Huvikseen tuli eksyttyä ekaa kertaa tällä kaudella Tankathonin pariin kuluttamaan aikaa. Jo kolmannella arvonnalla eka vuoro meni Floridalle - ja siitä Montrealiin (nousua kahdeksan pykälää). Olisihan se mahtavaa, jos Ben Chiarot vaihtuisi käytännössä Connor Bedardiin. Juu, ei ole uusi juttu, mutta olisihan se silti huvittavaa.
Edit: Lisätään nyt samalla, että tämä vuosi näyttää olevan tankkauksen suhteen samalla tasolla McDavidin varausvuoden kanssa. The Athleticista:
"In the analytics era, there have been nine teams to earn 40 percent of the goals or fewer at five-on-five over a full season. Three of those teams played during the 2014-15 season. Three of those teams are playing this season. Looking at all situations, there have been 10 teams that failed to earn 40 percent of the goals over a full season with two coming from the 2014-15 season and four playing in 2022-23. Over a 17-year span, over 60 percent of the worst team seasons have been concentrated in just two years; the two years where a generational reward was waiting for the biggest loser.
This year it feels like tanking is reaching a brand-new low, a clinical efficiency of ineptitude. In all situations, three of the four worst expected goals seasons are from a 2022-23 team. At five-on-five there has never been a team that earned fewer than 35 percent of the goals in a season. This year there are two:
Chicago and
Anaheim.
And that’s from the season’s first half — things likely only get worse from here on out, especially as those teams start selling whatever useful pieces they have left on their rosters."
Tanking is reaching a brand-new low for a shot at a franchise-changing talent, but how good can we expect Bedard to be from day one?
theathletic.com
