Unless you know of a different Sharks team in the NHL?
That the Sharks team was returning to form and would be in a playoff spot shortly. Just like they have been for the past decade.
Leafs are not in a playoff spot, but unfortunately likely will get there.
The problem with using PDO for the sharks is that their goalies suck, even if they were shooting way above average they will have terrible PDO until they get new goalies. PDO isnt just about luck. I think they could make the playoffs regardless I mean they did last year with the same terrible goaltending.
And thier best shooter from last year is gone, Pav was 5th for shots on the team with a 20% shooting percentage. If everyone else on the team replicates their shooting percentage from last year their PDO will still go down
If EK's shooting % returns to his career norm, then this will help offset the loss of Pavelski.
Have you compared the Shooting Percentage of this roster this year vs. last year. Pavelski ran at 20% and Donskoi ran at 12.8%. The team is also running at an unsustainable 90% PK. At 82 times Shorthanded that's 8 PPG against fewer than last years percentage would indicate. I'll stick with my assessment that this roster is far inferior to previous Sharks roster, especially with 4 key players declining due to age and/or injury.
It all needs to be taken in the context of the Ottawa Senators. Hanging on to vets over scrap picks to finish out the year is one thing, but some of these guys have contract pressure points requiring significant commitments and giving money and term to secondary contributors when they're under such a tight budget is not how some people want to see the team built. They need to walk a very fine line not to burn through their budget again, and each time the conversation comes up its, we can't lose x he does y, but you have to cut bait with some to preserve their ability to commit to actual core players down the line here. Spending well below the cap, they won't have the luxury of filling each hole with the player they want there and elc's and cheap vets need to be used for a lot of the role players and that needs to be accounted for now, not expecting it to just work out fine later on.
Ok fair enough. You want to comment on something unrelated to my OP, fill your boots.
No i quoted my post in response to others that quoted a previous post in which i had already answered the questions they had brought up. I explained that, in the post you quoted.Did you just quote yourself and argue with your own point Bert?
Veteran team that had a deep run had a predictably slow start. There are 0 facts that would suggest they are going to have a massive regression from last year when they were a final 4 team. I am as hopeful as anyone they miss the playoffs and finish 6th in the division. The reality is thats not going to happen they are absolutely loaded with talent.
