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FLPensFan wrote:Per Penguins official site: https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/olli-maatta-injury/c-304755150?partnerId=pit-twt-penguins
So, Penguins could do this:
Dumoulin-Letang
Pettersson-Schultz
Johnson-Riikola
But, I assume Rutherford is going to have to go shopping for a d-man now.
pens_CT wrote:Oh well sounds like more ice time for JJ. I suspect the fan base will be less than thrilled with this possibility.
Owchar76 wrote:I guess I disagree with most, but I'm not so sure this is going to hurt as much as most think.
Maatta ranks dead last among Pens defensemen in terms of possession. 45.39
His expected goals for % is 4th out of 7 (not counting Ruhwedel) at 49.89
His shots for % is below 50%, ranking 4th of 7 again.
His goals for % is 5th out of 7.
Basically, he's lumped into the 3-4 bad defensemen we have this year. The %'s are extremely close for the most part, save for a couple here and there. If you aren't named Letang or Dumoulin, you pretty much fall in with all the other defensemen with bad stats. There isn't a lot to differentiate them. Maatta is almost as bad as Johnson in terms of affecting other's on ice possession.
I'm not sure where the Ruhwedel hate is coming from. I didn't think he looked that bad and upon researching, he's the only other Pens defenseman not named Letang or Dumoulin that has a positive CF. Yes it's only in 155 minutes, but that's not his fault. His expected goals for % is also the only other positive one, not named Letang or Dumoulin.
I'm not saying to put Ruhwedel in the top 4, but playing him properly in the bottom pair might not hurt at all, while promoting a guy like Riikola or even Johnson might not be the severe drop off from Maatta that many think it might be.
FLPensFan wrote:Owchar76 wrote:I guess I disagree with most, but I'm not so sure this is going to hurt as much as most think.
Maatta ranks dead last among Pens defensemen in terms of possession. 45.39
His expected goals for % is 4th out of 7 (not counting Ruhwedel) at 49.89
His shots for % is below 50%, ranking 4th of 7 again.
His goals for % is 5th out of 7.
Basically, he's lumped into the 3-4 bad defensemen we have this year. The %'s are extremely close for the most part, save for a couple here and there. If you aren't named Letang or Dumoulin, you pretty much fall in with all the other defensemen with bad stats. There isn't a lot to differentiate them. Maatta is almost as bad as Johnson in terms of affecting other's on ice possession.
I'm not sure where the Ruhwedel hate is coming from. I didn't think he looked that bad and upon researching, he's the only other Pens defenseman not named Letang or Dumoulin that has a positive CF. Yes it's only in 155 minutes, but that's not his fault. His expected goals for % is also the only other positive one, not named Letang or Dumoulin.
I'm not saying to put Ruhwedel in the top 4, but playing him properly in the bottom pair might not hurt at all, while promoting a guy like Riikola or even Johnson might not be the severe drop off from Maatta that many think it might be.
Ruhwedel's good numbers = playing time away from Johnson
Ruhwedel's bad numbers = playing time with Johnson
Pretty much across the board, sub-50% numbers with Johnson, including an on-ice SV% of .837 in about 76 minutes TOI
Without Johnson, with exception of his GF%of 40 (one more goal against than for skews that alot), Ruhwedel's numbers are a hair under 60%, and in some cases mid-to-high 60%.
Therein lies the problem. They aren't going to scratch Pettersson or Johnson, and we know Pettersson-Johnson started being a bad pairing, and we know Ruhwedel-Johnson is a horrible pairing.
If they refuse to even try Johnson sitting out a game,I don't have high hopes.
FLPensFan wrote:Owchar76 wrote:I guess I disagree with most, but I'm not so sure this is going to hurt as much as most think.
Maatta ranks dead last among Pens defensemen in terms of possession. 45.39
His expected goals for % is 4th out of 7 (not counting Ruhwedel) at 49.89
His shots for % is below 50%, ranking 4th of 7 again.
His goals for % is 5th out of 7.
Basically, he's lumped into the 3-4 bad defensemen we have this year. The %'s are extremely close for the most part, save for a couple here and there. If you aren't named Letang or Dumoulin, you pretty much fall in with all the other defensemen with bad stats. There isn't a lot to differentiate them. Maatta is almost as bad as Johnson in terms of affecting other's on ice possession.
I'm not sure where the Ruhwedel hate is coming from. I didn't think he looked that bad and upon researching, he's the only other Pens defenseman not named Letang or Dumoulin that has a positive CF. Yes it's only in 155 minutes, but that's not his fault. His expected goals for % is also the only other positive one, not named Letang or Dumoulin.
I'm not saying to put Ruhwedel in the top 4, but playing him properly in the bottom pair might not hurt at all, while promoting a guy like Riikola or even Johnson might not be the severe drop off from Maatta that many think it might be.
Ruhwedel's good numbers = playing time away from Johnson
Ruhwedel's bad numbers = playing time with Johnson
Pretty much across the board, sub-50% numbers with Johnson, including an on-ice SV% of .837 in about 76 minutes TOI
Without Johnson, with exception of his GF%of 40 (one more goal against than for skews that alot), Ruhwedel's numbers are a hair under 60%, and in some cases mid-to-high 60%.
Therein lies the problem. They aren't going to scratch Pettersson or Johnson, and we know Pettersson-Johnson started being a bad pairing, and we know Ruhwedel-Johnson is a horrible pairing.
If they refuse to even try Johnson sitting out a game,I don't have high hopes.
ville5 wrote:Per Yohe, fairly severe shoulder separation. Expected to miss at least a month. They hope surgery isn't required.
https://theathletic.com/815066/2019/02/ ... er-injury/
Scott wrote:I don't wish the kid any ill will but the defsense just got better.
I can't stress enough how much of a crutch is slow feet hurt us. Especially playoffs. Its no coincidence his ice time is very little. Even with Shultz out.
The Pens got all giddy over how smart and disciplined of a D man he was for his age and 101 percent over spent on his contract. Way too excited and didn't realize just how slow he was.
The band aids left to cover up for him and the exposing began. Cole, Daley, Lovejoy, Hainsey
Shultz was a nice surprise but too much was lost and not enough gained to cover up for his lead feet.
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