Randy Randerson
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Among NHL forwards, he was 87th in 5v5 scoring (top 90, first line production by definition) while being 153rd in 5v5 TOI/GP and 101st in 5v5 cumulative TOI. So, as a rookie he was a 1st line forward in 5v5 situations despite not really being given the opportunity to do so.
He shot 10.7% for the season, which isn't crazy low but ties him for 178th among NHL forwards with 40 GP+, I think we would all agree that Nylander is far better than the 178th best shooter in the NHL
His 6.9 oiSH% is well below average for a player on a top line, and there's nothing that he can do to fix this but wait for the luck to change. Hyman (who shot 6.4% for the season), presumably coming off his line with the addition of Marleau (who shot 14.2% for the season) should help with that. When that normalizes, a larger percentage of the same number of pucks on net will go in and the whole line will get more points. Would think there's also a very good chance that Matthews and Nylander are better players this year, and put more pucks on net - larger percentage of larger number of pucks on net going in = big bump in points
judging Nylander by production he's good enough to be the 3rd best player on a 1st line (and probably more like a middle of the pack 1st liner with 1st line minutes) in 5v5 situations, unless he gets average luck and then he's much better. His advanced stats suggest that he is a very positive influence on an already good possession line. He's also already an elite powerplay producer
so if you need to apply labels to him today, "1st line NHL'er and elite powerplay producer with big upside" is more accurate than "powerplay specialist"
He shot 10.7% for the season, which isn't crazy low but ties him for 178th among NHL forwards with 40 GP+, I think we would all agree that Nylander is far better than the 178th best shooter in the NHL
His 6.9 oiSH% is well below average for a player on a top line, and there's nothing that he can do to fix this but wait for the luck to change. Hyman (who shot 6.4% for the season), presumably coming off his line with the addition of Marleau (who shot 14.2% for the season) should help with that. When that normalizes, a larger percentage of the same number of pucks on net will go in and the whole line will get more points. Would think there's also a very good chance that Matthews and Nylander are better players this year, and put more pucks on net - larger percentage of larger number of pucks on net going in = big bump in points
judging Nylander by production he's good enough to be the 3rd best player on a 1st line (and probably more like a middle of the pack 1st liner with 1st line minutes) in 5v5 situations, unless he gets average luck and then he's much better. His advanced stats suggest that he is a very positive influence on an already good possession line. He's also already an elite powerplay producer
so if you need to apply labels to him today, "1st line NHL'er and elite powerplay producer with big upside" is more accurate than "powerplay specialist"