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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I'm still wary. I know it's in part due to his speed allowing him for higher percentage shots. But since going to Montreal he has by far the highest shooting percentage in the league for goal scorers at over 20%. In that same time frame, Monahan has 14% and Gaudreau has 11%. Those are the Flames top shooting percentages.
Look at Colborne, the year he got 19 goals he had a staggering 19% shooting percentage, and three years later he's out of the league.
If Gaudreau had the same type of shooting percentage, he would have scored over 45 goals last year. Ovechkin would have scored over 70.
Despite being able to produce it for multiple years, I just don't see it being "sustainable." And then there's the fact that last year he did have a favourable situation. Sure, he only got 1:10 PP of ice-time, the same amount that we all lost our #### at for Brouwer having, but he also got to play entirely with Gallagher throughout the year. Who was the Canadiens top point producer.
Everyone loved him because he was a nobody, making peanuts, capable of scoring goals with their best point producer. There was no pressure, and he was having career years. It's not unlike Ferland. Making 3.4M a year and now expected to be a top 6 player could drastically alter his situation he falls back down in the bottom 6, or especially fourth line role, when the Canadiens show a bit more winger depth.
I'm very glad that the Flames didn't sign him to something like this next off-season. With that said, good for him.
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He has done it for over 2 seasons now. I think that’s fairly sustainable unless he runs into injuries.
Last season Byron finished first in the league for percentage of their chances from the slot at 76.5%. He rarely shoots unless he’s in the slot in a prime scoring position, that’s why his shooting percentage is so high.