How many points next yr could he hit 50 again because maybe has something to prove with the huge contract

Don't think he'll feel he has anything to prove, he is set for life with his new contract.

I have him pegged for around 40-45 points next year. He and Myers will see lots of PP time and will split the dmen points between them. Don't see him matching his career-high of 50 from last year, as the Sedins are now far away.

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Completely agree with Vega on this one

Yeah, Vega's numbers look pretty good to me.

I think the degree to which Ehrhoff's powerplay value balances off the less effective PP of the Sabres is going to be a be a big factor here.

The Canucks generated 28% of last year's goals with the man advantage, the Sabres were only at 22.5% so it stands to reason that being a prime PP man gives a better stat boost (relatively) in Van.
This is troubling in that Ehrhoff notched an impressive 56% of his points on the PP last year (slightly above his career average of 51%)... if his team produces less on the PP then he is almost guaranteed to produce less.

So yeah, a 5 to 10 point drop off seems reasonable here.

Just thought of this but with Myers there as the Workhorse Homegrown Golden Boy who will handle the top defensive assignments, this may free up Ehrhoff to be his more flashy counterpart.

Instead of Myers stealing PP time, I think he may help Ehrhoff be able to more agressive offensively knowing that Chara Jr is back there...

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Buffalo seems like they love to deflect pucks from anywhere and Ehrhoff is pretty good at shooting wide.. Atleast in San Jose

Thanks for these stats, but wouldn't it follow that Buffalo should expect a bump in those PP numbers with the advent of a proven PPQB, which the didn't exactly have last year - no offense to Myers (only 35% of his points in his limited career have come on the PP).

(Now, I realise that teams have systems that help or hinder PP success, and that having excellent linemates (viz. the Sedins!) is crucial to PP success... but I still think 50 points is doable for Ehrhoff; I imagine I'm not alone in this, as I'm glad to see Dobber projecting Buffalo to be right near the top of the Goals-For...)

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Id be happy with 45 as an owner. I dont think buffs pp will be a potent as vans last year, but im not sure basing erhoffs success on buffs pp numbers from last year is totally relevant. They didnt have erhoff to run it as mentioned and we're talking about a differnt pp unit altogetber for th coming season. I wouldnt be the least bit surprised to see the percentage jump this year. I think buff is going to surprise.

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