Now up to 5 points. Having himself a game.Hat trick and an assist so far in the 1st period against the Royals.
Now up to 5 points. Having himself a game.
Thanks for the report. Does Bedard gliding remind you of Crosby? I remember having the exact same thoughts about Crosby when he played for Rimouski. He literally looked like he just glided about with his huge length strength almost like he was conserving for a fast burst. Very few strides. I don't know..just struck me that your comment was exactly how I felt about Crosby back in his junior days.Just got home from the game, it was super entertaining, the goalies couldn't stop a beach ball in the first half of the game. Personally, I would give Howe 1st star, Bedard 2nd, and maybe Parker 3rd star, even though he was -3. Howe was all over the place and spent basically the entire game in the ozone. Bedard doesn't have high-end speed, so he doesn't jump out at you immediately, like McDavid does, but he clearly thinks the game on another level. My complaint with him is that he glides around a lot, and it sometimes seems like he's play-watching.
The defense on both teams seemed pretty poor, which made the offense look great.
Howe and Bedard dominated what seemed to me to be low level competition, which is good to see, but I don't think either player would tell you that they had great games.
Not to make this thread about Bedard, but a lot great players tend to do that. Lemieux was another that comes to mind. All game they just seem to be floating around, not necessarily using a lot of effort, yet somehow always end up on the scoresheet. It's like that with some really elite players. They don't always have to appear to work hard to impact the game and end up on the scoresheet.Thanks for the report. Does Bedard gliding remind you of Crosby? I remember having the exact same thoughts about Crosby when he played for Rimouski. He literally looked like he just glided about with his huge length strength almost like he was conserving for a fast burst. Very few strides. I don't know..just struck me that your comment was exactly how I felt about Crosby back in his junior days.
RE: BedardThanks for the report. Does Bedard gliding remind you of Crosby? I remember having the exact same thoughts about Crosby when he played for Rimouski. He literally looked like he just glided about with his huge length strength almost like he was conserving for a fast burst. Very few strides. I don't know..just struck me that your comment was exactly how I felt about Crosby back in his junior days.
Up to 20 goals and 23 assists in 30 games
Man Regina is an extremely poor team offensively outside of Bedard and Howe and Howe is more a complimentary type of scoring forward in the NHL than a motor playdriver.In case anyone wondered what he did while Bedard was away:
11GP 3G 5A
Have you actually watched even a single Pats game in your entire life?When he gets his shit together in games, dude can score 3 - 6 points a game (at this level)
but when he is in his off game mode, he can't produce shit, still very young player
but you'd hope he could be more steady producer already.
Have you actually watched even a single Pats game in your entire life?
Have you actually watched even a single Pats game in your entire life?
Stick to being our resident stats updater and don’t talk about guys being “off their game” when for all you know he hit 17 posts.your point is? - cannot see anything from highlights yes?, what about interviews after the game, no?,
pointless they are, what about reading game previews, or game reviews from people, who have seen
those game, no?..one haves to always watch games to make an actual opinion, right?
watching highlights, other stuff gives you enough, doesn't give you absolutely everything
sure, but isn't those advanced stats for that?
it does give you enough to make your opinion(s) (if you understand enough about hockey
and if you can read people)
your point is? - cannot see anything from highlights yes?, what about interviews after the game, no?,
pointless they are, what about reading game previews, or game reviews from people, who have seen
those game, no?..one haves to always watch games to make an actual opinion, right?
watching highlights, other stuff gives you enough, doesn't give you absolutely everything
sure, but isn't those advanced stats for that?
it does give you enough to make your opinion(s) (if you understand enough about hockey
and if you can read people)
OofffMy opinion / take
Howe > Yager > Bedard
Howe in his first 10 games this season : 1 assist, 3 shots on goal, 0.10 ppg
Howe in the next 20 games, 16 goals, 16 assists, 49 shots on goal, 1.60 ppg
He went 73rd overall!..... he was Pats 4th player who they picked.
Thanks.I posted this in the Bedard thread but thought it deserved to be posted in here too.
I did a small deep dive into Tanner Howe's goals and how many Bedard has contributed - then Howe's production with Bedard out of the lineup.
Okay so I'll start with the games Howe played without Bedard in the lineup. So Bedard missed 11 games due to the WJC, He missed the games from December 9th against Prince Albert to January 6th against Seattle. Yes it is a small sample size but it is large enough to start to ponder.
In those 11 games Howe played, he had 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points for points per game of .72 while Bedard was away at the World Juniors. - the games Bedard are in the lineup Howe's PPG is 1.36 for comparisons sake. Small sample but noteworthy.
Howes goals per game this season is around .52 - while Bedard was out of the lineup at the WJC this number dropped to .27 - again small sample size, but it's something.
Howe has 34 goals this season, and of those 34 goals Bedard has assisted on 18 of them, then has not produced an assist on 16 of them. so this means that Bedard has contributed an assist on 53% of Howes goals.
But wait - 3 of those goals were scored while Bedard was out at the WJC - so in reality, while Bedard is in the lineup, Howe has scored 31 goals, 18 of those assisted by Bedard, 13 of them not.
So while Bedard is in the lineup with Howe - Howe's goals are assisted by Bedard 58% of the time.
In conclusion, Howes numbers look much better with Bedard than without him, and from what the numbers say - Bedard has been a large component of Howe's success this year.