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[SHN] Power Rankings S55: 2nd Edition
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Graphs and rankings through Friday 8/7/20 (11/19/21 game date)


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Highest Rated: 16
Lowest Rated: 16

Juke: After starting out the season at a surprising 2-4, TBB lost 17 straight before beating BAP in their last game. They’ve overtaken TOR in their spot on the top left of the corsi graph, and are last in the league in goals for/against as well. They’re still very well suited to ruin some casino bets and parlays, and not surprisingly O’Callaghan, Hamr, Robert, Finley, Ronlain, Tron, and Fiddler are all among the top 10 in blocked shots within their position.

Nham: The highest point of this second week for the Tampa Bay Barracuda is a tight 4-3 win over their bottom dwelling competitors, the Baltimore Platoon. That seems like a huge deal considering that their 17 straight losses before that included 7 games where they lost by 5 or more goals. They’re still neck and neck when it comes to some of the other bottom teams in the league, but the clear differentiator is their absolute hellish goal differential. They’re only one of two teams that have scored less than 40 goals and one of two that have allowed more than 110+ goals.


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Highest Rated: 15
Lowest Rated: 15

Juke: After an impossible opening schedule and 12 straight losses, TOR’s picked up 3 wins since our last ranking, including 2 of their most recent 3 games (NEW and SFP). This has still been a rough season for the North Stars, just barely edging out TBB in corsi, goals for/against, and point shares. As always, Carpet is playing well against a barrage of shots every night, and that will likely continue as they still have 6 more matchups combined against their Great Lakes opponents left on the season. Fun fact, TOR currently has 2 short handed goals and only 1 powerplay goal.

Nham: Speaking of bottom of the barrel, Toronto was the other team with one of the league's worst offense and defense, competing squarely with the Barracuda. With how much relative depth they hold on their roster compared to Tampa Bay, it’s a bit of a surprise to see that they’re not at least a half step ahead of them. Even Minnesota has been able to keep their goals allowed below 100 for now. That may just maybe the natural result of having two promising rookies in Jack Kanoff and Axel Meszaros make the jump a season earlier than needed and already in prominent roles.


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Highest Rated: 14
Lowest Rated: 14

Juke: MIN is only a few steps above the TOR/TBB tier. They actually have a slightly lower corsi for than TOR, and only score .12 more goals a game then them. However, they let about 1.5 less goals in per game than those teams, largely thanks to Tegernako’s continued excellent play in net. He’s 3rd among starters in save percentage, but first in GSAA. Tegernako is getting help from some sound defensive skaters on the roster, notably Gibbles (1st in the league in takeaways and first in SB among forwards) and Seger (2nd in the league in both shot blocks and takeaways).

Nham: It’s hard to imagine a team like Minnesota and their double digit losses as being considered as ‘lucky’ when seeing their ~101% PDO but much of it is largely on the back of Tegernako’s unbelievable play. It’ll still continue to be a bit of a chicken and egg discussion as to whether it’s entirely because he is looking good from the overwhelming workload, or that he’s that talented in preventing as many goals scored as he has. Being sub 80 corsi against per game is something to look positively on the team level as the other two teams below then are allowing 6-9 more shot attempts per game.


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Highest Rated: 12
Lowest Rated: 13

Juke: After a stronger start to the season than many predicted, BAP has started to stall out a bit. At the game 15 mark, they were only 3-4 points back of CHI/MAN/NEW, but have only won one game in the 9 since then. In terms of corsi, scoring, and point shares, they’re slightly trailing a tier of teams that includes SFP, NEW, WPG, and TEX. Nat Emerson fantasy owners are pleased with his performance, as he ranks 3rd in fantasy points with his league leading shot blocks, and 5th most hits from defensemen.

Nham: Baltimore does find themselves in the pack of those teams on the cusp of playoff appearances but with a much bigger hole to climb out of at this point. They’re currently sitting 17 points out of a playoff spot in the East with all but the faintest chance that something could turnaround this season. Granted, with the offseason moves that they’ve made it was never the goal but still hard to have an aimless season in the midst of a rebuild for the future. A nice surprise is the offense of Nickolas Klaus and Petr Mikulak who are currently just under a point per game.


