Cates has not been producing at his normal levels since the TyFo injury but has still been extremely solid down the middle. It does seem like he's getting some bad luck too, with 4.0 xGA and 11.4 GA.
Cates has not been producing at his normal levels since the TyFo injury but has still been extremely solid down the middle. It does seem like he's getting some bad luck too, with 4.0 xGA and 11.4 GA.
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I feel like this is a pipe dream for him unless he really ups his TOI or drops the actual GA. Isn’t xGA mostly based on shot distances and angles?
If cates gets the Selke, can I get Danny’s word well over pay him for 12 years?
Barkov will win it because voters don’t actually watch the games!
lol 😂 this is the award so prestigious that the fanbase continues to tout coots as an elite player 😜
I thought they were naming the Selke trophy after Coots?
Pipe dream vibrations, but if it helps his trade value around the league, I’m all for it
Noah cates imo is the best center on the team.
Dvorak had a hot start but that’s not who he really is and coots is a shell of his former self
Not exactly good for the team but props to cates who’s truly one of the best defensive forwards in the nhl and can get you 35-40 points. If we were a contender he’d be a great third line center.
The only real flaw for him with filling that role is his faceoffs. Idk why he’s so bad at them. I get he isn’t a natural center but he’s been playing it basically ever since reaching the league and he’s been here a while now.