One Big Number: Carl Soderberg’s biggest impact on the Colorado Avalanche

I have to admit, Carl Soderberg often flies under the radar for me. As much as I enjoyed the work out of the third line this season, I was usually quick to give most of the credit to Blake Comeau. Soderberg was just kind of the guy out there that didn’t stand out to me on the eye test (no pun intended). So I wasn’t exactly surprised when his regular season numbers were fairly middle-of-the-pack at first glance. But his biggest contribution to the Colorado Avalanche happened to be exactly what made me overlook him in the first place.

One Big Number: 31.01 Zone start ratio

Okay, hear me out. Zone starts aren’t a terribly interesting stat to look at. But they’re incredibly telling when you…