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Highest Rated: 12
Lowest Rated: 13

Juke: After an offseason that saw SFP ship out some of their best players, SFP has still responded relatively well so far this season, at 9-14 during this ranking. However they’re 11th and 14th in goals for/against respectively,  and have a bottom 5 team corsi to this point. Schieck and Bork are still doing everything they can to bring wins home, as the defensive pairing leads the league in relative corsi by almost 10 percentage points. They’ve been going with rookie Kavanagh in net instead of Kryyst, and he’s been tested a lot – ranking as the goalie with the 5th most shot attempts against.

Nham: San Francisco has been extremely consistent in their on/off streaks and this week has been no stranger though the losses last longer than the wins unfortunately. Jeff Brogen has continued to carry the load offensively, leading the league as well as this week in contributing to team scoring. Kavangh has not quite done enough to tilt the table for his team combined with a lack of scoring touch throughout the lineup, leading to an ice cold PDO this week.


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Highest Rated: 11
Lowest Rated: 11

Juke: NEW continues to play relatively well despite the unloading of talent in the offseason, and a large part of that is thanks to rookie goalie Eller. He finds himself in 2nd among starters in save percentage and GSAA, behind only Cain and Tegernako respectively. They’re getting good production from their top line of McShotty, Bruchevsi and van Otter, newly acquired young gun van der Heijden is already providing solid 2C play. They have a slightly uphill battle to try and catch MAN for the division or CHI for the last wild card, but by no means are they out of the hunt.

Nham: New England managed to continue their just above league average form but over the last half of the week, have separated from the pack of Chicago and Manhattan in a negative fashion. Now it’s clear differentiation between them and the top four in the East so it’ll be tough to imagine them having a sudden uptick in wins while Manhattan and Chicago return back to their cold forms earlier in the season. Dominic Montgomery has been quietly a stellar add for this team this season, being a physical presence with the 7th most shots blocked and hits this week, while still being involved offensively in terms of generating shots and chances.


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Highest Rated: 10
Lowest Rated: 10

Juke: TEX basically has identical team corsis as WPG but the offense and defense rankings switched, with the Renegades at 10th in scoring per game but 7th in goals against. Kvalheim and Gotze are leading the offense, with both of those two forwards contributing to nearly 40% of the team’s total goals. The former leads the league in GR, while the latter is top 10 among forwards for hits. White Goodman is playing as a top 5 goalie right now, 5th in the league in save percentage and GSAA, though the defense deserves credit in making sure he only faces an average amount of shots against per game.

Nham:I think if you were to ask how the Renegades would feel about being where they are right now, it would be a dulled shrug. Potentially expecting a little more out of their performance so far but also recognizing that last season was a huge overreach by them and even with their divisional rivals stripping down their rosters, there’s still enough talent on those teams to make things difficult. There’s not necessarily much separating them from the LAP, SFP and WPG for the 4th and last spot in the West. With each team basically facing each other repeatedly over the next half of the season, it will be a cut-throat race where they’ll be stepping over each other to the very end.


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Highest Rated: 9
Lowest Rated: 9

Juke: LAP is currently in the middle of a 3 team battle for the 4th spot in the west, along with TEX and WPG. Unlike the other two previously mentioned teams, LAP actually has above average corsi for/against, but are currently in possession of the worst PDO in the league. They’re 9th in the league in both scoring and goals against as a result, however they still have 5 games against TEX and 2 against WPG, so a lot can change in the standings moving forward. The pairing of Dayudie and Ford rank 2nd in relative corsi for D pairings in the league, and Winter is still dependable as ever – notching 27 points on the year while being top 10 in blocked shots among forwards.

Nham: Los Angeles differs slightly from the other 3 teams in their outlook as they have fewer games against some of the weaker teams in their division (aka Minnesota) but also more against their playoff competitors. This could in theory mean that they have more control over their potential seeding and will want a little bit more from their goaltending as Knox Booth underperformed compared to their usual standard and ended up being just about a 0.900 goalie. Phillip Winter mains the core driving force for offense on this team, but thankfully has seen a little more support from the rest of the roster in this recent week.


