Confirmed with Link: Utah signs Kevin Stenlund to 2-year contract ($2M AAV)

[TheLegend]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807815708060897440

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807852553553826126

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[Jormungandr]

Extremely pleased with this one. Was very impressed with him in the playoffs.

 

[rams]

Utah Giants

 

[MIGs Dog]

Utah Giants

Yep.

 

[Schemp]

Predicting that Stenlund will have a career year statwize, this season.

 

[Magonus1703]

Predicting that Stenlund will have a career year statwize, this season.

Predicting or hoping?

 

[Schemp]

Predicting or hoping?

Predicting
Stenlund will benefit from Utah's forward group and Coach Tourigney's system

and then again 15 points ain't much!

 

[Laus723]

He's a defensive specialist and is terrific on the PK, in the circle, and just overall in his role. Going to miss him, was never nervous when he was on the ice.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Been good so far?

 

[lanky]

He's a stud in the faceoff circle. He's excellent defensively. He's a black hole offensively.

Overall he's even more reliable than I expected, so two thumbs up.

 

[TheLegend]

He's a stud in the faceoff circle. He's excellent defensively. He's a black hole offensively.

Overall he's even more reliable than I expected, so two thumbs up.

Third in the league in FO% for 90+ FO taken. And he’s at 195 FOs.

He’s essentially our new Boyd Gordon.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

which one of you guys at the beginning of the season said he was going to get 20 goals?

The over/under right now would probably be 7

 

[lanky]

which one of you guys at the beginning of the season said he was going to get 20 goals?

The over/under right now would probably be 7

I think Schemp was/is bullish on Stenlund.

 

[Jamieh]

I think Schemp was/is bullish on anything Coyotes/Utah.

Fixed that for you

 

[Schemp]

I think Schemp was/is bullish on Stenlund.

Thought he would be a good target to bounce pucks off aka Garland when he was here.

 

[TheLegend]

Kevin Stenlund's faceoff wins highlight underappreciated art

When Utah Hockey Club center Kevin Stenlund was younger, he took a que sera, sera approach to faceoffs.

allcitynetwork.com

 

[Schemp]

which one of you guys at the beginning of the season said he was going to get 20 goals?

The over/under right now would probably be 7

Actually what I said is that he'll have a career year and then a following post I said was that getting over 15 points ain't much.

 

[Summer Rose]

He's a stud in the faceoff circle. He's excellent defensively. He's a black hole offensively.

Overall he's even more reliable than I expected, so two thumbs up.

Reminds me of Boyd Gordon.

 

[Jakey53]

Kevin Stenlund's faceoff wins highlight underappreciated art

When Utah Hockey Club center Kevin Stenlund was younger, he took a que sera, sera approach to faceoffs.

allcitynetwork.com

I had many posts with rt regarding the importance of FO's. I guess BA signing Stenlund proves just how important they are. That was a real good article.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

I had many posts with rt regarding the importance of FO's. I guess BA signing Stenlund proves just how important they are. That was a real good article.

retract

 

[Schemp]

Predicting that Stenlund will have a career year statwize, this season.

Seeing that Stenlund is on target...

 

[rt]

I had many posts with rt regarding the importance of FO's. I guess BA signing Stenlund proves just how important they are. That was a real good article.

Your memory is so special. I love that you just invented a narrative that you believe faceoffs are important and I believe they are not important. That wasn’t the argument. Obviously. That’s far too ridiculous to be an argument.

The argument was this; it’s ok to have 1 center who’s below average on draws (around 45%) if the team overall is good at faceoffs. That 5% fewer FO wins from a single center is inconsequential over 82 games if the rest of the team is above average.

Which is obviously correct. I’m right. You’re wrong. But I’ll enjoy seeing what alternate reality you imagine next.

Seeing that Stenlund is on target...

He’s a helluva lot better at hockey than Lawson Crouse, I’ll give him that.

 

[Mangosteen]

Brain not fully engaged

 

[Canis Latrans]

Your memory is so special. I love that you just invented a narrative that you believe faceoffs are important and I believe they are not important. That wasn’t the argument. Obviously. That’s far too ridiculous to be an argument.

The argument was this; it’s ok to have 1 center who’s below average on draws (around 45%) if the team overall is good at faceoffs. That 5% fewer FO wins from a single center is inconsequential over 82 games if the rest of the team is above average.

Which is obviously correct. I’m right. You’re wrong. But I’ll enjoy seeing what alternate reality you imagine next.


He’s a helluva lot better at hockey than Lawson Crouse, I’ll give him that.

Please also add that context of the faceoff matters. Defensive zone on the penalty kill and offensive zone on the power play matter. The fluff in the neutral zone during 5 on 5 is noise and needs to be filtered out, making your argument even stronger that the difference is inconsequential.

It's plain as day that Tourigny will deploy Stenlund when it matters. He's out for overtime faceoffs, where possession is king, and then straight to the bench after winning it multiple times already this season.

 

[Canis Latrans]

Please also add that context of the faceoff matters. Defensive zone on the penalty kill and offensive zone on the power play matter. The fluff in the neutral zone during 5 on 5 is noise and needs to be filtered out, making your argument even stronger that the difference is inconsequential.

It's plain as day that Tourigny will deploy Stenlund when it matters. He's out for overtime faceoffs, where possession is king, and then straight to the bench after winning it multiple times already this season.

Oh, also should say team is so much better at zone entry nowadays and establishing possession that losing a faceoff in the offensive zone matters less. They can just regain it. You can see how the team pulls it back now and regathers and then re-enters the zone. They used to just dump it because carrying it never worked and opponents knew it, so could hedge their defense to defend for that. We used to spend every game on defense and it was terrible to watch. Faceoffs mattered then when they were hopeless at generating offense, how pathetic.