Forensics: Tomas Hertl
Anthony Lancione
2014-10-03
Will it be a sophomore slump or a healthy breakout for Tomas Hertl this season?
During a sublime start to his NHL career last fall, Tomas 'Teenage Mutant Ninja' Hertl turned many heads in the Bay Area and around the game, firing goals in left, right and centre before falling to a bad knee injury just prior to Christmas. In fact, Hertl piled up an insane six markers over his first eight periods and change to start his career, along with 18 points overall in his first 20 contests.
That kick-started a truncated 37-game season where he went on to maintain a ridiculous 41-goal pace. At the time of his December 19th injury, that pace was even higher, at 46!! Small sample size? Of course. Yet not a sample to be disregarded either; having laced them up for over 45% of the campaign.
You'll vividly recall the epic four-goal-game in his third ever contest, and ensuing reaction elicited by a super impressed Joe Thornton. Hertl fashioned himself as the youngest player (19 years old at the time) to notch four goals in a game since 1988. Naturally, that would place him as the only teen to pull off the feat since the run-and-gun fire wagon days. Just simply unbelievable stuff.
Hertl enacted this damage instantly after being fortuitously paired with the still excellent playmaker, Thornton and Brent Burns on the Shark's top line.
2013-14 Most Common Linemate Generator via Frozen Pools
|
Frequency |
Strength |
Line Combination |
|
42.75% |
EV |
88 BURNS,BRENT – 48 HERTL,TOMAS – 19 THORNTON,JOE |
|
13.04% |
EV |
48 HERTL,TOMAS – 19 THORNTON,JOE – 57 WINGELS,TOMMY |
|
4.91% |
EV |
75 HAMILTON,FREDDIE – 48 HERTL,TOMAS – 19 THORNTON,JOE |
|
3.95% |
EV |
48 HERTL,TOMAS – 15 SHEPPARD,JAMES – 19 THORNTON,JOE |
|
3.86% |
EV |
48 HERTL,TOMAS – 81 KENNEDY,TYLER – 19 THORNTON,JOE |
FP's 2013-14 Line Production – by Line Combination Frequency for Tomas Hertl
|
Str |
On Ice Line Combination |
Points |
%Total |
|
EV |
BURNS,BRENT – HERTL,TOMAS – THORNTON,JOE |
13 |
52% |
|
EV |
HERTL,TOMAS – THORNTON,JOE – WINGELS,TOMMY |
5
📢 advertisement:
|
20% |
|
PP |
BURNS,BRENT – HERTL,TOMAS – KENNEDY,TYLER |
2 |
8% |
|
EV |
HAVLAT,MARTIN – HERTL,TOMAS – WINGELS,TOMMY |
1 |
4% |
|
EV |
HERTL,TOMAS – SHEPPARD,JAMES – THORNTON,JOE |
1 |
4% |
|
PP |
BURNS,BRENT – HAVLAT,MARTIN – HERTL,TOMAS – WINGELS,TOMMY |
1 |
4% |
|
EV |
COUTURE,LOGAN – HERTL,TOMAS – MARLEAU,PATRICK – PAVELSKI,JOE – THORNTON,JOE |
1 |
4% |
|
EV |
BURNS,BRENT – DESJARDINS,ANDREW – HERTL,TOMAS |
1 |
4% |
It took the young Czech a few games to get going again; his top line spot being long gone, forced to skate with scrubs down the stretch. However, once the post-season began and Hertl got his first taste of the post-season, he went off for five points in an otherwise incredibly disappointing, seven game series for the team, famously including a 3-0 series lead.
Related Posts
UPCOMING GAMES
N.JStarting Goalies
Top Skater Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| TRAVIS KONECNY |
 PHI | |
| MARCO ROSSI |
 MIN | |
| COLE PERFETTI |
 WPG | |
| NILS HOGLANDER |
 VAN | |
| JJ PETERKA |
 BUF
| |
Top Goalie Profile Views
TOR
CGY
LINE COMBOS
| Frequency |
WPG Players
| |
|---|---|---|
| 21.9 | NINO NIEDERREITER ADAM LOWRY MASON APPLETON | |
| 15.5 | COLE PERFETTI SEAN MONAHAN KYLE CONNOR | |
| 14.1 | GABRIEL VILARDI MARK SCHEIFELE NIKOLAJ EHLERS | |
DobberHockey Podcasts
Fantasy Hockey Life: Florida Panthers with Colby Guy
Colby Guy joins the show to talk about the Cup champs. We discuss Sam Reinhart, Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues, Anton Lundell, Mackie Samoskevich, Aaron Ekblad, Gustav Forsling, Nate Schmidt, Adam Boqvist, Sergei Bobrovsky and Spencer Knight. In-Goal Magazine’s Cat Silverman joins in our Cat’s Instincts segment to discuss Spencer Knight and […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Boston Bruins with Fluto Shinzawa
Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic joins Victor and Jesse to talk Boston Bruins. They discuss David Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm, Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, Pavel Zacha, Morgan Geekie, Matthew Poitras, Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, and Joonas Korpisalo. In-Goal Magazine’s Cat Silverman joins in our Cat’s Instincts segment to discuss Brandon Bussi and Michael DiPietro. […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Brian Hedger on the Columbus Blue Jackets
Brian Hedger of the Columbus Dispatch joins the show to look forward to next year’s Blue Jackets.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Nashville Predators with Bryan Bastin
Bryan Bastin of On the Forecheck joins Victor and Jesse to talk Nashville Predators. They discuss pros Filip Forsberg, Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O’Reilly, Tommy Novak, Luke Evangelista, Philip Tomasino, Cody Glass, Roman Josi, Alexandre Carrier, Juuse Saros, Kevin Lankinen, Yaroslav Askarov, Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei. In-Goal Magazine’s Cat Silverman joins in our […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Toronto Maple Leafs with Cindy Caron
The Toronto Maple Leafs made it to a Game 7 overtime but were frustrated again in the playoffs. Recorded pre-free agency, Cindy Caron of I-Express.ca joins Victor and Jesse to go over the pro roster: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, John Tavares, Max Domi, Tyler Bertuzzi, Matthew Knies, Bobby McMann, Morgan Rielly, Timothy Liljegren, […]