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Originally Posted by looooob
3 games in and McDavid is averaging nearly 25 minutes/game, about a minute more/game than the next highest forward (Drai) who himself is a minute higher than the next highest forward (Hughes)
other names of interest include Tkachuk at 10, Johnny at 12
then you have Evander Kane at 14. Oilers with 5 of top 43 forwards in TOI , despite playing only at home
Yamamoto has more TOI/G than Huberdeau..he's 6th on the Oilers then the dropoff occurs to the bottom group
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Yep had a look after I read your post.
The average NHL team utilized their best forward 20.2 minutes per game. Edmonton 24.7, or +4.4.
The average NHL team utilized their best 2 forwards 39.6 minutes per game. Edmonton 48.1, or +8.5
The average NHL team utilized their best 3 forwards 57.9 minutes per game. Edmonton 69.3 or +11.4
The average NHL team utilized their best 4 forwards 75.4 minutes per game. Edmonton 89.9 or +14.5
The average NHL team utilized their best 5 forwards 91.8 minutes per game. Edmonton 109.3 or +17.4
Then they run out of depth.
The Flames are -0.4, -2.2, -3.8, -4.8, -4.9 in the same analysis.
Also interesting ... the Flame go net positive for forwards 6-9 which really shows depth. Slightly negative for forwards 10-12. This is what a third line does for a team.