herman
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CarltonTheBear said:Isn't that Cam Charron's job now?
I think he handles the outbound ferry.
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CarltonTheBear said:Isn't that Cam Charron's job now?
herman said:The conversation to cover tactical adjustments should take place during practice/video sessions, not on the bench.
herman said:I'm doing a quick poke around the league to see if anyone else is really leveraging this, but so far in the Eastern Conference, not really. Tampa is really only using it on Stamkos (extremely) and Hedman (latter years). Boston on Bergeron and Marchand.
bustaheims said:herman said:I'm doing a quick poke around the league to see if anyone else is really leveraging this, but so far in the Eastern Conference, not really. Tampa is really only using it on Stamkos (extremely) and Hedman (latter years). Boston on Bergeron and Marchand.
Doesn't surprise me. I imagine a lot of teams don't have the ability to dole out large chunks of cash in lump sum payments (especially in the summer, when they have no real revenue), even if they can afford the same amount spread out over a season.
bustaheims said:herman said:I'm doing a quick poke around the league to see if anyone else is really leveraging this, but so far in the Eastern Conference, not really. Tampa is really only using it on Stamkos (extremely) and Hedman (latter years). Boston on Bergeron and Marchand.
Doesn't surprise me. I imagine a lot of teams don't have the ability to dole out large chunks of cash in lump sum payments (especially in the summer, when they have no real revenue), even if they can afford the same amount spread out over a season.
bustaheims said:herman said:I'm doing a quick poke around the league to see if anyone else is really leveraging this, but so far in the Eastern Conference, not really. Tampa is really only using it on Stamkos (extremely) and Hedman (latter years). Boston on Bergeron and Marchand.
Doesn't surprise me. I imagine a lot of teams don't have the ability to dole out large chunks of cash in lump sum payments (especially in the summer, when they have no real revenue), even if they can afford the same amount spread out over a season.
herman said:bustaheims said:herman said:I'm doing a quick poke around the league to see if anyone else is really leveraging this, but so far in the Eastern Conference, not really. Tampa is really only using it on Stamkos (extremely) and Hedman (latter years). Boston on Bergeron and Marchand.
Doesn't surprise me. I imagine a lot of teams don't have the ability to dole out large chunks of cash in lump sum payments (especially in the summer, when they have no real revenue), even if they can afford the same amount spread out over a season.
Good point. The Leafs didn't really do it until Pridham arrived, and that was about 10 years after the cap was implemented.
These are great chips to feed to the draft pick or prospect bucket, if they don't fit on the ice. There's always a team or three looking to hit the floor by trading their cap room for fewer actual dollars.
herman said:https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/quick-shifts-toronto-maple-leafs-tips-shot-distance-mark-stone-takeaways-bob-boughner/
Thank you Sportlogiq partnership with SportsNet! Numbers to corroborate what my eyes were seeing. My kingdom for public data on pre-shot movement/events to be integrated into Expected Goals models!
1. The Toronto Maple Leafs don?t sit atop the National Hockey League in any of the major team categories, but there is something they do better than their 30 counterparts ? and they don?t even know it.
Of the 2,171 shots on goal Toronto has taken this season, their average shot distance from the net is 33.7 feet, the closest of all 31 clubs.
?That?s an interesting stat,? says Patrick Marleau.
?I didn?t know that,? says Mitchell Marner.
?Huh. No, I wasn?t aware of that one,? says James van Riemsdyk.
A major contributor to that cozy shot distance is tips. Toronto?s players crash the net like fancy weddings and stir up traffic like the Gardiner just closed.
The Maple Leafs have tipped a NHL-best 197 shots on net and are tied for the second-most tip-in goals with 27.
?You look at different ways guys are scoring. That seems to be the way that pucks go in. A lot of guys try to get to the net, and you have to battle for those tips and loose pucks,? Marleau says. ?It?s one of those things happening all around the league. That?s an interesting stat. It is something we talk about?trying to get pucks to the net and guys in front, so obviously you?ll get some tips and rebounds.?
The 20-season veteran spends a chunk of time before practice wraps with his feet in the slot, his back to the net and his face pointed at Jake Gardiner or Roman Polak?s blade, tipping point shot after point shot on an empty cage.
?If you can get in sync with one of the D-men who knows where you?re going to go and what you?re looking for ? and you get used to their shot, too, in practice ? that makes it easier in games,? Marleau explains. ?It?s become something people look for more as opposed to years past.?
It?s not that the Leafs are under a mandate to hold off on shooting before they get in the home plate area, Nazem Kadri says. It?s more about crowding the goaltender and pouncing on the juicy garbage that chaos offers.
?There are six goalies out there. Everybody is trying to block a shot, and it?s so hard to get pucks on net,? Kadri says. ?You gotta be able to have guys around the area and maybe shoot a little bit wide and deflect pucks on net. I think that?s how the game is trending.?
Survey the room. The Leafs? most generous tipper, most agree, is van Riemsdyk (although van Riemsdyk is quick to give the crown to Auston Matthews).
?JVR, for sure. He is good around the net,? Kadri says. ?Anything in his direction, usually he is able to get a piece of. He works on it all the time, and it?s part of what makes him the player that he is.?
Hot tip, kids: Work on your hot tips.
?Coordination is an important skill to have,? Kadri says. ?Hockey is a game of timing. Tipping and redirecting pucks is a big part of that.?
herman said:Good point. The Leafs didn't really do it until Pridham arrived, and that was about 10 years after the cap was implemented.
herman said:These are great chips to feed to the draft pick or prospect bucket, if they don't fit on the ice. There's always a team or three looking to hit the floor by trading their cap room for fewer actual dollars.
CarltonTheBear said:herman said:Good point. The Leafs didn't really do it until Pridham arrived, and that was about 10 years after the cap was implemented.
Kessel and Phaneuf both had a good amount of signing bonuses in their contracts that Nonis signed. And Clarkson's deal was famously almost all signing bonuses, which led people to complain about how it was basically buyout-proof.
Nik the Trik said:Have any deals like that legitimately materialized in recent years?
herman said:I think Vegas sort of did it with Marcus Kruger to Carolina. Vegas waited to trade for him from Chicago after the signing bonus was paid (wasn't this an expansion draft side deal?), and then flipped him two days later to the 'Canes (for a 5th), who saved 2.0M.
If we've only just started to sign contracts like these (2015), the harvest time hasn't yet come.
herman said:https://twitter.com/pierrevlebrun/status/972157004906156032
Kaberle still saucing beautiful assists from beyond retirement.
Nik the Trik said:herman said:I think Vegas sort of did it with Marcus Kruger to Carolina. Vegas waited to trade for him from Chicago after the signing bonus was paid (wasn't this an expansion draft side deal?), and then flipped him two days later to the 'Canes (for a 5th), who saved 2.0M.
If we've only just started to sign contracts like these (2015), the harvest time hasn't yet come.
Yeah, like I said, I'm pretty skeptical those deals are ever going to produce much beyond a 5th round pick. It seems to me they're more likely to fall into a category of a team looking to scrape the cap floor getting something(the high cap low dollar contract) and the signing team getting something(clearing cap space) and looking at it as a relatively square deal.
The value, I think, will just be in making them easier to move.
herman said:https://twitter.com/pierrevlebrun/status/972157004906156032
Kaberle still saucing beautiful assists from beyond retirement.
My son and Mogen same date, but me son is 25....hard to believe, very hard to believedisco said:https://twitter.com/HennyTweets/status/972090497710903296
Momo basically a veteran at 24.
https://twitter.com/TLNdc/status/972103926894944256
Details are sketchy...