Very interesting, I had forgotten that Thomspon is still a rookie. Great concept, a team of 2nd year guys would also be interesting imo.

Calen Addison?

dont think hes that great yet


maccelli, guenther, mcbain, clarke here is awesome. crazy that thompson is a rookie too

#FreeMcTavish from the grips of Dallas Eakins immediately.

Then you haven't been paying attention.

He currently sits 7th in Calder placement for Rookies league wide. And is the 2nd place defenseman behind only Sanderson, and ahead of Power currently.

Sanderson is 3rd, and Power is 8th.

Sanderson:
GP - 16
G - 0
A - 9
P - 9
P/GP - .56

Addison:
GP - 16
G - 0
A - 8
P - 8
P/GP - .50

Power:
GP - 17
G - 0
A - 8
P - 8
P/GP - .47

And up until a few days ago, Addison lead the league in points for a rookie defenseman, until Sanderson passed him. He's been every bit as impressive as either Sanderson or Power.

https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20222023&seasonTo=20222023&gameType=2&isRookie=1&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,a_gamesPlayed&page=0&pageSize=50

yeah ik but this is based on war so like defense so idk what that is right now

He's one of the worst in WAR (2nd worst)

What Sanderson has been doing this season has been remarkable, especially the way he's stepped up with Chabot and Zub out. He's been Ottawa's best Dman all season, and he's only been getting better as his role has increased, now playing 22-25 min a night like a 10 year pro. The fact that he's doing it under arguably the worst active NHL head coach makes it all the more impressive.

I don't think he'll win, because when do defense first Dmen ever win, but as of now he's EASILY a top 3 finalist. If you were handing it out today I'd be going Thompson-Sanderson-Power

Done here

Negative WAR (-0.3)

LMFAOo thats crazy i had a feeling his war was bad

His even strength offensive WAR is fairly negative (-2.0). His PP WAR is positive (+0.4) and defensive is positive (+0.3)

Am guessing a lot of those points have come off PP?

Yes, he was largely responsible for how good it was at the beginning of the year. As he was/is acting as the PP1 QB. He's primarily been deployed as a 3rd pairing guy at even strength, but the PP is where he shines.

The fact that the team has gotten into the bad habit of being too passive when it comes to the shooting the puck of late is the primary cause and reason for their numbers to have dropped. Which is fixable, provided they start actively shooting again.

Nice! Thanks for taking the time to compile these!