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Highest Rated: 8
Lowest Rated: 8

Juke: WPG has started this season strong, and is currently in very early contention for the last playoff spot in the west. They score the 7th most goals per game in the league, however have the 11th best goals against numbers. They have a league average corsi against and rookie goaltender Chamberlain has the 6th best save percentage and GSAA, so I’m honestly not sure where all those goals against are coming from. They come into this ranking on a hot streak, winning 9 of their last 11 games, but prior to that streak they had lost 9 of their first 11 games. They’ll be an interesting team to follow as the season progresses, to find out which of those streaks more closely represents the real WPG.

Nham: This offensive surge from the Winnipeg Jets has been a bit of a surprise as they were 6th for goals per game this week, being around 4.75 goals/game. Some of it might be inflated against the Barracuda and the Chiefs, though they still showed that prowess before beating Edmonton twice in a pond hockey style affair. With some fantastic goaltending from Chamberlain, you would think they would rank a lot higher as well but as mentioned, they’ll need to take some of this momentum towards some higher ranked teams to prove that they could be a real threat, and not just a team to walk into the playoffs, only to be first round fodder.


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Highest Rated: 5
Lowest Rated: 7

Juke: After a shaky stretch from games 10-15, MAN responded well, going 8-1-1 in the last 10 games into this ranking. They’ve improved their corsi numbers since the last ranking, but still only find themselves at 8th in goals scored per game, and 10th in goals against. Larson seems to be the unfortunate goaltender cursed by FHM this season, and is last among starters in save percentage. Austin Roenick continues to perform as a top goal scorer, ranking at tied for 5th in the league in goals scored, while on the blue line Barret McCarthy is quieting having a very productive season. He’s tied for 6th among defenseman in points, while he and defensive partner Andrej Doskocil have the best CF% on the team.

Nham: Manhattan have found their way a little bit in taking significant strides forward and separating themselves from the Wolfpack as a clear playoff contender. They haven’t quite performed at a level that would mislead viewers into believing that they are a dominant team or even capable of being that for a stretch, which will be interesting to see if things remain status quo going forward, or if they’ll be able to find that extra gear as the season winds down further. In general though, they’ve been playing well on all sides of the puck without being spectacular in any one particular area. That goes for the goal scoring that has been relatively balanced short of Roenick being the trigger man more often than not.

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Highest Rated: 5
Lowest Rated: 7

Juke: As always, HAM is ranked highly in the power rankings, and could even make a case to be placed even higher. They do enter the ranking period on somewhat of a ‘cold’ streak for them, picking up 5 wins in their last 10 games. They have a top 3 corsi ratio despite a sub 100 PDO, but are 6th in scoring and 4th in goals against. Dick Clapper and Aaron Wilson are in the top 10 for forward scoring, while Johnson and Zheng are chipping in on the blue line as well. Rookie goalie Jobin continues to play well, being thrown into the starter role, and the team has all the tools and underlying stats to once again make a deep run, but for now they’ll have to worry about battling it out with their competitive BUF and CHI division rivals as always.

Nham: Dick Clapper has been having a solid season in his own right, being right behind Monkey D. Luffy for overall league scoring in goals and points with a handful of goals. It’s a possibility that he could still catch up to him and Hamilton will certainly be hoping for it as their offensive performance hasn’t quite been as dominant when it comes to converting their obscene number of chances into goals. For what it’s worth, they and point leader Flacko Lagerfield were also quiet leading up to the halfway mark of last season but tore things up by the end. Speaking of Lagerfield, while not the scoring force, he has been controlling play being one of the highest corsi players on Hamilton while playing on a lesser role.


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Highest Rated: 5
Lowest Rated: 6

Juke: CGY has won 7 out of their last 9 coming into the ranking, and the two losses were both by just 1 goal, including an OT loss. They’re 4th in goals scored and 5th in goals against, and a large part of their offense is run through Bouchard and Batsbak, the former is tied for 5th in goals scored, and the latter is first in the league in assists. On the other side of the ice, Vilde is having a solid rebound season after S54 and offseason acquisition Lockhart is 10th in points among defenseman. EDM and NOL are strong teams staying above CGY in the standings at the moment, but the CGY roster has the talent and underlying stats to make a push for them in the back half of the season.

