2017-2018 NHL Thread
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Frank E
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Nik the Trik said:
You know, I was definitely disappointed when they took Strome right before the Leafs picked. At this point, looks like a pretty disappointing pick for Arizona. Looks like he's putting up numbers in the "A", but at this point (again), it's looking a little bit busty for them.
In looking at that top-10, it looks even more bust'ish: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2015e.html
Guilt Trip
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Matthews is the "best player" no doubt. Best goal scorer? Right now that's Laine but that's close also.Frank E said:
herman
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Ovechkin nets his 600th goal, with Laine (literally) right behind him.
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/973389793651494913
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/973389793651494913
https://twitter.com/akaRCN/status/973632520829902848
This will always be my favourite Ovechkin story:
https://twitter.com/DannyPage/status/973650171807514625
Imagine that it worked!
https://twitter.com/DannyPage/status/973650171807514625
Imagine that it worked!
https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports/status/974100902859681793
He's played basically the entire season with either Maroon or Lucic on his left wing and the team also plays Zack Kassian on a regular basis. But sure, we'll give you Matt Martin I guess.
He's played basically the entire season with either Maroon or Lucic on his left wing and the team also plays Zack Kassian on a regular basis. But sure, we'll give you Matt Martin I guess.
herman
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There are times that I wish I had the foresight to cultivate multiple media-adjacent personalities in select cities/fanbases as a 'voice of reason' that ultimately leads them down an insidiously dire and ruinous path, six degrees of sabotage style.
And then I'm reminded that I really don't need to expend any effort whatsoever.
And then I'm reminded that I really don't need to expend any effort whatsoever.
https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/974677173910073344
Oh please make this retroactive to all years so I can find out who gave Jay McClement a Selke trophy vote!
Oh please make this retroactive to all years so I can find out who gave Jay McClement a Selke trophy vote!
hockeyfan1
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Going into the final weeks of the NHL schedule and how it may affect playoff positioning for teams in the Eastern Conference...
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herman
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To provide a bit of context for the above, so that it's not just an unexplained chart, the model is explained in the article linked in this post back in August:
For those who aren't going to read that for whatever their preferred reason, it's a numerical model projecting how the schedule affects teams' win probabilities (expressed as points).
Over the whole season, the Leafs had one of the hardest schedules to play, based on the level of rest they would have compared to the teams they were facing (e.g. a team playing the third game in four nights against an opponent who has been off for two days, waiting for them at home usually means the visiting squad coughs up a stinker).
As I brought up a few weeks ago as teams kick into their playoff stretch drives or season death spirals, the Leafs now have one of the easier schedules remaining (after that crazy December on the road) as they have so many home games against trade-deadline-depleted bottom feeders who have pretty much given up, while Boston and Tampa have extra games in hand on us, meaning they have to play more vying for top seed.
The Leafs' pretty high number of top-player injuries does make this a bit tougher on paper, but the Marlies are providing well above replacement level talent swings.
herman said:
For those who aren't going to read that for whatever their preferred reason, it's a numerical model projecting how the schedule affects teams' win probabilities (expressed as points).
Over the whole season, the Leafs had one of the hardest schedules to play, based on the level of rest they would have compared to the teams they were facing (e.g. a team playing the third game in four nights against an opponent who has been off for two days, waiting for them at home usually means the visiting squad coughs up a stinker).
As I brought up a few weeks ago as teams kick into their playoff stretch drives or season death spirals, the Leafs now have one of the easier schedules remaining (after that crazy December on the road) as they have so many home games against trade-deadline-depleted bottom feeders who have pretty much given up, while Boston and Tampa have extra games in hand on us, meaning they have to play more vying for top seed.
The Leafs' pretty high number of top-player injuries does make this a bit tougher on paper, but the Marlies are providing well above replacement level talent swings.
https://twitter.com/BradyTrett/status/975549951211061248
Jamie Benn is a monster.
Jamie Benn is a monster.
Geoff Molson's explanation for why he's not firing Marc Bergevin is amazing (via @TonyMarinaro):
It basically boils down to: the failure of this season could be attributed to a number of different things, many of which are the GMs responsibility, but there's no reason that should fall onto the shoulders of the GM. Also, 6-8 years ago he was a good assistant GM.
It basically boils down to: the failure of this season could be attributed to a number of different things, many of which are the GMs responsibility, but there's no reason that should fall onto the shoulders of the GM. Also, 6-8 years ago he was a good assistant GM.