By the way, Pronger is officially on the ignore. First time ever.
Between his inability to use numbers and his absurd political positions, I couldn't handle it anymore.
I won't pretend to understand how he made the cut before sheep, but to each their own.
With respect to the Senators late season run, based on the statistics that have been brought forward in this thread, I've come to the following conclusions:
1. The PDO is very high. That is almost certainly unsustainable (as Leafs fans are all too familiar with)
2. Obviously, the Hamburglar has played a huge role in this. I think its clear that there have been improvements in other areas under Cameron, but no Hamburglar, we're not having the discussion about the Sens possibly making the playoffs.
3. I don't really see anything that would indicate this type of performance is sustainable over the long run. Possession wise the Sens have been average at best. PDO usually catches up to a team too.
I think it's likely safe to say that a) they've improved under Cameron; and b) the youngsters are progressing, which both likely have an impact. However, I'm not in a position to accurately evaluate the biggest contributing factor(s) to the success, and none of the stats put forward really give much help on that front. Yes, they're scoring more, but the PDO suggests that's largely luck based.
Next season will be telling.