Nham: As I continue to review the goals scored per game and what ultimately became of our rankings, it does feel like there’s a slight correlation. Calgary is the 5th highest team with goals for per game this week with 5 goals per game, riding a wildly hot PDO, higher than any other team at the moment with a majority of being contributed to their goalscoring by the first line, and some to do with Kata Vilde’s solid play in net. Bouchard in particular is having a bit of a renaissance year after experiencing regression for the first time and has been a great consistent force.


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Highest Rated: 4
Lowest Rated: 4

Juke: After a slower start to the season during our ranking 1 edition, CHI has only lost 3 games since then, while picking up 9 wins. They’re in the upper tier of team’s regarding possession stats, and are 5th and 3rd in goals for/against. Carter II is tied for second in the league in scoring, and just like last season Corey Kennedy and Parker Smeb are all over the top 10 defense charts, with Smeb holding a huge hit lead in the league. CHI started off the season with an unsustainably low shooting percentage, which at one point was dead last in the league. Now that it’s started to normalize back to league average, CHI has begun to climb in the standings, and with 3 wins in the Saturday sim after these rankings against BUF x2 and HAM, CHI looks very much like the real deal.   

Nham: Finally Chicago is looking like the team that many expected to be in the beginning of the season. Unfortunately for fantasy owners of Westbroek, Selman and Smeb who decided to drop them early, they’re providing a lot of value to the Syndicate and committed fantasy owners over this past week. It’s hard to imagine them. While their consecutive wins against Buffalo and another against Hamilton might be a little more than what they’re capable of on a regular basis, it shows that at least there is that potential in them to have a good run and dominate some of the best in the league.


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Highest Rated: 3
Lowest Rated: 3

Juke: EDM has pulled off 6 wins in a row, and once again their offensive is their main weapon, ranking 5th in the league in corsi for, 3rd in goals scored, and 2nd in OPS. Between Tony Pepperoni, Bo Kane, Theo Morgan, and Karlstrasse Scholz they have 4 players above 30 points, and Forty-One and Boivin make another two players at a ppg pace. Spector is having a slightly rough outing this year, but the defense has done well to support her in net and she still has the 6th best GAA in the league. With CGY starting to breath down EDM’s necks (4 points back but with a game in hand), they’ll need both sides of the ice to keep clicking to keep their spot at the top of the division. 

Nham: Karlstrasse Scholz seems to be a 4th forward sometimes with how often they’re involved in goal scored opportunities. As an example, the next closest scoring defenseman has 15 less points than Scholz, so it does seem like there are 7 primary threats, two forward lines plus Scholz on the back end. Even with the season as a whole, Scholz is currently the 2nd highest contributor to points scored as a defenseman so there’s merit to be considered for a MVP or Scott Stevens nomination. They’ve seem to have found their ideal balance of spreading scoring out so that despite there being a dedicated PP1 unit, other members have been able to provide significant scoring at even strength with Jon Forty-One and Jean-Paul Boivin in particular.


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Highest Rated: 2
Lowest Rated: 2

Juke: NOL is having a hell of a season. In fact, in the sim that happened after we ranked teams for this edition, they overtook BUF for first in the league in points while still having 2 games in hand on the Stampede. They still only have 1 regulation loss, and have the second best offense and defense in the league. They have 7 players above a ppg pace, and Cain has the league’s best save percentage and 3rd best GSAA. NOL has solidified themselves as the favorite from the West at this moment, which isn’t too surprising considering that they have the highest overall TPE roster.

Nham: With a lot of metrics, there are a number of reasons to consider the New Orleans Spectors to be the best team in the league. Unfortunately while they’ve garnered a fantastic record to this point, they haven’t quite proven it with a stretch of beating playoff teams as of this ranking. Chances are that when that part of the season rolls around, they’ll be looking just as good as they do now as they have before. The biggest differentiator compared to their Eastern counterpart in Buffalo is that while they almost have a top line of their own that could rival the Luffy/Scarn/Kholin trio, their group as a whole has made up for the difference so that the offensive record thus far between the two teams is fairly identical.


