Management Travis Green [Head Coach]

[senswon]

need to cut down the goals against and lets see how our road game is. Positive signs so far

Utah is humming right now .... hope we keep the energy from last game with a dash of ullmark

 

[Butchy Dakkar]

Utah is humming right now .... hope we keep the energy from last game with a dash of ullmark

I guess Chychrun should have stayed after all

 

[Tuna99]

Every single player on the team looks better than last year (TBF Brady the only player looking a bit flat and has 7 points). The team looks 3 inches taller than last year.

McEwen coming over the boards to fight, Timmy comeback on that dude Montréal should never have traded, Gregor pretending he’s the next Antoine Vermette - the players know their rolls and they have accepted them with WJC passion. The team has always had toughness, but to BE a stout and hard team is a different mindset completely and you have to earn that reputation. 5games in and you have to be impressed with how these guys have accepted their rolls and are all playing to the “we dictate play” part of their personalities.

You can see Travis Green’s personality imprint on this team already. He’s kinda cocky, he believes the puck is his as much as McDavid does, he’s on the lookout for places to compete and the team plays like that already.

 

[BankStreetParade]

Thought it would be interesting to compare our starts up to this point for the last 3 years.

Caveat: this is a really small sample size but I think it's important to look at anyway because we've talked about slow starts derailing seasons.

Season	W-L	GF	GA	GD	PP	PK	SF/G	SA/G	FO%
22-23	3-2-0	21	16	+5	25	72.2	34.2	29.6	56.1
23-24	3-2-0	21	15	+6	22.7	76.2	33	26.8	54.4
24-25	3-2-0	18	19	-1	38.1	75	31.2	29.6	48.5

If I look at this objectively, these are NOT good numbers to start this season.

 

[Micklebot]

Thought it would be interesting to compare our starts up to this point for the last 3 years.

Caveat: this is a really small sample size but I think it's important to look at anyway because we've talked about slow starts derailing seasons.

Season	W-L	GF	GA	GD	PP	PK	SF/G	SA/G	FO%
22-23	3-2-0	21	16	+5	25	72.2	34.2	29.6	56.1
23-24	3-2-0	21	15	+6	22.7	76.2	33	26.8	54.4
24-25	3-2-0	18	19	-1	38.1	75	31.2	29.6	48.5

If I look at this objectively, these are NOT good numbers to start this season.

Objectively, we are on a 99 pts pace, despite our starting goalie being out the last three games, along with Zub and Greig. With Fla, NJD, LAK and TB 4 teams expected to be in the playoffs, it looks like a bit tougher schedule than the previous two years.

2024-25 xGA/60 @ 5v5 is 2.11, 3rd in the league
2023-24 xGA/60 was 2.64, 22nd in the league
2022-23 xGA/60 was 2.63, 17 th in the league

So, is the jump in GA systemic and likely to continue? Underlying numbers suggest no. On the flip side, the xGF are also lower than prior years, might be something to keep an eye on as the PP won't continue scoring one 38% of attempts.

The reality is for all the story lines about our slow starts needing to improve, we never actually got off to a slow start in the first 5, as you've shown. Our issue is flaming out immediately after that.