Way Too Early Time On Ice Observations

[Porous Five Hole]

Forwards:

-Mitts leads the centers with 17:20. Did anybody expect that?

Tage is 16:27 and Cozens 16:52. 
 

-We need to free Peyton Krebs. This may entirely be attributed to being down early in each game, but….

He was hitched to Okposo last year and that was fine because Okie was getting 14:40 a game.  That’s down to 10:17. Zemgus is 9:28. Krebs needs to be on the ice a lot more than ten minutes a night. He’s currently at 12:31, but that’s because of the PK. 

-Greenway is a top six forward with the same average time on ice as Tage. 

Defense:

-Dahlin and Power have been rotating partners and have been spotted playing together. 
 

-Samuelsson is getting the toughest minutes because he’s never on the PP.  Dude is a horse. He’s also a plus one after the two games in which we have been outscored 8-3. 
 

Dahlin 24:52

Power 24:39

Muel 21:50

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Joker 16:36

Cliffy 16:25

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Erik Johnson 12:09

He’s a glorified PK specialist.  Maybe he’s being eased in or managing an injury? I don’t think this is sustainable as a model. For example, Lyubushkin & Clague averaged 15 min a game in their starts last year. 
When there’s an injury on the blue line, I would be nervous for this team.

 

Like I said, way to early to draw any conclusions, but I did it anyway 

https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/

Edited October 16, 2023 by Porous Five Hole

[bob_sauve28]

Tuch? 

 

AWOL? 

[Doohicksie]

40 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:

-Mitts leads the centers with 17:20. Did anybody expect that?

Tage is 16:27 and Cozens 16:52. 

You're talking about a difference of about 5% ice time between the top three Cs.  At this point in the season I don't see that as in any way significant.

[Porous Five Hole]

1 minute ago, Doohickie said:

You're talking about a difference of about 5% ice time between the top three Cs.  At this point in the season I don't see that as in any way significant.

Agree it isn’t significant, but Mitts on the ice more than Tage? Did not see that coming.  

[#freejame]

2 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

You're talking about a difference of about 5% ice time between the top three Cs.  At this point in the season I don't see that as in any way significant.

As far as I’ve seen, we’ve basically been rolling lines to the best of our ability. The spread isn’t surprising. 

[Porous Five Hole]

12 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Tuch? 

 

AWOL? 

https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/

That has the rundown of everyone.  I’ll add it to the post. 

[xzy89c1]

one minute of extra ice time is significant. too small a sample size to make much of it yet. We are still a soft team that is easy to play against....

[oddoublee]

2 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Like I said, way to early to draw any conclusions, but I did it anyway 

that line made me laugh! good pull up of stats - good read. 

[sabresparaavida]

2 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Tuch? 

 

AWOL? 

Skinner leads the Sabres forwards in TOI/G and Tuch is third, behind Mitts.