![]() The sum of all this was him out-performing his Yahoo! ADP by 100 picks, finishing as the number-2 defenceman, and the only reason he was not number-1 was his plus/minus. He was also the first blue liner to reach 100 points in over 30 years. It was just the 15 th instance of a defenceman posting at least 100 points in a season in NHL history, and 11 of those 14 prior instances were Bobby Orr or Paul Coffey. Karlsson, who'd amassed 115 points over 211 games with San Jose from 2018-22, exploded for 101 points in 82 games. In fact, that may be the case for all fantasy successes. The clear, runaway fantasy success this season for the Sharks was defenceman Erik Karlsson. Even on a team heading to a full rebuild like San Jose, there is no shortage of discussion points.Īs usual, data for this article will be taken from our Frozen Tools or Natural Stat Trick, unless otherwise indicated. This review will cover the successes and failures of the players and team, where they improved or declined, and where the Sharks go from here. That fact makes the rest of this article sad, funny, or both. Since the regular season finished, we learned that Erik Karlsson was nominated not only for the Norris Trophy, but for the Ted Lindsay (MVP as voted by the players). The offseason fantasy reviews of all the non-playoff teams continue in today's Ramblings as we head to California and check in on the San Jose Sharks. Of course, nothing is set in stone, and we won't know what the lineup is until warmups start, but it does appear to be a good sign for the injured Finn. "Hopefully he's going to play… We'll probably morning skate (tomorrow) and make the determination after that… If he can go and he feels like ready ready, then he'll be in." /GrwqXdYMB9- Walt Ruff May 17, 2023 Rod Brind'Amour on Teuvo Teravainen's status following today's practice: On the topic of Florida-Carolina, it seems Teuvo Teravainen will be in the lineup for Game 1: ![]() They should be a lot of fun to watch at the very least.įor the entire Dobber Panel of picks for the second round, check out the voting here. Officially, I have Vegas and Carolina going through, but these are both incredibly close series. Of the 18 teams to be above the league average by shots off the forecheck/cycle, 13 of them made the playoffs, and none of the three postseason teams that were below average (Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles) remain. According to Corey Sznajder's tracking data, all four remaining teams were above average by shots created off the forecheck in the regular season: Maybe there is a lesson with these teams, too. Vegas didn't play particularly well down the stretch of the regular season, but adding Mark Stone changes their outlook dramatically. Those two teams, combined with Dallas and Vegas, comprised the top-4 teams by points percentage in the West this season. Meanwhile, Colorado was injured and missing key players. Over in the West, Dallas-Vegas feels about right, yes? Many of us had hopes for Edmonton but their depth and goaltending didn't hold up. The teams had their flaws, sure, but they weren't out-of-nowhere success stories. ![]() ![]() With the Eastern Conference Final starting tonight, it is a time to offer some thoughts on the two series that lay ahead in the NHL playoffs.įlorida-Carolina is not a Conference Final matchup many (any?) of us had, but with the benefit of hindsight, it certainly does make sense: over the final 45 games of the regular season, spanning calendar 2023, Carolina (1 st) and Florida (4 tH) were both near the top of the East in expected goal share at 5-on-5, while Florida had the second-highest actual goal share. ![]()
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