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Bonk just “5 or 6 weeks away” and now Gill out “12 to 15 weeks away” really makes the blueline prospect cupboard looking pretty unremarkable. As a Flyers fan, certainly reasonable to question whether these timelines will prove to be true.
Surprising start for the geriatric Penguins, Fly boys will need a strong performance tonight, easy to get up for the Penguins though.
Surprising start for the geriatric Penguins, Fly boys will need a strong performance tonight, easy to get up for the Penguins though.
pens played last night. big advantage for flyers
The base numbers are a little concerning. Across 39 games, he has just four goals and 18 assists for 22 points. That’s an eight-goal, 46-point pace over a full season whilst playing north of 20 minutes each night.
To put that in perspective, among forwards with at least 500 minutes of ice time in this span, his point-scoring rate ranks in the 23rd percentile. His goal-scoring rate is in the 3rd percentile. In other words, that’s essentially fourth-line offensive production.
It gets worse. At 5-on-5 play, he has been outscored 50–34. While that can be partially blamed on an unsustainably low PDO (sum of save and shooting percentage; a luck-based metric), he hasn’t been capable of driving a line. When separated from Sean Couturier and Matvei Michkov, he’s been outscored 18–3 with an anemic 39.79% expected goal share.
Through 9 games they’re kind of in the muddle middle area we all thought they’d be in. There’s a new coach and new systems to learn, and there’s a serious lack of high-end talent, but they’re managing to hang around and be tough to play against, which can be both fun and boring to watch. Let’s Go Flyers!!!
Ten games in last year, the Flyers were 3-6-1. This year, they’re 6-3-1. The turnaround has been remarkable.
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