If you are a regular visitor at Notinhalloffame.com, you know that we created the Notinhalloffame NHL Cup, where in every regular season game, we award points (5-4-3-2-1) to the top five performers. This is the third year that we have done this, and Edmonton’s Connor McDavid won the first two.
To keep everyone regularly in the loop this time, we have decided to give regular updates, starting at Thanksgiving, and tell all of you the top ten. We will be doing updates every Monday. (note, with it being Christmas on Monday, and no games scheduled, we waited a day!)
Here is the fourth current top ten in Notinhalloffame Cup Points:
1. David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins. 66 Cup Points: 32 Games, 20 G, 24 A, 44 P, +6, 5.5 PS. (#1 Last Week)
The Boston Bruins (like last year) have been the best team early in the season, and it is David Pastrnak who has led their offensive threat. He is the league-leader in Shots (163), is fourth in Goals (20), fifth in Points (44), and is Boston’s leading scorer, and is in the top ten in most essential offensive categories. Could he win his first Hart?
2. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning. 61 Cup Points, 34 Games, 23 G, 34 A, 57 P, +2, 6.5 PS. (#2 Last Week)
Kucherov is in his tenth season in Tampa, and is putting forth a season that could gain him another Hart or Art Ross. He is leading the NHL in Points (57) and is second in Assists (34) and third in Goals (23). It is a minor surprise that he is not first in Cup Points, but he is getting close.
3. Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs, 46 Cup Points: 27 Games, 23 G, 12 A, 35 P, +4, 4.5 PS. ($7 Last Week)
The American sniper is back as the league’s top sniper the leadership in Goals (28) and Even-Strength Goals (20). If he holds that, Matthews will win his third Rocket Richard Trophy.
4. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, 53 Cup Points: 34 Games, 16 G, 22 A, 38 P, +4, 4.3 PS (#5 Last Week)
Forsberg is off to the best start of his career and should make his second All-Star Game, though other than Even Strength Goals (6th with 14) and Game-Winning Goals (4th with 4), he is not in the top ten in any major offensive category.
5. Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators. 52 Cup Points: 27 Games, 15-12-0 Record, .909 Save Percentage, 2.82 GAA, 4.5 GPS. (#3 Last Week)
Saros is a shock to be the highest ranked Goalie and to be in the top five in general. How he got here is by being a workhorse. Saros is leading the NHL in Saves (708), is second in Minutes (1,510), and is fourth in Wins (15) and Goalie Point Shares (5.0). Saros’ rank means that it is the Predators that are the first squad with two ranked players.
6 (TIE). Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche, 50 Cup Points: 34 Games, 17 G, 25 A, 42 P, +7, 4.6 PS. (#7 Last Week)
Rantanen, he currently tenth in both Goals (17) and Points (42), and is second in Game-Winning Goals (5).
6 (TIE). Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils, 50 Cup Points: 27 Games, 14 G, 25 A, 39 P, -4, 4.2 PS. (#6 Last Week)
Hughes is currently fifth in Points per Game (1.54) and is on pace for a third straight All-Star selection.
8. Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks, 48 Cup Points: 35 Games, 10 G, 34 A, 44 P, +28, 7.3 PS. (Not in the Top Ten Last Week)
The Hughes family have two representatives in the top ten (reminds of us last year when the Tkachuks once did the same), and this particular brother is the lone Defenseman ranked in the top ten) and he should be. He is leading the NHL in Point Shares (7.3), Defensive Point Shares (3.3), and Plus/Minus (+28), and astoundingly is sixth in Offensive Point Shares (4.0).
9. Thatcher Demko, Vancouver Canucks. 47 Cup Points: 25 Games, 17-7-1 Record, .917 Save Percentage, 2.46 GAA, 5.4 GPS. (#6 Last Week)
Demko, who was an All-Star last year, is the current league-leader in Wins (17), Goalie Point Shares (5.3), Shutouts (3) and is eighth in GAA (2.46) and ninth in Save Percentage (.917).
10. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche. 46 Cup Points, 34 Games, 18 G, 36 A, 54 P, +10, 6.0 PS. (Not in the Top Ten Last Week)
MacKinnon is in the top ten where he belongs and is currently the NHL leader in Assists (36) and is second in Points (54). The Avs superstar is also eighth in Goals (18), and second in the Even Strength category (15).
Florida’s Sam Reinhart, New York’s Artemi Panarin and Vancouver’s J.T. Miller fell out of the top ten.
Our next update will be next Monday.
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