In 23/24 he took 800 draws and his most regular linemates were Kolesar and Carrier. That doesn’t seem so different than what will be asked of him here?

Not that I totally disagree with your point, but Roy has absolutely worked on a 3rd line before. He’s has multiple years where he was between 7-9 among Vegas Fs in ice time.

They can definitely get got in a 2 legged tie (so can anyone), but with this defense, I find it hard to not see them as favourites for the PL. They just strangle the opposition, and they have way more firepower than last year to turn those draws into wins.

Lots of rotation, but I imagine Ekitike plays a fair bit of LW as well. And they probably start by having Isak come off the bench for 3-4 games too.

Yeah, absolutely. And both faster than any of Liverpools new attackers

IMO, it's really notable in transition. They were lethal on counters last year, and this year, they've squandered most of the counters they've had without even getting a decent shot away, in part due to unfamiliarity on the spaces each player wants to actually fill.

Is there public data on shot speeds of different types? Seems like this would be an easy thing to verify, but no idea if nhl dot com actually saves that anywhere

And also something that’s been bugging him all year, and that rest evidently doesn’t make better? The worrier in me is concerned this is just how it’ll be going forward, which isn’t ideal

I have no idea what could be ailing him such that the rest of his game (including faceoffs) is basically normal but he’s totally unable to score clean goals now

This should say ESPN, but it’s true of TNT too

Better start!