Actually, no, that's not at all a way of saying that. He had a really bad injury in 2013 that caused him to miss 65 games. That was a decade ago, and he did in fact fully recover from that; he went on to play 82 games in each of the next 3 seasons. The trouble was after that. He had a whole series of injuries over those years: wrist, groin, "lower body", etc., all of which kept him out for 30 games or so in 4 of the last 5 years. It can absolutely be argued that last year was the anomaly; it was the first time he played 82 games since the 2015-2016 season.
It would be very surprising if EK plays 82 games.
Let me be perfectly clear: it is perhaps not likely, though not entirely unlikely, that EK will play 82 games, but not so sufficiently likely, or in fact so unlikely, that EK will be sufficiently productive in the games that he does play, or even in the games he does not play, to justify the not insubstantial risk of trading for him, or in fact not trading for him.
I think it's very possible. he's always been a goal scorer and as his career has progressed and the system he's in, it's a good situation. he's sat at 8 or 9 goals for 4 or 5 seasons even missing 20 or so games in some of those years. he had 411 shot attempts last season which was a big time bump from the 311 he shot the year prior which represented a career high. that stat is largely a mindset stat about attacking with your shot. it's replicable, but never a good bet to put on any defenseman to score 15 or more goals. I will say that I think what we've gotten from Brady Skjei has been first pairing play the last 2 years and not enough is said about it. it's a little weird but one of Skjei's best comps in my opinion is Justin Faulk as far as his offense and how it comes. not a lot of passing creativity or playmaking instincts but just gets stuff on the net in traffic. if he can get 400 shot attempts again next season, anything is possible.
See, I don’t think he has any chance of repeating that feat given he is now the third best LHD on the team, now. His minutes are going down, so to just equal his previous total, he will have to elevate his effectiveness per minute; maybe with a new partner.
Otoh, there’s a non-zero chance that new partner’s specialty is passing to an open shooter, which could open Skjei up for better scoring chances from closer and not on a primary rush down the wing.
If we trade him, he'll score 25
If his new partner, assuming TDA here, is feeding him great passes to be the shooter, I shudder to think of their effectiveness as defenders.
I was working the math to somehow fit the 35% and was already complaining to Señor Paster about division by zero. Then I realized you Muricans put month before day in that expression, unlike us sophisticated Old Continentals who invented logic (day/month/year, going from small to big, see?)
I think we have a bunch of turbo stuff left over after a rough last season. So we are looking to move it and used a relatable event to do it. Add in I doubt we re-sign him so, try to move as much as you can now in case he has another poor season.
Ahhh now I get it...
I'd agree with that. Especially good for all this new-fangled computerized record keeping. Makes a directory look a lot more sane.
