EPTI honestly feel as though this series would be over already if the Rangers weren't forced to play such a retarded schedule this post-season.
The 2014 NHL Season - Two Accounts, No Cups - Page 187
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Flaccid
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I honestly feel as though this series would be over already if the Rangers weren't forced to play such a retarded schedule this post-season. | ||
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monx
Canada1400 Posts
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
On May 13 2014 23:35 Flaccid wrote: Alright hockey gods, give me what I want tonight: Fleury to take another massive dump on his team's chances to ever win anything. I want to see vintage MAF dropping his patented sub-.800 save percentage in an important game. Now's not the time to break form. Go Rangers! I honestly feel as though this series would be over already if the Rangers weren't forced to play such a retarded schedule this post-season. MSG is the busiest arena in the world. If not number one than its easily top 5. I doubt the NHL had much choice in the matter. | ||
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Flaccid
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
On May 13 2014 09:39 lamprey1 wrote: nice chart. almost all goals are scored with the goal scoring team possessing the puck. you need talent to have a puck possessing team. don't reverse cause and effect. talent is a necessary condition to have a puck possession team. non skeptical morons believing these charts would say Cherry and the Team Finland coach were lousy coaches because they didn't make their teams a puck possession team. example, 1978-9 Montreal Canadiens. talent first... puck possession philosophy next. a more recent example was Finland v. Canada in the 2014 Olympics. Would Finland have loved to have been the dominant puck possession team in that game? of course they would. Canada has more talent .. so it don't matter what the coach's philosophy is. Had Cherry coached the Bruins to "possess the puck" they would never ever come close to beating Montreal. they'd lose 4-0. Cherry did a great coaching job. Back today's NHL, the principles remain the same though. Had Finland tried to play Canada's game they would've lost 8-3...instead the took it to overtime and lost 2-1. the very best teams always play a puck possession game because they have the talent to do so. that has been going on since at least the Soviet Red Army and the 70s Montreal Canadiens. It probably goes on before that. so far Carlyle has done a better job with the Leafs than Wilson. nice chart though. onto the Coach's Corner Report. Cherry showing us Daniel Bouchard's goal stick and how it would've prevented the Bruins first goal. - very detailed look at one the Bruins set plays used to break out of their own endd and how it is failing tonight. -Cherry raving about Johnathan Toews. -No protection for Crosby.. and Ron agrees with grapes. Grapes thinks Crosby is taking way to many brutal shots. Take that you Crosby haters. -Cherry ranting about the instigator. My comments. Crosby took a heavy heavy head shot... i wonder if he has a concussion and is not admitting it. Cherry has earlier remarked that Crosby's back might be fucked. based on what i've seen in the Bruins v. Canadiens Series i'd say Subban is one of the top 5 best power play defensemen. he might even be the best. Now on 5-on-5... PK Subban tries to do an end-to-end rush that eventually ends up in him taking a penalty. we all know Subban is a big Starcraft fan .. so i have this for him... Hey PK.. its not 1971... and you ain't Bobby Orr... so when its 5 on 5 and every defender is in position... play ur own position. This post reminds me of the diatribe you can read on the alleged beauty of Barcelona's game in Football. | ||
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crazyweasel
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Flaccid
8898 Posts
On May 14 2014 03:27 Otolia wrote: This post reminds me of the diatribe you can read on the alleged beauty of Barcelona's game in Football. And of course Jimmy rants about how the difference in the coaches' performances are due to differing talent on the teams - refusing to notice that the graph is for different coaches on the same teams. Lol, classic Jimmy. I think he doesn't like numbers because he simply doesn't understand them. I don't think he realizes that one of those lines represents the leafs and the other represents the ducks. Same talent for either line, but a huge drop-off when Carlyle and his systems are added into the mix. But data is scary therefore it's wrong. It's also european and wears a visor just ask don cherry. | ||
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sharkeyanti
United States1273 Posts
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L1ghtning
Sweden353 Posts
On May 13 2014 22:51 Masamune wrote: not if you can't watch the games like me  once again I'll be missing tonights NYR/PIT game and probably tomorrow's habs/bruins game  oh well I guess that's my shit luck. A canadian who complains about not being able to watch NHL games. I hate you! ;( | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17486 Posts
