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Originally Posted by jayswin
I've seen signs that they can be better than a bubble team, but there is nothing in this line-up that suggests top 2 in the NHL potential, to me. Have you seen the build of some of the top teams?  |
Top two team is probably a stretch, but top 5 is a fair assessment.
If you look over the regular season for the last two seasons they sit.
86-52-14
.612 points percentage (6th)
186 points (T-5th)
GF: 493 (5th)
GA: 437 (12th)
GF%: 53.0 (6th)
CF%: 52.0 (5th)
HDCF%:52.5 (7th)
xGF%: 52.7% (3rd)
Shooting %: 10.13 (4th)
Save %: .904 (18th)
So over a large sample size (150+ GP) they have been a top 5 team in the NHL. Biggest problem is they had a horrible playoffs last year, and while they've been better this year it's still not amazing.
So just need figure out how to find that next gear in the playoffs and get over that hump, specifically our top two lines at 5v5. For the most part we've been carried by special teams and our third line so far during this playoff.