NHL Power Rankings: Which Teams Are Lighting Up the Ice and Which Are Hanging by a Thread After a Quarter Season
Get this guy to Milan, he’s earned it. His 19.7 goals saved above expected is downright Hellebuyckian
Red flag: The ol’ 105 PDO
No one wants to be the fun police for a hockey team emerging from the abyss. If someone tries to “Well, actually” you that the version of Connor Bedard scoring at a 125-point pace is actually bad, pay them no mind.
But if the bar has been raised toward discussing Chicago as an actual playoff threat this season, the team’s sky-high PDO is the unfortunate elephant in the room. The Blackhawks have banked enough points early to make some noise, but if they want staying power, they’ll need to start consistently controlling play to a better degree. The Bedard-Knight connection should get them a better goal differential than expected — just not to the current degree.
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