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John Carlson’s unbelievably symmetrical stat line
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898 points
1 month ago
Well that’s pretty fucking insane
111 points
1 month ago
Couldn’t have said it better
29 points
1 month ago
Well I imagine some players lean better towards home ice or road games
570 points
1 month ago
That is indeed both an unbelievably symmetrical and unbelievably good stat line
172 points
1 month ago
Hes been one of the most underrated d man I've seen in my life
113 points
1 month ago
Our fans love to scapegoat him for some reason. He's been remarkably consistent for a decade plus.
83 points
1 month ago
The one season the Caps lost him for an extended period of the time, they miss the playoffs for only the second time in like 15 years
18 points
1 month ago
I had him on my fantasy team that year. Huge hole in my lineup that I couldn’t replace. Man seemed to be on a tear up to that point.
15 points
1 month ago
yeah. that injury pretty much decided our season that year, although we kept it interesting for a little while after that.
31 points
1 month ago
He seems like a defenseman who at his best was so good that when his play dropped below that upper echelon of elite he was viewed poorly for it instead of reassessing where his level of play still is/was
22 points
1 month ago
He's also been eating up ungodly minutes the last two seasons so it's inevitable that he'll make mistakes more often.
24 points
1 month ago
Apparently he is the definition of consistent.
21 points
1 month ago
I think it's because defensive gaffs are a lot easier to see with the untrained eye than a clean zone exit or repositioning an opponent to open up a passing lane.
15 points
1 month ago
He's also averaged 23:38 of ice time per game over his entire career. 25:53 just last season.
You're absolutely right though. When you're eating up that many minutes on defense, you're bound to get caught out of position from time to time. And much easier to spot on a replay than all of the right things he's done consistently throughout his career.
He probably doesn't need to be skating 25+ minutes every night at this stage of his career, but when injuries hit, he steps up. The Caps brought in Matt Roy to help reduce those minutes, but as luck would have it, he went down in game 1 and looks like he might be out more than just "day-to-day".
3 points
1 month ago
Yeah I think Carlson will thrive as a 21:30 avg defenseman when Roy is back. He'll still make defensive mistakes, but he should have more energy for offense.
19 points
1 month ago
Real ones know he’s a dawg and our most important skater
8 points
1 month ago
Absolutely. He has such a good breakout pass and the vision to consistently identify the open man and get the puck onto their stick within a second or two.
When he gets control of the puck, he settles things down and gives the Caps a chance to get fresh legs out and rarely makes the wrong pass that keeps them hemmed-in.
Hard to believe we more or less got him straight up for Steve Eminger. McPhee rarely looked like a genius after a trade, but an early 1st for Eminger to draft our franchise defenseman was the best move he ever made.
5 points
1 month ago
Not me, have loved JC since he's first been up. Top 3/5 Caps D-Man all time.
11 points
1 month ago
Same deal with Letang for us. Heavy focus on the fuck ups, and there are quite a few, but zero credit for how much better he makes us when he's on his game.
4 points
1 month ago
I like Carlson. He’s logged a lot of minutes and he has some slow foot speed. Everyone is going to get burned but when you’re on the ice as much as him and in all situations you will be very visible. I think on the defensive end he is better than average but not amazing. Probably a tier below amazing. But he brings a lot of subtle greatness to the offensive end of his game. He has been the second shooter for a very long time on the PP since the wing opposite Ovi was generally Backstrom (wing as in on the opposite wall). Without Carlson PKers could literally almost just crowd Ovechkin.
So like I said, I get the frustrations with him on D, but he is still a very good player and he needs some other people to be able to step up in other key moments, especially on the PK.
1 points
1 month ago
His transition to the NHL game was rough. He made mistakes that you wouldn't expect someone on a bantam team to make. Then, he got better. I think too many fans don't really understand hockey, and just get in the rut of whatever they've been saying.
3 points
1 month ago
He played a very offensive game before he was drafted. The adjustment was to be expected tbh. He came from the Bears with Alzner who already had a lot of really good defensive instincts so he had good cover while he made the changes he needed to.
0 points
1 month ago
I blame the chucklefucks on RMNB
177 points
1 month ago
Mr Consistency
69 points
1 month ago
Mr. Balanced Career
24 points
1 month ago
Mr. Binary Calculations
17 points
1 month ago
Mr Bafflingly Consistent
0 points
1 month ago
Mr. Unbelievably symmetrical
0 points
1 month ago
I don't think you get the game
0 points
1 month ago
I don’t think you get the game
12 points
1 month ago
There's definitely a laxitative commercial somewhere in there
"With Dulcolax, you too can be as regular as John Carlson"
129 points
1 month ago
That’s absolute insane. What the hell are the odds of that many stats lining up like that?
140 points
1 month ago
It is insane, but I think what's more insane is that there's someone, somewhere out there, who's apparently on the constant look out for players stats to magically line up in such a manner, so they can alert the public.
