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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I haven't really looked into or explored the advanced stats but I'm wondering what the stats are saying about the Canucks? I certainly wasn't expecting them to be a top team and do the advanced stats point toward a regression or are they actually a legit team?
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The Canucks actually look to be a bit of an odd bird. Their PDO is extremely low - 97.7 - primarily because they are getting the worst goaltending in the league at 5 on 5. .895 save percentage. Even Edmonton (.901) is better. The truth is, neither Miller nor Lack has been very good, and that suggests to me that the Canucks are incredibly lucky to be where they are. Miller, certainly, should not be 12-3. I expect that save percentage (and PDO) will come up, but I suspect their record will regress. Especially now that they don't get to beat up on Edmonton's defence every other game to cover that poor goaltending.
Their ES shooting percentage is around average, and they are 19th in CF% overall and 8th when the score is close.
If I had to make a prediction, they are a playoff calibre team, but a wild card team. Playing 20% of their games against the Oilers has masked a few problems.