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Taku
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Pseudo_Utopia
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Taku
Canada2036 Posts
On February 16 2013 14:16 Pseudo_Utopia wrote: Imagine if Lehtonen didn't get injured. It would be 2-2 or 2-1 Dallas right now IMO. Vancouver looked soft the other night against Minny in the 3rd as well. They seem kind of overrated these days... Imagine if the Refs weren't blind. | ||
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Fishball
Canada4788 Posts
I'm just curious as this is very out of character from Toews, and I think this is his 3rd career fight. They both play for Team Canada as well. Anyone knows if there is a story behind this, or did Toews just decided randomly to hate Thorton tonight? | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32157 Posts
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QuanticHawk
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GolemMadness
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ii.blitzkrieg
Canada1122 Posts
On February 16 2013 13:39 Taku wrote: Stars @ Canucks. What a game. I only got to see the 1st+2nd then had to go to work. Kinda funny Brenden Dillon scored the winner against his hometown team. I went to highschool with him (he's 1 year younger than me) and had his mom as a math teacher one year. | ||
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Kyhron
United States945 Posts
On February 16 2013 15:17 Fishball wrote: So Toews fought Thorton today. He was back checking Thorton and going after him early in the game. Thorton was like WTF are you doing the entire time and didn't really want to fight him even when they finally dropped the gloves. I'm just curious as this is very out of character from Toews, and I think this is his 3rd career fight. They both play for Team Canada as well. Anyone knows if there is a story behind this, or did Toews just decided randomly to hate Thorton tonight? Coming from a Hawks fan what was watching the game last night. Toews and Thornton have a history of bad blood. Toews hit Thornton on the back check and Thornton went down like a cheap hooker to the hit and definitely embellished how bad the hit was. Then after he got up he kinda laughed in Toews's face and Toews kinda snapped after the play. Which ended up with a Sharks power play into the Sharks taking a horrible penalty into a 4v4 into a Hawks goal, but after the fight the Hawks played a hell of a lot better after the fight then the Sharks did | ||
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CuLane
United States160 Posts
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GolemMadness
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crawlingchaos
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Flaccid
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/dowbiggin-malhotra-a-revolutionary-figure-in-the-game-of-hockey/article8785464/ | ||
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BigBadBeaver
Canada272 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32157 Posts
On February 19 2013 10:57 Flaccid wrote: Good article about hockey analysis (or lack thereof) from The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/dowbiggin-malhotra-a-revolutionary-figure-in-the-game-of-hockey/article8785464/ yeah i can definitely see how it would be kind of hard for a casual fan to grasp. my two buddies were kind of confused and overwhelmed when i tried sending them some of that analysis you did a few weeks ago. the biggest thing is that outside of zone starts you gotta take a few minutes to read and understand it all. theyre baseball fans idk how much they care about advanced stats there. on that note, how often are advanced stats mentioned by tv analysts in baseball?? | ||
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crazyweasel
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On February 16 2013 15:17 Fishball wrote: So Toews fought Thorton today. He was back checking Thorton and going after him early in the game. Thorton was like WTF are you doing the entire time and didn't really want to fight him even when they finally dropped the gloves. I'm just curious as this is very out of character from Toews, and I think this is his 3rd career fight. They both play for Team Canada as well. Anyone knows if there is a story behind this, or did Toews just decided randomly to hate Thorton tonight? thornton has always been a douche throughout his career(like every players that eventually plays with the bruins), no wonder other players don't like him. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17792 Posts
On February 10 2013 23:49 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i hate to break this to you. but , the leafs look like a well coached team. Randy Carlyle is doing a good job. As long as Reimer stays healthy the Leafs will finish someplace from 7 to 10 in the east. I was hoping they'd end up in 15th so they could get a decent player. On February 11 2013 23:29 QuanticHawk wrote: they really arent but whatever also, Corey Conacher is pretty rad. It looks like he will take the Mighty Midget torch from St. Louis. Kid's got sharp moves and skates well both with and without the puck when perennial goaltending superstars Scrivens and Reimer have given up only 33 goals in 16 games ( empty netters dont count  ).that is the sign you have a well coached hockey team. http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2013/02/19/maple_leafs_no_longer_dress_players_because_they_have_big_contracts_cox.html Carlyle is doing a good job with nothing. | ||
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Flaccid
8921 Posts
On February 19 2013 22:48 QuanticHawk wrote: yeah i can definitely see how it would be kind of hard for a casual fan to grasp. my two buddies were kind of confused and overwhelmed when i tried sending them some of that analysis you did a few weeks ago. the biggest thing is that outside of zone starts you gotta take a few minutes to read and understand it all. theyre baseball fans idk how much they care about advanced stats there. on that note, how often are advanced stats mentioned by tv analysts in baseball?? I can't comment on TV baseball, since most baseball I follow is over the radio (I just hate most of the TV crews). And from the odd game I listen to, it's actually mentioned fairly often. Especially stuff that's easier to grasp like WAR - maybe it's because baseball announcers are so good at filling space with conversation that they naturally grasp at any interesting thing to talk about. What you said about advanced stats being kind of tough to grasp to the average fan is really the problem. I mean, you watch that Don Cherry video in the article and it pretty much sums everything up. "Well, this objective statistic used to analyze this player over the course of the entire season doesn't gel with my saw-him-good viewpoint and impression gleaned from watching a couple of shifts which allowed me to jump to an unreasonable conclusion therefore it's all bogus." The average hockey fan is much more comfortable with taking the "STRONG-LEGS-HARD-ON-THE-FORECHECK-BIG-STICK" Pierre McGuire approach to hockey analysis because it allows them to have a say on the game simply by repeating other people's meaningless opinions and doesn't require any effort. You can tell them that some defender on their team absolutely bleeeeeds chances, but they'll counter with "I saw a couple shifts of him yesterday and ERMAHGERD SHOT BLOCK" or some shit. It's useless. They assume their limited view of a player they watched in a couple of shifts in a couple of games is somehow more relevant. People don't understand sample-size and bias. Plus, it's not easy to put these stats in context. A person needs to not only know what the stats mean (sometimes a challenge in itself), but also how they may favor certain types of players, how it relates to the player's role, how different team styles affect the stat, and so on. It takes some effort to form the picture, but once built, the picture is interesting to look at. | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6185 Posts
On February 20 2013 00:47 JimmyJRaynor wrote: when perennial goaltending superstars Scrivens and Reimer have given up only 33 goals in 16 games ( empty netters dont count ).that is the sign you have a well coached hockey team. http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2013/02/19/maple_leafs_no_longer_dress_players_because_they_have_big_contracts_cox.html Carlyle is doing a good job with nothing. It's not like benching Komisarek or Liles is a big thing. And btw, a big Good Job to the Habs for the #1 spots in East (currently). !! | ||
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Kyhron
United States945 Posts
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