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Originally Posted by Bingo
That effect gets over stated.
The average NHL team has 222 powerplay opportunities last year. The Flames were 19th with a 21% rate which would result in 46.6 powerplay goals.
If the Parekh effect improved the Flames powerplay it wouldn't move to 1st in the league so say 14th (move of 5 spots). That gets you 24.8% and 5.5 more powerplay goals.
If Huberdeau is in on all of them it's 5 points.
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But Huberdeau in his last 4 years in Florida was getting about 35 PP points per 82 games. About 19 per 82 games with the Flames.
He was on the ice for 35 PP for last year, top guys in the league were around 50.
If Parekh is a star and Huberdeau is on his PP, would the Flames consider PP1 playing more minutes? I think so. The Flames for the last few years have played PP2 close to PP1 and have shuffled the PP up a ton trying to find combinations that work.
a true #1 PP probably has Huberdeau on it and I bet has more than 5-point impact.
I also said Parekh will have a 5 on 5 impact. He isn't Q Hughes yet, but he is only 5 months younger than Quinn was his rookie year.
22 mins a night and nearly a PPG dman, impact is not overstated. Did I say it was an automatic that Huberdeau gets 75+. no but it is not 100% out of the question either.