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Colorado Avalanche: Core Player Goals for the 2018-19 Season

By Nadia Archuleta

DENVER, CO - APRIL 18: Gabriel Landeskog (92) of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates his 3-1 Avalanche goal with teammates against the Nashville Predators during the third period of the Predators' 3-2 win on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The Colorado Avalanche hosted the Nashville Predators. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - APRIL 18: Gabriel Landeskog (92) of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates his 3-1 Avalanche goal with teammates against the Nashville Predators during the third period of the Predators' 3-2 win on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The Colorado Avalanche hosted the Nashville Predators. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – MARCH 20: Tyson Jost #17 of the Colorado Avalanche skates in the second period against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center on March 20, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1. (Photo by Bill Smith/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Tyson Jost

Goals: 12
Assists: 10
Shots: 113
Shooting percentage: 10.6%
Faceoff percentage: 36.68%
Takeaway vs. giveaway ratio: 2:2
CF%: 46%
CF% Rel: -2

Everyone is expecting sophomore forward Tyson Jost to take the all-important next step this season. Apparently Jost spent a lot of last season, especially early on, just learning how to adult — according to this BSN article he needed to learn about nutrition and even proper sleeping habits. All I have to say is I knew he wasn’t getting the mentoring he needed with all those rookies vying for attention.

Well, he seems to have it figured out now, so let’s look at his goals:

  1. Crack the top-five for Colorado Avalanche scorers
  2. Record 40+ points
  3. Improve at least to the 40s for faceoff percentage

Jost is meant to be our second-line center. You want to see your primary second-liner in the top five for scoring, I think anyway. Last season his 22 points out him very firmly in the middle of the pack.

To earn top-five in scoring, Jost will have to score at least 40 points — Alexander Kerfoot was #5 last season with 43 points. That represents a big jump — probably even a doubling — for Tyson from last season. However, Jost also missed 17 games with injury. If he can stay healthy, he should be right on track.

That faceoff percentage… yeah. I get there are different ways to approach faceoff evaluation, but 36.68% doesn’t look good in any of them.

The most important goal: Avoid the sophomore slump.

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