Re: #1 PP D-men
Originally Posted by
LawMan
I love to focus on under the radar D-men who put up a solid number of PPP. The easiest way to put up PPP is to be on the #1 PP. Here's some analysis I've done. The teams are listed by most PPG per game last year as well as the D-men currently playing on said PP according to dailyfaceoff.
http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/. Most of them have been updated within the last few days, and now that we’re near the end of the pre-season coaches are closer to setting lines.
For a few teams I’ve added in brackets the guy(s) who could still get #1 PP time either due to play or injury of the #1 guy *cough* Letang *cough*. I would appreciate insight form anyone on the guys listed in brackets.
1. Detroit Red Wings-
Mike Green
2. Philadelphia Flyers -
Mark Streit
3. Washington Capitals-
John Carlson
4. St. Louis Blues
Kevin Shattenkirk (Pietrangelo)
5. San Jose Sharks -
Brent Burns
6. Dallas Stars -
John Klingberg (Goligoski)
7. Tampa Bay Lightning -
Anton Stralman (Hedman)
8. Columbus Blue Jackets-
Jack Johnson
9. New York Islanders –
Nick Leddy (Boychuk, Zidlicky)
10. Pittsburgh Penguins –
Kris Letang (Maata, Pouliot)
11. Calgary Flames –
Mark Giordano AND Dougie Hamilton
12. Winnipeg Jets –
Dustin Byfuglien AND Tobias Enstrom
13. Ottawa Senators –
Erik Karlsson AND Patrick Wiercioch
14. Los Angeles Kings –
Drew Doughty AND Jake Muzzin
15. Chicago Blackhawks --
Duncan Keith
16. Vancouver Canucks –
Alexander Edler
17. Arizona Coyotes—
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
18. Toronto Maple Leafs –
Dion Phaneuf AND Morgan Rielly
19. Carolina Hurricanes –
Justin Faulk (Wisnewski)
20. Nashville Predators –
Shea Weber AND Roman Josi
21. New Jersey Devils –
Damon Severson AND Eric Gelinas
22. Edmonton Oilers –
Justin Schultz (Sekera)
23. Montreal Canadiens –
PK Subban AND Jeff Petry (Markov)
24. Florida Panthers –
Aaron Ekblad AND Dmitry Kulikov
25. New York Rangers –
Ryan McDonagh AND Dan Boyle (Yandle and Giradi)
26. Minnesota Wild –
Ryan Suter (Dumba)
27. Boston Bruins --
Torey Krug (Chara)
28. Colorado Avalanche --
Francois Beauchemin AND Tyson Barrie (E. Johnson)
29. Anaheim Ducks --
Cam Flower AND Sami Vatanen
30. Buffalo Sabres –
Cody Franson
For Columbus, it should be David Savard. With Wisniewski gone, he looks to eat that portion of the PP time and he is Johnson's ES partner.
But thus far, their PP preseason even with Johnson playing has included him with Johansen, Foligno, Hartnell and Saad. Johnson excluded from the top unit.
He had 11 goals and 36 point last season and played 22 minutes a game. Only played on the 2nd unit last year, and eventually they decided to trade Wisniewski because Savard looked ready(They also extended Savard and Columbus fans were happy while non-columbus fans said "Who? Overpayment!"). At the time, Wisniewski played over 3 minutes a game on the PP, Johnson 2.42 minutes, while Savard had under 2 minutes a game on the PP and still had 10 PPP.
Top PP time with the big guns on the team is here for this man.
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