Comments on: Scoring Benchmarks After Game 19

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By: quisp

quisp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:24:18 +0000

I agree re Purcell. He’s also been playing against some tough opposition. He hasn’t been consistent, but hopefully he’ll hit his stride soon.

Re Williams –

It depends on how many assists he gets. He’s got 15 points in 14 games. If he stays healthy and keeps up this pace (two big ifs), he’ll end up with about 80 points, which would be his best season ever.

Also, one can’t discount the line chemistry thing. Even if he never scores another goal, it won’t matter at all if Kopitar scores 60.

By: DougS

DougS — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:29:30 +0000

I remember when you made those projections, and I remember turning them over in my mind for a while and realizing, “Y’know, he’s right — it’s not a huge reach to get to 250.” The most interesting part (to me) was your projection for Simmons, because I honestly had no idea what his offensive upside is. I’m still not sure, but a 20+ goal pace for a kid who is still working on the offensive side of the game is pretty impressive.

The most interesting parts (to me) of this chart:

A lot of folks are down on Purcell right now. But it looks like he’s more or less doing his bit, at least in terms of what the Kings need him to contribute to team scoring.

Williams is running slightly behind your projections, and yet he is part of an astoundingly successful line. If this keeps up, with Kopi and Smyth scoring ahead of projections but Williams scores only 20 goals, is he a disappointment? Or will it be obvious that he contributed to the line’s (and the team’s) success in ways that didn’t show up in points scored?