Random Avalanche Stats

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 21, 2011 7:00 AM MST in Avalanche By The Numbers

Time for another installment of random or quirky Avalanche stats that may only be interesting to me. I'll start with my old standby:

Since the Peter Mueller trade, Wojtek Wolski has 18 goals. Kevin Porter has 17.

The next player to make his debut for the Avalanche will be the 200th player to play for the Avs in a regular season game. The player after that will be the 400th player to play for the Nordiques & Avalanche franchise.

Among current players and only counting stats recorded as an Avalanche, Milan Hejduk has the highest career +/- with 116. Second on the list is Ryan Wilson, at +10. Gabriel Landeskog is third, at +6.

Cody McLeod has the worst career +/- in an Avalanche uniform, with -38. Right above him on the list is Tyler Arnason, at -25.

Gabriel Landeskog leads all rookies in hits (89), takeaways (30) and shots (107).

Since the start of the 2009 season, 17 teams have made a total of 22 coaching changes.

Paul Stastny's numbers before and after signing his extension:

GP	G	A	PT	+/-	PiM	PtPG
163	55	108	163	24	76	1.000
216	60	117	177	-20	132	0.819

Ryan O'Reilly is leading the league in takeaways. He was in the top 10 in the category in each of his first two seasons.

10 different players have worn #6 for the Avs, making it the most popular jersey number in team history. No player has worn it in 100 games for the Avs. Erik Johnson has worn it in 51 games.

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Gabriel Landeskog leads all rookies in hits (89), takeaways (30) and shots (107).

And yet he’s not even in the race for the Calder…because scoring goals in protected situations is all that matters.

Ryan O’Reilly is leading the league in takeaways. He was in the top 10 in the category in each of his first two seasons.

It’s the curve of the stick, I say! No really. The toe of his stick has a crazy hook-like curve to it.

Duchene may be the face of this franchise, but O’Reilly is the heart. - Guitarpick8120
Mile High Hockey
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by Cheryl Bradley on Dec 21, 2011 7:24 AM MST reply actions

I would be blown away if O’Reilly isn’t in consideration for the Selke this year. He won’t win, but his name should begin to appear.

A man who stole my whisky used the defense that no one could resist a bottle of Scotch. I had no choice but to testify on his behalf.

by c6hor8 on Dec 21, 2011 7:34 AM MST up reply actions

Goals and points are the only thing that ever matters in the Calder race…unless a goalie is involved

Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!

by chiavsfan on Dec 21, 2011 8:11 AM MST up reply actions

All hail Lord Howard.

Waiting for the return of a 2012 1st rounder.

by CrankyPete on Dec 21, 2011 12:12 PM MST via mobile up reply actions

Do you think that not being used on the PK might affect his consideration for the Selke?

Duchene may be the face of this franchise, but O’Reilly is the heart. - Guitarpick8120
Mile High Hockey
The Hockey Writers

by Cheryl Bradley on Dec 21, 2011 8:32 AM MST up reply actions

He was in the beginning of the year…but the PK has improved since Sacco went basically with the all vet squad

Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!

by chiavsfan on Dec 21, 2011 8:34 AM MST up reply actions

I thought I have noticed Radar on the PK during the last couple of games, not sure how much time he has gotten lately though.

Having men work with women is like having grizzly bears work with salmon...dipped in honey.

by cush52 on Dec 21, 2011 11:26 AM MST up reply actions

Is Dastyuk used that much on the PK?

A man who stole my whisky used the defense that no one could resist a bottle of Scotch. I had no choice but to testify on his behalf.

by c6hor8 on Dec 21, 2011 9:00 AM MST up reply actions

Jinx

At exactly what point do you start to realize that life without knowledge is death in disguise?

by SteveHouse on Dec 21, 2011 9:01 AM MST via Android app up reply actions

At first yes.

Peter McNabb thinks I'm outstanding.

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 21, 2011 10:50 AM MST up reply actions

Is datsyuk on the pk? I legit don’t know

At exactly what point do you start to realize that life without knowledge is death in disguise?

by SteveHouse on Dec 21, 2011 9:00 AM MST via Android app up reply actions

NHL.com says that he has averaged 1:02/game in SHTOI. Good for 13th on the Dead Things.

Radar has averaged 0:32/game in SHTOI. Also good for 13th on the team.