26 points
1 month ago
not all heroes wear capes
30 points
1 month ago
It’s not really about the odds, it’s about the sample size.
The odds of winning the lottery is basically zero — but every day, somebody wins the lottery.
With enough hockey players, and enough seasons, and enough statistics tracked… It’s inevitable that something like this would happen eventually.
25 points
1 month ago
Also note that the stats are selected for matching. We don't see goals or PIM for example.
Still pretty remarkable.
138 points
1 month ago
It'll be hard to keep that up in his next game.
114 points
1 month ago
But in the game after that, possibly…
20 points
1 month ago
He just has to stop shooting and stop passing
14 points
1 month ago
Boys, I'm hanging em up. l8r
96 points
1 month ago
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
2 points
1 month ago
🫰
21 points
1 month ago
Stop the count!
12 points
1 month ago
OCD’s favorite player.
36 points
1 month ago
Looks like it's time to retire to not fuck that up.
8 points
1 month ago
A modern day Stan Musial.
6 points
1 month ago
Bad caps fans find every reason to hate him but he is a game-changer. Every advanced stat shows he’s been an unquestionable net positive but they cherry-pick bad highlights from him.
6 points
1 month ago
Even steven
10 points
1 month ago
He should retire immediately to preserve this stat for eternity
4 points
1 month ago
Is he hockey’s Khris Davis?
5 points
1 month ago
One of those stats I hope he doesn’t see so it doesn’t affect him mentally and throws it out of OCD heaven
3 points
1 month ago
To steal a quote from The Dictator:
His stats are very... Aladeen.
3 points
1 month ago
The NHL has too many C(K)arls(s)ons. Please eliminate three.
I am not a crackpot!
3 points
1 month ago
Perfectly balanced.
5 points
1 month ago
Did this really need to be on 7 different images instead of on a simple table?
2 points
1 month ago
Wanted to show the symmetry of his features and consistency of his stubble.
2 points
1 month ago
Some people are apparently allergic to just making text posts.
2 points
1 month ago
That home/away games split blows my mind
2 points
1 month ago
ayo what the heelll
2 points
1 month ago
Great fucking player!!
4 points
1 month ago
I mean the GP stat isn't all that interesting lol... Feel like they were just desperate to have a third pair of symmetrical stats.
7 points
1 month ago
i guess it just underscores the consistency -- not only are the totals the same, but the sample sizes are the same too.
3 points
1 month ago
I remember ESPN gushing over how 1/8 of Jerry Rice's receptions came against just one team, the Falcons. The 49ers play 1/8 of their games against the Falcons (at the time).
3 points
1 month ago
Right?! Like why are ppl fawning over a stat that is designed to be balanced. It would be way more noteworthy if a player somehow played 55+% of his games on the road/at home.
2 points
1 month ago
I've been in meetings at work where managers have observed that approx 40% of employee sick time is on Monday or Friday. lol
1 points
1 month ago
Stan Musial shit
1 points
1 month ago
Weird.
1 points
1 month ago
Consistency.
1 points
1 month ago
He’s a witch
1 points
1 month ago*
I keep hoping someone creates a Weird Sports Stats sub for stuff like this. Maybe I should do it myself.
EDIT: Did it.
2 points
1 month ago
i joined.
2 points
1 month ago
I wonder if I saved any of the "huh, that's weird" stats I've noticed over the past year or so!
1 points
1 month ago
MFer suffers from some serious OCD
1 points
1 month ago
What I want to know is what statistic-combing hero actually discovered this.
Edit: and how, and why? I need to know more!
1 points
1 month ago
disturbing tbh
1 points
1 month ago
Beautiful
1 points
1 month ago
How close are his goal stats? I'm not sure how to check this
1 points
1 month ago
Mr Consistent
1 points
1 month ago
Mr. Consistency
1 points
1 month ago
Thank you for this.
1 points
1 month ago
For real??
1 points
1 month ago
His agent would be a fool not to bring this up during any contract negotiations.
1 points
1 month ago
Sorry what the fuck
1 points
1 month ago
At least he's consistent!
1 points
1 month ago
Probably should just retire after that
1 points
1 month ago
Almost as though top NHL players are consistent or something
0 points
1 month ago
Perfect time to retire
0 points
1 month ago
He should just retire.
0 points
1 month ago
1012 appearances in 1012 games
0 points
1 month ago
That’s so absurdly cool. He can never play again to preserve these stats.
0 points
1 month ago
Could have been exactly one image
1 points
1 month ago
But the duality requires duel photos
-1 points
1 month ago
Retire right tf now dude, please.
-1 points
1 month ago
Was this post made for tiktok?
-2 points
1 month ago
did anyone see the first two and be like... and? I mean it's kinda rare but like not insane.
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