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with 21 total points after tonight, he's 4 pts ahead of the next best player.
Before tonight he was tied for 1st in assists and was 2nd in goals. Now he's 1st in goals and WAY ahead in points.
He could go pointless for 2 games and still probably be in 1st or close to it.
Nice to see a former Gopher doing so well for themselves.
Well, figured since I did the research, I'd update it here
After Saturday's games
#1 in total points with 23 - Thomas Vanek
#31 in total points with 10 - Phil Kessel
#44 in total points with 9 - Blake Wheeler
#128 in total points with 6 - Paul Martin
#166 in total points with 5 - Alex Goligoski
#166 in total points with 5 - Nick Leddy
#225 in total points with 4 - Jordan Leopold
#225 in total points with 4 - Kyle Okposo
#225 in total points with 4 - Jordon Shroeder
#272 in total points with 3 - Jim O'Brien
#414 in total points with 1 - Eric Johnson
#536 in total points with 0 - Keith Ballard & Stu Bissel
I've been following former Gophers in the NHL for a long time now and I doubt that there has ever before been as well a representation of former Gophers in the NHL as there is now. And I'm not saying this just because of Vanek's being #1.
With 11 former Gophers ranking among the Top 535 players who have at least one point at this point in the season, that's right around 2%.
If all things were fair and evenly distributed, there would be one former Gopher in the Top 50, 2 in the Top 100, 3 in the Top 150, 4 in the Top 200, and so on, down to 11 in the Top 550.
But what we see so far this season is 3 in the Top 50, 6 in the Top 200, 9 in the Top 300. Including of course, an overwhelming #1, so far. This indicates that the Gophers are getting to the point of being UNDER represented in the NHL. The 13 we have sent there, are doing better than they should if all things were equal, so it seems that the NHL is probably ready for a larger representation of former Gophers. Although I personally hope the NHL doesn't get any more Gophers for at least one more year, hint, hint current Gophers.
You could almost construct an entire NHL roster, and a competitive one, with nothing other than former Gophers. At the rate things are going, I'm guessing we are 5 years away from getting to that point.
Right now the lineup would look something like this
LW - Thomas Vanek, C - Jim O'Brien, RW - Phil Kessel, D - Nick Leddy, D - Jordan Leopold
LW - Stu Bissel, C - Jordan Shroeder, RW - Blake Wheeler, D - Keith Ballard, D - Alex Goligoski
with Kyle Okposo as the 3rd line RW, and Paul Martin and Eric Johnson the 3rd line Defense.
At a minimum there would need to be another LW and C, and at least 1 goalie, but then you'd probably still be another 5 players short of a team that could survive in the NHL? But I'm not an expert, so if you disagree, that's more than fine. I figure in 5 years, most of these guys will still be playing and Adam Wilcox could be ready to start in the NHL? That is one position we've always had good luck with, at the collegiate level, but none have gone on to the NHL and been very successful, except for maybe one? And also, there should be a few more former Gophers in the NHL by that time.
Well, lets hope that these guys keep this up, its a shorter season so there's a better chance of some of these guys having more of an impact that they otherwise might, at least since most seem to be off to good starts so far, compared to their past seasons performances.
Before tonight he was tied for 1st in assists and was 2nd in goals. Now he's 1st in goals and WAY ahead in points.
He could go pointless for 2 games and still probably be in 1st or close to it.
Nice to see a former Gopher doing so well for themselves.
Well, figured since I did the research, I'd update it here
After Saturday's games
#1 in total points with 23 - Thomas Vanek
#31 in total points with 10 - Phil Kessel
#44 in total points with 9 - Blake Wheeler
#128 in total points with 6 - Paul Martin
#166 in total points with 5 - Alex Goligoski
#166 in total points with 5 - Nick Leddy
#225 in total points with 4 - Jordan Leopold
#225 in total points with 4 - Kyle Okposo
#225 in total points with 4 - Jordon Shroeder
#272 in total points with 3 - Jim O'Brien
#414 in total points with 1 - Eric Johnson
#536 in total points with 0 - Keith Ballard & Stu Bissel
I've been following former Gophers in the NHL for a long time now and I doubt that there has ever before been as well a representation of former Gophers in the NHL as there is now. And I'm not saying this just because of Vanek's being #1.
With 11 former Gophers ranking among the Top 535 players who have at least one point at this point in the season, that's right around 2%.
If all things were fair and evenly distributed, there would be one former Gopher in the Top 50, 2 in the Top 100, 3 in the Top 150, 4 in the Top 200, and so on, down to 11 in the Top 550.
But what we see so far this season is 3 in the Top 50, 6 in the Top 200, 9 in the Top 300. Including of course, an overwhelming #1, so far. This indicates that the Gophers are getting to the point of being UNDER represented in the NHL. The 13 we have sent there, are doing better than they should if all things were equal, so it seems that the NHL is probably ready for a larger representation of former Gophers. Although I personally hope the NHL doesn't get any more Gophers for at least one more year, hint, hint current Gophers.
You could almost construct an entire NHL roster, and a competitive one, with nothing other than former Gophers. At the rate things are going, I'm guessing we are 5 years away from getting to that point.
Right now the lineup would look something like this
LW - Thomas Vanek, C - Jim O'Brien, RW - Phil Kessel, D - Nick Leddy, D - Jordan Leopold
LW - Stu Bissel, C - Jordan Shroeder, RW - Blake Wheeler, D - Keith Ballard, D - Alex Goligoski
with Kyle Okposo as the 3rd line RW, and Paul Martin and Eric Johnson the 3rd line Defense.
At a minimum there would need to be another LW and C, and at least 1 goalie, but then you'd probably still be another 5 players short of a team that could survive in the NHL? But I'm not an expert, so if you disagree, that's more than fine. I figure in 5 years, most of these guys will still be playing and Adam Wilcox could be ready to start in the NHL? That is one position we've always had good luck with, at the collegiate level, but none have gone on to the NHL and been very successful, except for maybe one? And also, there should be a few more former Gophers in the NHL by that time.
Well, lets hope that these guys keep this up, its a shorter season so there's a better chance of some of these guys having more of an impact that they otherwise might, at least since most seem to be off to good starts so far, compared to their past seasons performances.