https://imgur.com/a/g4tM9Is
Inspired by the Grant MacGegg post I tried to dig into player stats. The above table lists all 1OA and 2OA forwards since 2000, who played their first 9 games at the age of 18. They are sorted by Points per 60 minutes of gameplay.
Some things to note:
– if Slaf had one more point he’d be slightly better than Kovy and had he scored 1 less he’d still be better than Eichel.
– he’s got way better +/- than other players. +/- 0 to MTL’s is -6. Kakko was the worst performer who managed to accumulate -26 on NYR’s +12 season.
– other player’s high TOI also means they were deployed in offensive zone face offs with some of the team’s best forwards. Slaf mostly gets defensive zone deployment and not quite the best team mates.
– Slaf’s stats and performance are most similar to Steven Stamkos who had similar TOI, similar deployment and +/- but hat 2g 2a instead of Slaf’s 3g 0a.
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Really cool but hum. 9 Games aint Much. Remember poehling? 1 game had him as the next Gretzky
Weird. I could swear Lafreniere was picked before Byfield
I wonder if it is possible to add the record of each player’s team at that point in time to the table
Nice data. Would be interested to see powerplay time. (I bet Kane, McDavid and the others had much more powerplay time.)
Very hard to compare for example eichel played on the first line with average teammates against the other team top line.
I actually like the limited time of play. An NHL season is long and hard on the body. Slaf isn’t used to it. Start slow and pick up the pace. We’ve seen it with a guy like KK, he had a really hard time in the last part of his 1st season.
He’s the kind of guy who will always work very hard IMO, if you give him too much time, he might have a hard time managing his energy. He would end up being gassed out after the trade deadline, when the spots on the top-9 (probably top-6) will be open for him.