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Highest Rated: 1
Lowest Rated: 1

Juke: Despite the rough Saturday Sim for the stampede (which wasn’t counted towards these rankings), BUF continues to have the best underlying team stats in the league. With the number 1 corsi for, corsi against, goals scored, goals against, OPS, and DPS, they might even be playing better than their 22-5 record suggests. Luffy still has decent leads in the league in goals and points, and is currently on pace for a 41-41-82 season (which would prorate to a 67-67-134 in an NHL length season). There’s too many players in the top 10 charts to mention all of, but Doyle’s 4th best save percentage and GSAA in the league has been an underrated part of their success. 

Nham: And unsurprisingly, Stampede continues to sit at the top. With near identical records to New Orleans in terms of goals scored, allowed, wins and losses, it was the overall domination of games compared to New Orleans that had them taking the slight edge. To illustrate that, they’re currently the only team who has 80+ corsi for per game and less than 35 corsi against. New Orleans on the other hand, sits in the pack of teams that are around 72+ corsi for and 40 against. If I had to find a flaw it would only be a minor one in that somehow they’re able to beat teams by nearly double digits but still allow one. I promise it’s not because I’m a salty Buffalo Goalie owner in fantasy that believes they should have had 3 times the number of shutouts. If I was Doyle, I would probably be a lot more upset personally.


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Any ideas why TBB players are dominating PDO?

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08-10-2020, 08:07 PMPremierBromanov Wrote: Any ideas why TBB players are dominating PDO?

It's a stat that signifies luck

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/cors...ics-terms/

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08-10-2020, 08:43 PMml002 Wrote:
08-10-2020, 08:07 PMPremierBromanov Wrote: Any ideas why TBB players are dominating PDO?

It's a stat that signifies luck

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/cors...ics-terms/

that doesnt really make sense to me. It says a club "can expect" to regress to 100, but that doesn't really say anything about individuals, for which measured on-ice sh% and sv% really differ, since a good defensive player can force bad shots and a good offensive player can create good shots.

and forgive me if I don't take sportsnet at their word. Sports journalism is hardly better than SHL journalism, and they get paid to do it.

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08-10-2020, 08:59 PMPremierBromanov Wrote:
08-10-2020, 08:43 PMml002 Wrote: It's a stat that signifies luck

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/cors...ics-terms/

that doesnt really make sense to me. It says a club "can expect" to regress to 100, but that doesn't really say anything about individuals, for which measured on-ice sh% and sv% really differ, since a good defensive player can force bad shots and a good offensive player can create good shots.

and forgive me if I don't take sportsnet at their word. Sports journalism is hardly better than SHL journalism, and they get paid to do it.

Well pdo isn't something Sportsnet created but ok

I'll add this article in too https://www.arcticicehockey.com/2011/10/...-statistic

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08-10-2020, 08:59 PMPremierBromanov Wrote:
08-10-2020, 08:43 PMml002 Wrote: It's a stat that signifies luck

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/cors...ics-terms/

that doesnt really make sense to me. It says a club "can expect" to regress to 100, but that doesn't really say anything about individuals, for which measured on-ice sh% and sv% really differ, since a good defensive player can force bad shots and a good offensive player can create good shots.

and forgive me if I don't take sportsnet at their word. Sports journalism is hardly better than SHL journalism, and they get paid to do it.

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How is buf in 1 when they lost twice and NOLA hasnt

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They're so pretty.... I wish I understood more of it. I like reading the top part and then looking at the graphs and go "yup that looks right"

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08-10-2020, 09:50 PMluketd Wrote:
08-10-2020, 08:59 PMPremierBromanov Wrote: that doesnt really make sense to me. It says a club "can expect" to regress to 100, but that doesn't really say anything about individuals, for which measured on-ice sh% and sv% really differ, since a good defensive player can force bad shots and a good offensive player can create good shots.

and forgive me if I don't take sportsnet at their word. Sports journalism is hardly better than SHL journalism, and they get paid to do it.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=109038


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that makes MORE sense, but doesn't exactly answer why, by what is possibly coincidence, 3 of our less apt players are dominating the league in terms of PDO. 3 players who also share a line. And this more or less affirms that PDO isnt pure luck.

edit: investigating more, all things considered, it might be because they're shooting at 20% on only about 30 shots. They must match up very well once they manage to get a hold of the puck.

