It is no secret that the Avs are off to a rough start.
Constantly hovering around 26th to, you know, dead last, has its
perks however. These perks are looking at the player and team statistics and
finding things that make you just shake your head. Well, we have saved you the
grief of perusing through the statistics, and we have compiled the top 5 most
surprising statistics so far this year on the Avs.
#5: Jack Skille
– Skille’s start to the season, where he was the only one really trying his
hardest, and he looked like he could be a secret offensive gem. But the offense
stopped after the first few games. The statistical surprise: 21GP, 2G, 1A,
3PTS. Unfortunately he has also seen his playing time cut down, spending time
on the 4th line with Street, Everberg, and whoever else squeaks in
the lineup.
#4: Face-off
winning percentage. Remember when the Avs biggest problem was having too
many top tier centers? MacKinnon, Duchene, O’Reilly, Stastny, and Hishon. Yes
Hishon. He meant something once. Now 1 of those guys is in the minors and 2 are
traded away. Our center depth is still decent. Duchene, Soderberg, MacKinnon,
Grigorenko. But it isn’t helping. The Avs currently sit 29th in the
league (That’s second last for the late people reading) at 48.3 percent. It doesn’t
just stop there. They are 28th overall in even strength FOW
percentage, and 1st overall in faceoffs LOST while on the powerplay.
#3: Lack of
offense from Tanguay. Yes he is injured now but let’s take a look at the 14
games he played: 2G, 4A. This is pretty shocking coming from the guy who scored
22 goals last year and was 3rd on the team in points. Not to mention
he was playing with the likes of Iginla, Landeskog, Duchene, and pretty much
everyone with offensive talent. Hopefully he comes back rejuvenated and ready
to start helping the team.
#2: Nathan
MacKinnon’s 9 goals. Everybody expected MacKinnon to bounce back from his offensively
disappointing season last year but this is great! MacKinnon has 9 goals just a
quarter of the way through the year, which is just 5 away from his 14 tallies
of last year. He is on pace for about 32 goals this year and he is really
showing no signs of slowing down.
#1: Lack of
scoring on defense. EJ can’t do it all. But he is. The other 8(!!!!)
defensemen who have suited up for the Avs this year have combined for a putrid
3 goals. In a combined 105 games. Hm, seems like we’ve been down this roadbefore.
Honourable
mentions: 8 wins in 21 games for the team, Duchene playing
crazy right now, Varlamov’s less than stellar 3.05GAA and .894 sv%.
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