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Originally Posted by The Cobra
If Calgary finished 2nd in scoring last year, and 5th on EV, how did they not rely upon special teams to vault them from 5th to 2nd?
If Johnny, Monny, Lindholm and Tkachuck simply match their numbers from last year, I'd be more than satisfied. I would expect there's a better chance of regression than increasing those point totals.
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Shorthanded goals helped.
Five on five
Calgary 6th in GF
On the powerplay
Calgary 8th in GF
Shorthanded
Calgary 1st in GF
So yeah they had a boost from special teams, but not in the traditional way in that they were not carried by their powerplay. They were 8th in goals, but should have been higher with the second most chances and only the 18th ranked success rate.
Other than Giordano, the guys putting up career years should be putting up career years given their pedigree and age. Many will probably top them again.
The most hope comes from a team with said roster winning a conference despite having both their powerplay, penalty killing and goaltending in the bottom half of the league.