Production will eventually come for Owen Tippett

The early hockey season is a time of jumping to conclusions and judging players for what they have done in the amount of time it takes to watch an episode of Below Deck. Some have played more, some have played less, but everyone has been given just about 40 minutes to work with and show us what they have done over the summer to translate it to success on the ice.

For the Philadelphia Flyers, we\'re seeing plenty of players continue to get better or demonstrate some sick skills. Egor Zamula came into training camp as a borderline NHL defenseman and just had the game of his life , Travis Konecny keeps on being Travis Konecny and leads the team in scoring, and we\'re seeing some young prospects rotate in and out of the lineup to make their mark and prove that they deserve a full-time job.

One guy that isn\'t getting a whole lot of attention and hasn\'t been able to put his own name on the stat sheet so far this season is Owen Tippett.

Before the season, some were projecting him to score at least 30 goals. He hit 27 last season, so it was completely justifiable to determine that the 24-year-old would hit that scoring milestone quite easily with some theoretical improvement as he enters his prime. Unfortunately, three games into the season have gone by without Tippett even earning a single point.

He has gotten close at all, and seems to be generating some chances.

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It\'s been like this throughout the start of this Flyers season, too. Tippett has been able to generate scoring chances at a high rate throughout his career and nothing has gone awry for him so far. Nothing abnormal here, at least for his 5-on-5 shot attempts.

And interestingly enough, if we take a look at where Tippett has shot the puck from this season, it pretty much lines up with his \"hot zones\" in finishing from his career year last season.

Just by looking at where Tippett is getting his shots off from should speak some amount of volume for his rate of scoring returning eventually. He hasn\'t changed up anything, nothing is tweaked or played with, it is just going to come in waves as his plan eventually works.

Because Tippett really has not changed one bit. The one major thing that makes him an enticing player is just how predictable and consistent he has been since arriving in Philadelphia. The winger\'s profile is super simple: volume shooter that shoots from mid-range and is fairly successful at scoring off mid-to-low-danger shot attempts. He has been this way for the Flyers ever since he got here and is continuing to do it even during this unfruitful start to his season.

Through three games, Tippett has unleashed 22 total pucks towards the net, attempted 18 unblocked attempts, and seven of those have hit the net. And considering that he has played just over 46 minutes, Tippett ranks among the top players in shot attempts per hour. Among all skaters in the NHL, Tippett ranks eighth in shot attempts per hour -- meaning he is unleashing a total of 28.29 shots per 60 minutes and that is more than some top-tier snipers like Tage Thompson, Steven Stamkos, Cole Caufield, and Kyle Connor, have this season.

Tippett might not take the most rewarding shots, or shots that are more likely to go in, but is just barraging the opposing goaltender whenever he gets on to the ice at an elite level. It\'s all about the game of volume for this guy and that should eventually turn into more production, eventually.

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