Truth by numbers: How much would Pietrangelo help Maple Leafs?

Alex Ovechkin is currently leading the NHL in the bare, but with his shooting percentage as high as regression is needed. When this comes, does it make a way to get its chances that it is still likely to have 50 goals? If I hit this mark, it would be a historic season.

Plus, with rumors around Alex Pietrangel, which potentially links to Maple Leafs, how much they would upgrade to what they have in place, and what would that mean for the team?

This and more, this week in the column.

PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT

Somehow, in some ways, Alex Ovechkin continues to beat his age and result, as it is in the middle 20 years.

With young players such as Patrick Laine and Auston Matthews, who are threatening to become new kings of the NHL – along with the hot startings of Jeff Skinner, David Pastrnak and Brayden Point – Ovechkin is again leading the league with an incredible 25 goals in 30 matches.

This makes Ovechkin at a speed of 68 meters if he had to play all 82 matches this season, which is quite unsustainable when you see that he scored 21.6 percent of the goal. This is above the two career average of 12.6 and the highest percentage of the career season – 14.6 percent, which was successful in 2007 and 2008 when it reached 65 goals.

I do not think that the article about Ovechkin's performance is unsustainable, all of that interesting. I think that most people with basic knowledge of statistics would see this hot network. What I'm interested in is that it's half way to history.

Ovechkin is already one of only 13 players in the history of the NHL, who scored 50 or more goals after 30 years, but only four players did it: Phil Esposito, Marcel Dionne, Bobby Hull and Mario Lemieux. But even more impressive, only three players in history scored more than 50 goals at the age of 33 or more: John Bucyk, Bobby Hull and Jaromir Jagr.

Ovečkin finished 2017-18, who with 49 opponents only scored 50 goals, and at this point in the season he had 21 goals. So, the question is whether it causes enough misdemeanor to replace the next regression – in the next 52 games it still needs 25 more hits.

Given that Ovechkin's lowest season in his career has still become 21 goals in 52 matches, it seems likely to be a success. But the best way to figure out how likely it is to get to 50 is to compare it with each other.

Ovechkin's power rating is not much different than it was in the last few years, so we will concentrate on 5-for-5 hockey.

Last season, Ovechkin saw a significant increase in his deviation from the chance that brought the hit, which had a lot to do with playing together with Evgeny Kuznetsov. This again revives Ovi's ability to shoot through defensive points outside the area and unexpectedly overcomes the goalkeeper.

He also shifted his footage to the net as in previous years, which was somewhat slowed down by his speed shots when he was old.

This same trend holds this year, but its fourteen numbers are slightly lower compared to last season, with the exception of options that have opened up in advance, where they seem to be more likely to be mistaken for errors.

If this speed continues, we can probably expect ovechkin to achieve a lower speed than the last season. But he only has to reach the rest of the way in the 39-meter round to reach 50 in the season, which is completely achievable, depending on how he produces and the elite talent he has.

Score of 50 goals is always a difficult grade, but the strikes against Ovechkin are never a good idea.

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QUESTION

For a few weeks we went without Steve Dangley, who asked the question about Maple's leaves, but eventually the anger had to break. So this week, Steve is curious about St Louis Blues, who sell fire, so he's asking …

"How many upgrades would Alex Pietrangelo have for Maple Leafs if he replaces one of Ron Hainsey or Nikita Zaitsev in the top four?"

Well … a big upgrade.

I will lean on my own little position classification project from the summer ahead, to make a wider comparison.

But you can easily see the difference between Pietrangelo and Hainsey or Zaitsev.

Of the 193 defenders who qualify for the project I performed in the summer, Pietrangelo ranked 11th with a positive positive effect on his team, making him one of the top half of the defender no. 1 in NHL. It's on the verge of being an elite, depending on your definition of the word and certainly the franchisee.

In contrast, Zaitsev ranked 139th and Hainsey 148th, so immediately know that there is not much comparison between these players. Pietrangelo would immediately become the best or the best defensive player of Leafs, depending on your opinion of Morgan Rielly, who is obviously on the big rising trend in his career.

While Blues broke up this season, they are probably not so desperate to relieve their stars because people are speculating, so the costs Getting a player like Pietrangelo would be tall.

If Leafs could do this in return for future funds, even if they encouraged them to legitimate candidate status on the same echelon, Tampa Bay Lightning was busy as a popular cup.

BUY OR SALES

• Nick Schmaltz started excellent in Arizona with seven points in eight matches, although he was actually less involved in a 5 to 5 offense than he was in Chicago. The difference was on playful power, where he played a major role on Coyotes and created nearly 15 points for 20 minutes, in contrast to nine to 20, he was involved in Blackhawks. Doubts can maintain this point speed, but they must continue playing the playing time.

• The kings are as bad as the name of Jeff Carter, who floats in trade rumors, but how valuable is this day? Carter has an offensive shooter, but his level of random results decreases and his involvement in the creation of an offense against his teammate has fallen in three straight seasons. I would be careful to offer him some great packages.

• Also Wayne Simmonds is available. It has a unique combination of scoring ability and physical ability made by a highly sought-after player. He had a somewhat rough start to the season, but he is a high-quality finisher, who ranked 44th in the rankings on the ladder, which has a similar effect to Artturi Lehkonen, Travis Konecny ​​and Michael Frolik.

• The Icelanders respond to the third smallest hits in the NHL from 5 to 5 in mid-November, and in contrast to the 18th they are actually giving up on major hazards. Nevertheless, it works very well. The possibilities brought by the speed have also been reduced, allowing the minimum number in the league.