played Koivu and Zednik as the real first unit(i.e. play them 1:10 to 1:20 on each PP)...too many times the other unit spends 1-1:10 out there and it bugs me. I agree with you there. Watching an LA power play, today, Alison and Palffy were on the ice for at least 1:30 of it. Koivu and Zed deserver more PP time. Perrault is useful to have out there, however, as he's great on the draws and has good finish. The other element, of the PP that bugs me (aside from Brisebois not being able to get a shot on net to save his life) is having Markov on the left point. From what I've seen, Markov is much more dangerous on the right side. Often I'll see Brisebois and Markov switch sides mid-powerplay. Why not just line up that way and save some time. Anyway, back to my Brisebois rant. The guy's shots are blocked, or miss the net almost every time. The blocked shots are the most frustrating, as it ends up negating the team's hard work to gain the zone, and sends the puck back the other way. If you don't have a path to the net, pass it off, or send it along the boards. Ok, more special teams ranting: when was the last time a Habs forward went down and blocked a point shot. In the early 90ies I can remember Muller, Keane and Carbo blocking point shots all the time, with tremendous success: something I never see nowedays. Once and a while, our PKers will block a shot standing up, but rarely will they go down.
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Post by MPLABBE on Dec 15, 2002 22:52:32 GMT -5
Good points.
The other thing that bugs me about the PP...Too many times with the Koivu unit out there...Traverse and/or Rivet are on the points...I mean they have pretty close to zero offensive ability...do we really want them out there with our best forwards with the man advantage?
Seems to me a PP should be about 5 man units working together...with 1 being the clear cut first unit and that unit getting the 2 best offensive d-man on the team
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Post by Ged on Dec 16, 2002 18:19:09 GMT -5
The other element, of the PP that bugs me (aside from Brisebois not being able to get a shot on net to save his life) is having Markov on the left point. From what I've seen, Markov is much more dangerous on the right side. Often I'll see Brisebois and Markov switch sides mid-powerplay. Why not just line up that way and save some time. quote] Now there is one of the most intelligent observations I've seen posted. I've been wondering the exact same thing for a long time. I've seem them switch points during the power play maybe 3 or 4 times this year. Here's an idea. First PP unit. Use Markov on the right point and PB on the left point. Every cross ice pass can now be hammered on the net without stopping the puck. It seems like a no brainer to me. If you have to use this revolving umbrella, or whatever you want to call it, the second PP unit can use that. This way, you give the opposing team a couple different looks on every PP. Perhaps the coaching staff do not have the technical foresight to use such a method, but it seems so natural to me. Constantly AM & PB are passing the puck back and forth, and constantly have to stop the puck, and turn their body in order to get the puck on the net. At this point, it's too late, as the attacking PK'er is already down their throat.
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