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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
People are using a LOT of hindsight in regards to Vegas. Was there some great management and player assessment? Absolutely. But no one - NO ONE (including Vegas mgmt) - expected to see what actually happened. Here are the top 19 players, by points, on the Knights in their prior season, then their first season with Vegas (player, 2016-17, 2017-18):
Karlsson:....... 25... 78 *
Marchessault:. 51... 75 *
Perron:.......... 46... 66 *
Smith:........... 37... 60 *
Haula:........... 26... 55 *
Neal:............. 41... 44
Miller:............ 13... 41 *
Tuch:............. 0..... 37 *
Schmidt:........ 17... 36 *
Theodore:....... 9.... 29 *
Eakin:............ 12... 27
Engelland:...... 16... 23 *
Hunt:.............. 6.... 18 *
Bellemore:....... 8.... 16 *
Nosek:............. 1... 15 *
McNabb:.......... 4.... 15 *
Carpenter:....... 4.... 14 *
Sbisa:............. 13... 14
Leipsic:............ 0.... 13 * (in 44 games)
16 of the 19 had career years (up to that point, a couple have since had better years)
13 of the 19 more than DOUBLED their prior career high
9 of the 19 more than TRIPLED their prior career high
In total, those 19 guys put up 676 points, compared to 329 points the year before
No one expected that, including Vegas mgmt.
It was lightning in a bottle. It was pure magic. And it will not happen again.
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Kind of funny to see all of these players with such significant productivity increases.
If you take the difference in (points with Vegas) - (points precious season) and sort from highest to lowest, well what do you know?
James Neal is second last, just above Luca Sbisa
I guess Tre didn’t look at it like this