2011-2012 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Vyechnaya Pamyat!
2011-2012 Colorado Avalanche: Chances are rapidly diminishing that this will not suck.

by Hopfenkopf on Dec 21, 2011 9:46 AM MST up reply actions

What all is taken into consideration for the Selke (beyond the fact that your name is Datsyuk)?

by ProfessorOak on Dec 21, 2011 11:46 AM MST up reply actions

Having the blessing of “The Almighty Lord Howard”.

Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.

Thanks for everything Foppa!
Footer: We'll miss seeing you clear the riff raff off your lawn.

by Americanario on Dec 21, 2011 1:46 PM MST up reply actions

I could have sworn in skyrim, there is a Calder Stone where you can receive the blessing of Lord Howard…

by ProfessorOak on Dec 21, 2011 1:51 PM MST up reply actions

RNH is going to get the Calder, not much question about that really and honestly he is the superior goal scorer. Than being said I’m absolutely thrilled with Landy’s play and wouldn’t have picked anyone else available over him in the draft. He’s a complete player and expect him to only get better. I see him as being just as key to the Avs future as Duchene.
As for Radar and the Selke – if he maintains this level of play throughout the season I can’t see how he couldn’t win it (if he were in an Eastern Conference team that is). Still, slowly but surely he IS starting to get some of the attention he deserves.

That's no moon...

by notapunk on Dec 21, 2011 9:19 AM MST up reply actions

I just saw his stick during one of the previous games. I thought it was broken at first. I can’t believe that is even legal, but now I want to try one out.

Having men work with women is like having grizzly bears work with salmon...dipped in honey.

by cush52 on Dec 21, 2011 11:25 AM MST up reply actions

Since the start of the 2009 season, 17 teams have made a total of 22 coaching changes.

Every single one of those teams won the Cup, right? Right?

Because....fuck the Red Wings!

by StiflersMom on Dec 21, 2011 7:28 AM MST reply actions

yep

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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 21, 2011 7:31 AM MST up reply actions

There have only been 5 Stanley up champions since the lockout. Hard to believe, I know. 4 out 5 of them had a change in coaching I believe.

I'll keep this brief.

by Dario on Dec 21, 2011 1:43 PM MST up reply actions

You mean like in the history of the franchise? The year before? Define your parameters, sir.

by DiD on Dec 21, 2011 2:00 PM MST up reply actions

Ug. OK.

Chicago cup champs in ’10. Fired coach in beginning of ’09 and hired Quenneville.
Pitt cup champs in ’09. Fired coach in the middle of season of ’09 and hired Bylsma.
Dead thing champs in ’08. Babcock hired for the ’06 season after letting go of ~~Hitler~~ Lewis.
Ducks champs in ’07. Carlyle hired in the ’06 after Babcock did not resign.
Hurricanes champs in ’06. Fired Maurice in ’04. Hired Laviolette. ’05 lockout.

Latest cup champs Boston (‘11) Hired Julien for the ’08 season and didn’t make a coaching change before they won the cup in his 4th season.

I'll keep this brief.

by Dario on Dec 21, 2011 4:31 PM MST up reply actions

I think this is just mere coincidence

How many other teams have fired their coaches and have not won the cup? Any team that isn’t the Sabres or Preds (who haven’t won the cup either). Coaches are fired all the time, I don’t think bringing in a new guy actually points towards winning a cup.

by ProfessorOak on Dec 21, 2011 4:45 PM MST up reply actions

I’m not proposing that if 32 teams fired their coach today that all 32 teams would win the cup this year. Call it coincidence, that’s fine too.

I'll keep this brief.

by Dario on Dec 21, 2011 4:58 PM MST up reply actions

If I weren't lazy

I’d go count given the same sample size

by ProfessorOak on Dec 21, 2011 5:22 PM MST up reply actions

Heh, don’t bother. I guarantee you there could be no more than six Stanley Cup winners since the lockout so it doesn’t matter.

I'll keep this brief.

by Dario on Dec 21, 2011 6:19 PM MST up reply actions

Not that I am big on +/-, but it is another hit against the uselessness that is Cody McLeod

Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!

by chiavsfan on Dec 21, 2011 8:13 AM MST reply actions

really? He was a 4th liner playing 1st and 2nd liner minutes during the season that wasn’t. He is what he is, a 4th line agitator.

Peter McNabb thinks I'm outstanding.

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 21, 2011 10:11 AM MST up reply actions

But he’s not good at agitating anymore either…or anything else for that matter, unless you count taking dumb penalties at inopportune times.

Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!

by chiavsfan on Dec 21, 2011 10:51 AM MST up reply actions

Did you watch the Washington game? Good lord, your hard on for Cody is the equivalent of everyone else’s hard on for Anderson.

by DiD on Dec 21, 2011 11:13 AM MST up reply actions

I’ve considered McLud a waste of space for a while, but lately and especially against the Caps he’s found something. I hope whatever it is, he can keep it up and improve on it. A guy with his experience needs to log more than 3 or 4 minutes a game to justify a roster spot.

"He who fucks nuns will later join the church." -The Clash

by earl06 on Dec 21, 2011 12:41 PM MST up reply actions

but lately and especially against the Caps he’s found something

Neuvirth’s blind spot?

Maybe
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time

by Jibblescribbits on Dec 21, 2011 12:46 PM MST up reply actions

Are you talking about the goal DiD? The flip in from the blue line that had no business going in? Or his fight against Hendricks…the one that both guys said they didn’t want to do, but did anyway. That’s not agitating, that’s scripted fighting…and boring hockey

Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!

by chiavsfan on Dec 21, 2011 1:23 PM MST up reply actions

And at least my hatred of McLeod is hockey related, unlike a certain number 39, who is a waste of space because his Twitter talks about partying sometimes…

Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!

by chiavsfan on Dec 21, 2011 1:24 PM MST up reply actions

He’s a waste of space because he’s spent the good part of the past two seasons playing like ass. He also has talent and a pretty high upside, but hasn’t been playing up to his talent level. I’d rather kill a guy like that a million times over than kill the 4th liner who isn’t very talented but works his ass off.

Who gives a giant fuck if the goal had “no business” (whatever the fuck that means) going in or not? He scored. And then he dominated “I Miss” Matt Hendricks in a fight that certainly didn’t do us any harm.

But go ahead, keep riding the fucking guy who averages less than 7 minutes/game. Yes, he’s a 4th line player who’s not great at hockey. Continually whining about him is like shooting fish in a barrel.

by DiD on Dec 21, 2011 2:05 PM MST up reply actions

I thought Gali has turned up his game the past week or so

by ProfessorOak on Dec 21, 2011 2:08 PM MST up reply actions

Wut?

2011-2012 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Vyechnaya Pamyat!
2011-2012 Colorado Avalanche: Chances are rapidly diminishing that this will not suck.

by Hopfenkopf on Dec 21, 2011 2:17 PM MST up reply actions

a goal is a goal

by ProfessorOak on Dec 21, 2011 1:38 PM MST up reply actions

#6

Wade Belak
Jeff Finger
Erik Johnson

I want to say: Craig Wolanin or Jon Klemm

Who else?

"Put stick on ice, put puck in net"

by HeyPeterman on Dec 21, 2011 9:37 AM MST via mobile reply actions

Wolanin yes, not Klemm

Boughner
Dingman
DJ Smith
Berry
Holos

hmmm, who am I missing…

DDC is deeply embedded throughout this blog. For better or worse, his taint taints us all.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 21, 2011 9:40 AM MST up reply actions

ah, Peltier

DDC is deeply embedded throughout this blog. For better or worse, his taint taints us all.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 21, 2011 9:41 AM MST up reply actions

How could you forget Peltier? He had imaginary awesomeness way before Holos.

If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 21, 2011 10:39 AM MST up reply actions

He had imaginary awesomeness because he played for my Cedar Rapids Roughriders.

Having men work with women is like having grizzly bears work with salmon...dipped in honey.

by cush52 on Dec 21, 2011 11:29 AM MST up reply actions

Roughriders is one of the most awesomely inappropriate names for a sports team, IMO.

If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 21, 2011 2:35 PM MST up reply actions

It’s so awesome that two (of 8!) CFL teams used that name at the same time. It’s like they ran out of nicknames or something. Canada’s awesome.

by DiD on Dec 21, 2011 3:29 PM MST up reply actions

And DDC said “Freaky MHH bloggers need not apply”
So Jibblescribbits stashed his stats in his case and went in and asked him why
He said “You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you’ll do”
So Jibblescribbits opened his case and said “Imagine that, me working for you!”
Whoa-oh-oh
Stats, stats,everywhere a stat
Bloggin’ out the thread, that’s where it’s at
Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the STAT???

Can you name the band??

"Hey man, don't bogart that puck."

by KKtheHippie on Dec 21, 2011 10:15 AM MST reply actions 4 recs