Rookie Preseason scoring doesn't mean much
by Dario on Sep 28, 2011 10:39 AM MDT
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It comes as no surprise that observers of the Avalanche are extremely curious as to how Gabriel Landeskog is performing. It's also relatively natural to compare his performance to his peers. Some fans are understandbly excited that Ryan Nugent Hopkins has 6 points in 4 games. Mark Scheifele has 6 points in 5 games. Mika Zibanejad has 3 goals in 5 games. Landy has 1 assist in 2 games with a +/- of 0. Time to panic.
There's no indication that preseaon statistics for rookies translates to regular season success. Matt Duchene lead all rookies in scoring in 2009 but in the preseason he amassed a paltry 1 goal and 2 assists in 6 preseason contests. Last year's Calder winner Jeff Skinner had 1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games. Logan Couture had 1 goal and 2 assists in 3 preseason games. But Michael Grabner who went on to become a Calder candidate and drop in 37 goals during the season was put on waivers from Florida after accumulating zero points and a -4 in 4 preseason games.
When it comes to rookies the statistics are just too small a sample. How a rookie performs on the ice is important during preseason. We saw plenty of evidence that Matt Duchene belonged in the NHL before the statistics supported it. Don't panic on Landeskog, Barrie nor Elliott. A stat sheet just won't tell the whole story.
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Syrup brothers (they both have an Aunt Jemima).
"It's all about the $"
Lawn defender since... crap, I can't remember.
by Busted Twigg on Sep 28, 2011 12:50 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Damn Dario, that was concise.
Bring on The KOG!
by niwotsblessing on Sep 28, 2011 12:50 PM MDT reply actions
4th biggest pessimist of MHH.
"There's always next season." -- Jimmy Howard on not winning the Calder Trophy.
by Dixomatic on Sep 28, 2011 1:16 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
So you really mean to try and convince me that a small sample size against sub-NHL opponents (and often against NHL opponents with sub-NHL teammates) isn’t predictive of NHL success? Well I never.
It's all about the O'
To quote a certain other pre-season headline, "Is Ryan Nugent-Hopkins the Leading Candidate for Calder?"
"When I got to Colorado, they just said go out and play your game, be the player that you can be, we're not going to put any restrictions on how you play. That gave me a big boost of confidence. That's something I lost in St. Louis." - Erik Johnson
The 2011-2012 Colorado Avalanche: there will be blood and there will be wins.
"God I'm excited for those two to fail miserably." - SBNation writer Andrew Sharp on Josh McDaniels and Tim Tebow.
The Number Zero, now in colour. DSB Record: 1-3-0
by Tempestuous Binary on Sep 29, 2011 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
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