I'd honestly keep Higgins over Raymond. Higgins is a better asset than Raymond... Only thing Raymond has an advantage is his speed but I value Higgins higher than Raymond.
Malhotra doing his thing, Henrik slightly subpar, Lappy quite poor, Schroeder is a rookie, Burrows isn't a natural C.
I wouldn't be too concerned, the team will pick it up as the season goes on.
Also can't forget that one good game can sway these stats really easily. Schroeder and Burrows just need one good game to be above 50% again. Small sample size and all that.
That's what really worries me. Both our goalies are playing so well, and we're still not winning a lot of games. We can't expect Luongo and Schneider to bail us out every single night.
We're on pace for 100+ points in 82 games... how many more wins should we have?
Small sample size caveats aside, its pretty impressive for a team playing without two of its five best best possession forwards. For those who don't know what score adjusted Fenwick is:
The media seems to want us to be all concerned about the goaltending situation (talk about a non-issue so far), but what I've been a little worried about is the powerplay and the overall lack of scoring.
Just to put it in perspective: We don't have a single player in the top 70 point-getters in the NHL at the moment, and Edler is leading the team in scoring. If it weren't for Kassian, a guy no one expected to do anything -- we'd be totally sunk 8 games in, and worried about making the playoffs. As it is, we're doing fine in the standings, but that lingering concern about scoring is still there for me.
Sure sure, I know Kes and Booth are out... but still. This isn't a one line team. That shouldn't effect our scoring as much as it has.