On May 14 2014 04:36 Flaccid wrote: And of course Jimmy rants about how the difference in the coaches' performances are due to differing talent on the teams - refusing to notice that the graph is for different coaches on the same teams. Lol, classic Jimmy. I think he doesn't like numbers because he simply doesn't understand them. I don't think he realizes that one of those lines represents the leafs and the other represents the ducks. Same talent for either line, but a huge drop-off when Carlyle and his systems are added into the mix. But data is scary therefore it's wrong. It's also european and wears a visor just ask don cherry. those are not my comments, however, it was addressed directly... read it. it says right in it. Carlyle > Wilson as leafs coach. | ||
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KelianQatar
303 Posts
On May 14 2014 04:36 Flaccid wrote: And of course Jimmy rants about how the difference in the coaches' performances are due to differing talent on the teams - refusing to notice that the graph is for different coaches on the same teams. Lol, classic Jimmy. I think he doesn't like numbers because he simply doesn't understand them. When numbers have meaning he likes them just fine. Raynor is a math genius. His work with Stephen Tomlinson on the the Blue Jays abstract predicted Blue Jay wins within 5% for 10 straight years. The guy is not against statistics. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17486 Posts
hockey on the other hand is greatly impacted by everyone on the ice and even the current score. people trying to do "moneyball" with hockey stats are trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. just enjoy watching the game itself. its more fun than crunching #s. i'm really lookikng forward to tomorrow nights game 7 between the Canadiens and Bruins. This playoff year has been really entertaining. and we have a cool game 7 match up where the entire Penguin regime is basically on trial. | ||
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KelianQatar
303 Posts
On May 14 2014 08:58 JimmyJRaynor wrote: an individual pitcher throwing to an individual hitter during a very discrete tightly defined "pitch" action makes baseball great for stats. hockey on the other hand is greatly impacted by everyone on the ice and even the current score. people trying to do "moneyball" with hockey stats are trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. just enjoy watching the game itself. its more fun than crunching #s. Ya! How do you factor in Subban throwing a tantrum over a lil water squirt?? | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17486 Posts
On May 14 2014 09:00 KelianQatar wrote: Ya! How do you factor in Subban throwing a tantrum over a lil water squirt?? Thornton was on the bench and he interfered with play. If he does it again he gets suspended. Thornton deserves the fine. Myself, i'd have done the same thing. However, it appears it has not thrown Subban off his game. He played great in game 6... but again ... he still was running around too much. but he still played a really good game relative to how he usually plays. therefore, it appears thornton's tactic did not work. nice try though. | ||
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KelianQatar
303 Posts
On May 14 2014 09:02 JimmyJRaynor wrote: ..... he still was running around too much. but he still played a really good game relative to how he usually plays. Okay, so.. you say this a lot. What exactly do you mean? I'm not Canadian, so I'm not sure if this is a term we use down here in the states. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17486 Posts
obviously if u r rushing the puck up the ice you have to do a lot acceleration strides. some defensemen know how to be in just right place with a minimum of effort. some past geniuses in this area were Chris Pronger and Chris Chelios. playing with this style allows a defenseman to log 25+ minutes without much fatigue. i do not watch enough NHL any more to see who the most efficient defensemen are. However, i'd say every Team Canada defensemen is more efficient than Subban. as Subban gets older he may get better and learn to play more calmly and efficiently. oddly enough, in the history of the NHL , no defenseman could slow a game down more quickly and effectively than Bobby Orr. He is famous for his end to end rushes, but that was possible only because he played so efficiently every other second he was on the ice. The guy is a hockey genius. Current Playoffs Nash is hitting everything that moves. Lundqvist got caught deep in his net , but Talbot couldn't convert. Paul Martin did his best to knock the puck away from Fleury and put it in his own net.  Fleury haters will point to the shots on goal and say he sucks... but the Penguins are giving up an odd man rush every 3 minutes. its QMJHL hockey at its best. the WWE Royal Rumble isn't as good as the battle for the puck at 14:45 This game 7 is going to exact a cost on whatever team survives... the hitting is brutal. Ok, where is that guy that said the Rangers are a terrible hockey team. LOL. | ||
Jer99
Canada8159 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32132 Posts
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
Easily one of the better game I have seen this year and its still period two of a 1-1 game | ||
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Flaccid
8898 Posts
On May 14 2014 11:32 QuanticHawk wrote: TONIGT OWNED god that wa satisfying Yeah! Fleury shits the bed, Rags win + jimmy talking to himself for an entire page. Wicked night! | ||
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