Erik Karlsson, with 101 points, became the first defenseman to hit the century mark in 31 years, since Brian Leetch’s 102-point season in 1991-92.
You say that even though Adam Fox is likely more deserving of the Norris off his sublime play at both ends of the rink than Erik Karlsson, it is unrealistic to deny the Sharks defenseman the award off his spectacular 101-point season in which the future Hall of Famer scored 25 goals.
But — and yes, this is the age of analytics, and underlying numbers that paint a more comprehensive picture — Karlsson was also minus-26. This is as much a team stat as an individual one, and the Sharks’ had the worst save percentage in the NHL, but can the league’s best defenseman be minus-26? Fox, by comparison, was plus-28.There is some precedent here. Paul Coffey became the third defenseman in NHL history, after Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin, to hit the 100-point mark.
DeAngelo was a healthy scratch for the final five games of the season after he slammed down his stick and tossed following his team’s 4-2 defeat in St. Louis on April 4. Was that the reason? Apparently there’s been no reason provided to DeAngelo, who had a decent year offensively and a deficient one defensively.Getty Images
The Flyers pretty much wasted the season. They weren’t bad enough consistently enough to get into the Connor Bedard DeAngelo, who has one year at $5 million remaining on his contract, could become victim of a buyout. Under that scenario, the Flyers would be dinged with a $1,666,667 in cap charge each of the next two seasons, and No. 77 would be on the open market following a buyout for the second time in three years.
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