Which NHL team has the best balance of offense and defense. Please provide a rationale to support your answer.
2007-03-10 15:20:50 · 9 answers · asked by zen29sky 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Here are the Goal differential stats between goals scored and goals allowed per game for every team.
That's as good a statistic as any to show the balance between the offense and defense of a club. Nashville looks to clearly be at the top of the heap... outscoring their competitors by 0.83 goals per game.
Detroit, Buffalo, Ottawa and Anaheim follow closely behind.
Team - Goal Differential Per Game
Nashville Predators 0.83
Detroit Red Wings 0.72
Buffalo Sabres 0.71
Ottawa Senators 0.7
Anaheim Ducks 0.67
Calgary Flames 0.57
San Jose Sharks0.46
Minnesota Wild 0.3
New Jersey Devils 0.26
Pittsburgh Penguins 0.25
New York Islanders 0.19
Vancouver Canucks 0.19
Dallas Stars 0.19
Colorado Avalanche 0.13
New York Rangers 0.06
Carolina Hurricanes -0.04
Tampa Bay Lightning -0.05
Atlanta Thrashers -0.06
Toronto Maple Leafs -0.1
Florida Panthers -0.14
Montreal Canadiens -0.24
Edmonton Oilers -0.36
St. Louis Blues -0.4
Chicago Blackhawks -0.49
Washington Capitals -0.53
Columbus Blue Jackets -0.58
Los Angeles Kings -0.68
Boston Bruins -0.74
Phoenix Coyotes -0.83
Philadelphia Flyers -0.97
2007-03-10 20:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by nexttothemoon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically I would say the Sabres as I live in Buffalo but after seeing them get crushed by the Wild yesterday 5-1, I've gotta say that they had a pretty good and balanced team, hopefully the Sabres can shake that loss off along with the one from tonight from the Devils and go on to win the cup!
2007-03-10 23:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by freezing_out_here 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
--Devils don't score a lot of goals. That even true of their Cup winning teams, they are not normally a well-balanced team.
--Sabres are soft on D for a Cup contending team.
--I'd say the Ducks, but they don't even win 60% of their games and are feasting on ties--oops I meant overtime losses.
I gotta go with the Preds. 3rd in the league in GFA, 8th in GAA. Solid on defense, very solid on offense.
2007-03-11 01:51:59 · answer #3 · answered by JK Nation 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buffalo. They are so fast offensively and defensively. Good in goal also. Lots of skill up front.
2007-03-10 23:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by messtograves 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
except for all the injuries the sabres. Great goaltending, they got people who can score, they almost made it to the finals last year and will be getting farther this one
2007-03-11 11:12:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would have to say the red wings.
they have no huge offensiive stars, but a bunch of talented players
zetterberg, datsyuk, lang, homlstrom up front
norris trophy canidate lidstrom plus chelios and shneider on d
2007-03-10 23:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by The Asian Sensation 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally think it's the DETROIT RED WINGS but I may be a little Bias.
2007-03-11 11:36:12 · answer #7 · answered by redwingnut16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ducks have the best overall team
they have niedermeyer and pronger in the back and they have stars at the wings not to include selanne
2007-03-10 23:49:57 · answer #8 · answered by Killer K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
detroit has the best balance.
damn them.
2007-03-11 06:52:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