#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

da

I'd suspect depth, especially at forward, rather than conditioning. The Sharks' offense is basically their top 2 lines, and DeBoer has frequently shortened his bench and spent a lot of time playing 10 or even 9 forwards. Meanwhile, a lot of the Pens' top forwards are getting less TOI than they're used to or capable of playing. Looking at Game 4 TOI, Crosby has 21:04 (leads Pens forwards), Malkin 14:23, and Kessel 15:08, compared to Thornton 24:01, Pavelski 24:54 (leads Sharks forwards), Marleau 16:28. Malkin and Kessel got less TOI than anyone in the Sharks' top 6. I think you can really see the reduced usage help the Pens in OT this year.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

I was surprised by Malkin's low TOI and looked at the last few games. Most playoff games he's between 15 and 20 minutes, sometimes less. A quick look at the regular season shows most often times between 16 and 23 minutes. I wonder if we'll find out what kind of injury Malkin has after the playoffs, he's clearly not completely healthy.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

I think he's probably just not completely healed from his earlier injury, I kinda doubt we'll find out any new info at the end of the season.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

Whilst I'm sure his health is part of it, I think it's been particularly low due to less powerplay time and the fact that the Pens have been defending leads in the third.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

da

@classicity (who does a lot of hockey visualization stuff) did a series of charts recently on forward TOI vs salary, and her comment on Pittsburgh was "LOL who needs a fourth line?" because all Pittsburgh's fourth liners pick up enough time on the PK and other situations (see: Cullen taking every DZone faceoff ever) that they'd count as third liners on most other teams.

Which is to say, yeah, Sullivan is really putting on emphasis on rolling four lines.

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I like her stuff, I wish it was easier to find the charts again. A link to the TOI&salary one would be great if you have it. This chart has TOI and PP/60: https://twitter.com/Classlicity/status/739816777941553152

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Some of her stuff is hosted at @IneffectiveMath's site now, but not any of the most recent things. Anyway, here's the TOI&salary one (with charts for all the other teams in the same thread):
https://twitter.com/Classlicity/status/738883834293276673

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Thank you! Do you know if she did the same thing for defensemen?

Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I don't think so. She's been all about forwards lately.