Apologist Alert!
But seriously no one is going to make his festering turd of a season look better by spin, but there are some interesting numbers to suggest he's due for a pretty good run.
If you look at goals scored at all strengths vs expected goals scored at any strength it's a pretty huge gap for the player.
Goals over Expected
1. Zary +6.34
2. Weegar +3.06
3. Tanev +2.77
The rest of the team is negative.
The bottom
18. Huberdeau -14.62
17. Kadri -7.75
16. Backlund -5.42
15. Lindholm -4.37
Huberdeau's number is off the charts. Imagine if he was on the ice for 15 more goals and had 10 more points ... It wouldn't be a 115 point season, but he'd be tracking for 60-65 points and it would feel like a step in the right direction.
I've never seen an expected variance that big and we're only 1/3 of the way into the season.
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