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i do it because loui is such a sweet name, and in honor of the weird namesake of this thread
thanks orca. i still gotta update the op with all the shit i mentioned. i swear ill do it today!!\
re: advanced stats:
http://somekindofninja.com/nhl/
awesome site
honestly i dont understand corsi and all that higher level stuff as well as i should. i do find the zone starts and player usage to be pretty fascinating though. rock solid proof to see if a player is getting sheltered minutes, if something like grabovski's decline in production was him sucking or the leafs absolutely burying him in his own end, etc etc. it is the quickest way to figure out who the unsung hero is on the team. like in dubinsky's last year as a blueshirt, his offensive point totals were shitty, but the dude was just a monster at sucking up hard time to open up the game for the top two lines, starting in his own end against top lines quite a lot
i miss prince dubinsky 
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Let's be clear that I'm obviously talking about jimmyjraynor and his other mouth-breathing accounts.
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Well obviously, but you think I am an expert right??!?!
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If we set the bar at jjr, then everyone is an expert.
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the ghost of
jjr
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real hockey talk: schedules are supposed to be finally due today. There was a hang up due to planning the Olympic break or negotiating it or something
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listen champ because theres this thing called the stanley cup and
phil even said "play the game with passion and heart" are you saying phil didn't know how to pot a roofer down the line? do you even watch hockey?
stan makita
eddie shore
dit clapper
all you armchair feather dusters need to learn to watch the play develop because ron didn't and that got him a fast trip through a slow door where, guess, what randy was waiting on the other side with a aint-no-dandy-boy.
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On July 20 2013 01:23 Flaccid wrote:
listen champ because theres this thing called the stanley cup and
phil even said "play the game with passion and heart" are you saying phil didn't know how to pot a roofer down the line? do you even watch hockey?
stan makita
eddie shore
dit clapper
all you armchair feather dusters need to learn to watch the play develop because ron didn't and that got him a fast trip through a slow door where, guess, what randy was waiting on the other side with a aint-no-dandy-boy.
oh my hahahahaha
this will be going in the op right under patty kane
yay nhl for having some sense!
Now seems like as good of a time as ever to start talking about olympic rosters and how were gonna dick stomp some canadian and russian pinkos next year
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Oh man.. St Louis, Getzlaf, Bergeron, Stamkos, Spezza, Crosby, Staal, Getzlaf, Toews, Nash, Subban, Letang, Doughty*, Green? ... jesus that's not stacked at all LOL let's go! If we have a good goalie (Crawford?) we might be gold :3
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On July 20 2013 02:10 Blisse wrote:
Oh man.. St Louis, Getzlaf, Bergeron, Stamkos, Spezza, Crosby, Staal, Getzlaf, Toews, Nash, Subban, Letang, Doughty*, Green? ... jesus that's not stacked at all LOL let's go! If we have a good goalie (Crawford?) we might be gold :3
Goal is our weakness. Crawford and then Louongo and Smith? Cam Ward? Carey Price? Not exactly the strong suit it usually is for us.
Of course replacing Martin Brouder is impossible so I guess thats expected
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On July 20 2013 02:19 Orcasgt24 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2013 02:10 Blisse wrote:
Oh man.. St Louis, Getzlaf, Bergeron, Stamkos, Spezza, Crosby, Staal, Getzlaf, Toews, Nash, Subban, Letang, Doughty*, Green? ... jesus that's not stacked at all LOL let's go! If we have a good goalie (Crawford?) we might be gold :3 Goal is our weakness. Crawford and then Louongo and Smith? Cam Ward? Carey Price? Not exactly the strong suit it usually is for us.
ahem???
Cupz
goldz
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![[image loading]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwEafXWgNm8/UbbKV52VexI/AAAAAAAAB7M/YWEN9Xkp10g/s320/marc-andre_fleury_with_the_stanley_cup-206631.jpg)
MAF
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On July 20 2013 02:38 QuanticHawk wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2013 02:19 Orcasgt24 wrote:On July 20 2013 02:10 Blisse wrote:
Oh man.. St Louis, Getzlaf, Bergeron, Stamkos, Spezza, Crosby, Staal, Getzlaf, Toews, Nash, Subban, Letang, Doughty*, Green? ... jesus that's not stacked at all LOL let's go! If we have a good goalie (Crawford?) we might be gold :3 Goal is our weakness. Crawford and then Louongo and Smith? Cam Ward? Carey Price? Not exactly the strong suit it usually is for us. ahem??? Cupz goldz .... MAF
I would like to win. MAF aint exactly a clutch performer. Tends to suck when it matters actually. Like a more exagerated version of Louongo
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Probably. Putin is going full Brezhev over there so he has to 'prove' that the KHL is 'just as good' as the NHL. Plus the Russians dont really have any legitimate defensemen left anyway. It will be just poor old Bob, with a Columbus like defense and a couple of lazy super stars getting smacked around on home ice.
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On July 20 2013 02:10 Blisse wrote:
Oh man.. St Louis, Getzlaf, Bergeron, Stamkos, Spezza, Crosby, Staal, Getzlaf, Toews, Nash, Subban, Letang, Doughty*, Green? ... jesus that's not stacked at all LOL let's go! If we have a good goalie (Crawford?) we might be gold :3
At the top-most level, it can be pretty close.
Canadian hockey:
![[image loading]](http://www.kingtutone.com/pyramids/information/khafrepyramid.jpg)
Other top countries:
![[image loading]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Washington_Monument_Dusk_Jan_2006.jpg/250px-Washington_Monument_Dusk_Jan_2006.jpg)
Notice how similar the images would look if you cropped off the top 5%.
Point being, Canada could ice 3 teams and have a realistic chance of sweeping the podium, but in a single-elimination format in a sport largely determined by bounces... you need to be have some luck just to medal at all.
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