the entire pdo discussion in relation to the canucks is misdirected. the canucks have a high team shooting percentage. that is all there is to discuss. there is nothing odd about the team save % when you look at their goalies. it's good but not historically noteworthy. you can't assume it regresses.
if people want to debate team shooting % that is fine and you can add in the discrepency between expected goals and goals. i agree sh% is too high based on precedent and seems likely to regress, but i think it is also pretty obvious watching the team that at least part of this is by design. their shot attempts are 23rd in the league not because they are lazy or lacking ozone time. whenever they can they are playing a possession ozone game like they are working a shot clock with a lot of cycling and being selective with shot attempts and they are also playing with the lead a lot so no urgency. the only shoot first player on the team is ian cole. in general, the way hughes maintains ozone possession and constantly rotates the puck trying to find a shooting or passing lane is contagious and most of the other dmen on the team now do the same thing. when you remember that the sedins are now heavily involved in hockey ops it may not be a coincidence that the entire team now approaches ozone possession the way they used to, which is more like basketball than traditional hockey in terms of keeping the puck away from opponents as well as looking to score.
also, assuming their shooting percentage was to regress, how much will it need to do so to significantly affect game outcomes considering they are currently outscoring opponents by more than one goal per game?