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Quote:Juke: NOL is having a hell of a season. In fact, in the sim that happened after we ranked teams for this edition, they overtook BUF for first in the league in points while still having 2 games in hand on the Stampede. They still only have 1 regulation loss, and have the second best offense and defense in the league. They have 7 players above a ppg pace, and Cain has the league’s best save percentage and 3rd best GSAA. NOL has solidified themselves as the favorite from the West at this moment, which isn’t too surprising considering that they have the highest overall TPE roster.

Nham: With a lot of metrics, there are a number of reasons to consider the New Orleans Spectors to be the best team in the league. Unfortunately while they’ve garnered a fantastic record to this point, they haven’t quite proven it with a stretch of beating playoff teams as of this ranking. Chances are that when that part of the season rolls around, they’ll be looking just as good as they do now as they have before. The biggest differentiator compared to their Eastern counterpart in Buffalo is that while they almost have a top line of their own that could rival the Luffy/Scarn/Kholin trio, their group as a whole has made up for the difference so that the offensive record thus far between the two teams is fairly identical.

Quote:Juke: Despite the rough Saturday Sim for the stampede (which wasn’t counted towards these rankings), BUF continues to have the best underlying team stats in the league. With the number 1 corsi for, corsi against, goals scored, goals against, OPS, and DPS, they might even be playing better than their 22-5 record suggests. Luffy still has decent leads in the league in goals and points, and is currently on pace for a 41-41-82 season (which would prorate to a 67-67-134 in an NHL length season). There’s too many players in the top 10 charts to mention all of, but Doyle’s 4th best save percentage and GSAA in the league has been an underrated part of their success.

Nham: And unsurprisingly, Stampede continues to sit at the top. With near identical records to New Orleans in terms of goals scored, allowed, wins and losses, it was the overall domination of games compared to New Orleans that had them taking the slight edge. To illustrate that, they’re currently the only team who has 80+ corsi for per game and less than 35 corsi against. New Orleans on the other hand, sits in the pack of teams that are around 72+ corsi for and 40 against. If I had to find a flaw it would only be a minor one in that somehow they’re able to beat teams by nearly double digits but still allow one. I promise it’s not because I’m a salty Buffalo Goalie owner in fantasy that believes they should have had 3 times the number of shutouts. If I was Doyle, I would probably be a lot more upset personally.

Do you guys not consider strength of schedule when you write these up?

At the time of writing it, 22 games for NOLA and 24 games for BUF, Buffalo had played 12 of their 24 games against teams with losing records (BAPx2, TORx4, TBBx2, SFPx2 and MINx2) while NOLA had only played 8 of their 22 against those same teams (BAPx2, TORx1, TBBx1, SFPx1, MINx3) I'm not really interested in arguing the merits of which teams among those are stronger than which, but even at a glance it's clear to see that Buffalo has had more opportunity to pad their stats on those weaker teams. Playing half of your games against sub 0.500 teams definitely helps.

And while I know NOLA has played fewer games against playoff teams (only 7 against Buffalo's 9,) Buffalo has once again not played the more difficult team in Edmonton, which is the only team this season to defeat NOLA in regulation and your own #3 power ranking. Additionally, NOLA has won its only game against #4 CHI, while Buffalo has won one and dropped one against CHI. Against the #5 rated Calgary, who Buffalo is once again yet to play, NOLA has won both of their games. The last matchup for direct comparison would be #7 MAN, who both teams have won all their played games against, and finally BUF has played Hammy 3 times, with 3 wins, while NOLA is yet to play them.

With all that said, there's not a whole of between these two teams and it's gonna come down to head to head matchups to get a better ranking, but holding Buffalo up because of their stats, and only their stats, while they've played a weaker schedule (and more games) to date isn't really an argument that holds water. If you wanted to say that, 24 games into the season, Buffalo just had the presumed edge over NOLA, I honestly probably wouldn't have made this argument. I'm not saying I could or would do it better, for me ranking them as 1&2 with the information that you guys had available at the time would have been difficult to know who really goes where, and it's a fair point that you had already given Buffalo the #1 spot while NOLA hadn't yet made an argument to overtake Buffalo, and that works for me.

All in all, good write-up though boys. Look forward to seeing more.

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I look forward to these articles every week

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