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  1. I honestly don't understand the differences in numbers. The site that is on my signature says 15.2 percent.
  2. Yeah, but having Calgary win is bad for us too. They have the same amount of points as us now, with fewer games played. At some point after we pass CAL, we have to hope for Edmonton to lose too... so we'll be cheering for multiple teams.
  3. I do agree with your observations. I am EXTREMELY lukewarm about the coach as well. If he can turn this around, which I am hoping for still, I will retract everything bad I've said about TG.
  4. It is a good thing. Although both teams are ahead, Edmonton was further than Calgary. Also Calgary had two games in hand, if I recall. They're kinda in trouble now. They've lost an important game tonight.
  5. The Toffoli thing may or may not be a mistake. Short term, it looks bad. Long term? Who knows. We've seen the risks of paying long term for someone. There wasn't a guarantee that Toffoli would've produced the same amount. I'm sure that when such a situation happens, ppl will change their tune and say the signing was horrible 'as usual' because Benning did it.
  6. Underlying stats seem rather similar to Pearson, but as you correctly pointed out, Pearson plays on the PK. Virtanen doesn't. Perhaps the coach should put more faith in Virtanen. The GV/TK numbers don't particularly highlight Pearson as being any better than Virtanen. I don't remember about the defensive stat numbers though. I don't think Pearson was any better than Virt though. They didn't stand out. What stats won't show is how "engaged' Virt is/isn't. I'm honestly glad that today, Green put him with Pearson. What I would like to see is some consistency from Virt, as well as consistency from Green.
  7. Lol. Again, a lot of reaches and excuses to justify bashing Benning for everything.
  8. I don't know about that. The vaccines are legit and they've been well tested within the confines of the pandemic and limited distribution.
  9. Ridiculous* is, unfortunately. But your point is well taken. This distribution of the vaccine is indefensible.
  10. I misread this badly. I was like, why would you get a face tattoo of Demko? Ballsy.
  11. Let's have some fun with this, shall we? Perhaps some fun delusional positivity talk. We'll be focussing on our most immediate competitors. Calgary sits at 39 percent (with 3 games in hand). Edmonton at 75 percent (2 games in hand), and Montreal at 93 (5 games in hand). Source: http://moneypuck.com/predictions.htm Scotia North GP W L OT PTS P% RW ROW GF GA DIFF HOME AWAY S/O L10 STRK 1 Toronto 26 18 6 2 38 .731 16 18 90 63 +27 9-3-1 9-3-1 0-0 7-3-0 L2 2 Winnipeg 24 15 8 1 31 .646 10 15 79 69 +10 9-4-1 6-4-0 0-1 7-3-0 L1 3 Edmonton 26 15 11 0 30 .577 14 15 83 80 +3 7-8-0 8-3-0 0-0 6-4-0 W1 4 Montréal 23 11 6 6 28 .609 11 11 78 66 +12 5-5-1 6-1-5 0-2 3-3-4 W1 5 Calgary 25 11 12 2 24 .480 9 10 68 76 -8 5-4-0 6-8-2 1-0 3-6-1 L1 6 Vancouver 28 11 15 2 24 .429 10 10 81 93 -12 7-6-2 4-9-0 1-0 4-4-2 W2 7 Ottawa 26 8 17 1 17 .327 5 7 70 102 -32 5-6-1 3-11-0 1-0 5-5-0 L2
  12. I feel like if Hamonic was not injured and there wasn't COVID, he would've translated better, but this is a moot point. I really do think they should reconsider the defensive coaching though... There is no way schmidt is this much of a fringe defenseman after coming from LV.
  13. I'm gonna pull a page out of oldnews' book... A lot of Jake's game is built around confidence, yet I don't think Green particularly rewarded Virtanen more time despite his production. Given how he had apparently turned the corner during the season. Looking at the minutes last year, https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/gamelog/_/id/3114734/year/2020/jake-virtanen,Green, on paper, is fairly consistent with the ice time. The exception seems to be in Oct and Jan, he was given over 180 minutes of ice time, for example. A look at the TOI https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/VAN/2020.html will show that Virtanen was not given any less time on the ice than others, on average. He was in the middle of the pack. Yet, when grouping the Corsi numbers for even strength, Virtanen was hovering at 48.8, whereas his other usual linemates went below this. Gaudette and Sutter, for example, were 46.1 and 44 respectively. Fenwick stat says Virtanen is 50.3, so in theory, he's really not that bad of a player. He's at least on par with the top 6 forwards (all of them are above 50). His TK/GV ratio is also marginally better than Pearson. Yet Pearson has at least 3 minutes more than Virtanen. On a cursory look on underlying stats, there isn't a whole lot of difference with Pearson and Virtanen, Pearson is no more impactful than Virtanen, not taking into account the points. I am really curious to see if Virt would produce like Pearson, if given the opportunities that Pearson has though. In the playoffs, Pearson was given 6 minutes more of ice time than Virtanen. Pearson did produce in the playoffs. Virtanen, not so much. It's obvious that Green trusts Pearson more, yet the underlying stats don't seem to suggest that he is that much more better than Virtanen.
  14. I don't think he could have done much with this offseason. Not signing Markstrom is/was the right move. Paying for Toffoli the next year may or may not have been a safe move. Paying for Tanev likewise carries a significant risk, considering he had been fairly injury prone before. People keep saying these non-signings were mistakes, but at the same time, look at the teams that acquired the players. Aside from Toffoli, they're only a few points ahead, granted they have some games in hand. Still, they are far from being cup contenders. I'm not saying these players are bad, but I think the impact of these players have been overstated.
  15. Really interesting stuff, but at at the same time, Dahlen had been insisting that he was NHL ready. I just don't understand why he was pouting so much during the AHL and bolted to Sweden afterwards.
  16. Are you serious? Mixing politics with hockey is a baddddd idea.
  17. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/2015-draft-nhl-canucks-brock-boeser False.* I should asterisk this. According to CSS, he was ranked 27th in NA skaters. Using Provost's logic, this doesn't take into account European skaters. He used this logic to argue that Virtanen was actually ranked lower because of the NA designation. If Boeser was considered BPA, Virtanen should be considered that, since a number of scouts, including Mackenzie l, ranked him around 7-8, with some ranking him 11, 18 and 40 something for Craig Button. Rankings: Corey Pronman (ESPN): 11 International Scouting Services: 7 Future Considerations: 10 Central Scouting – North American Skaters: 6 Craig Button (TSN): 43 Hockey Prospect: 18 Bob McKenzie (TSN): 8 https://editorinleaf.com/2014/06/23/2014-nhl-draft-profile-jake-virtanen/ I bet you also think Virtanen wasn't BPA...
  18. To say it has nothing to do with Gillis is a lie. At least part of our issues is the lack of depth, particularly in the 20-25 age gap, which not so mysteriously was absent during the takeover. The biggest issue about 2016 was that there were no replacements for several years of draft mismanagement. One high draft isn't gonna cut it. The team has to balance between icing a roster and rebuilding a nonexistent prospect pool. My biggest gripe about Benning is not re-evaluating the coaches. We've only had WD and TG, both of whom have identical win/losses, despite the latter having the most talented and young roster by far. I am most disappointed in Benning that he said he was going to extend him. For that decision, I think Benning should be removed. Green is not irreplaceable.
  19. They're wrong because you've ignored inconvenient evidence that has constantly come up as criticism of Gillis. All you've been able to do is throw stones at people you deem to be Benning's lackies. You haven't been able to argue against Gillis' poor prospect pool, namely no replacements. You've even laughably spun the Canucks poor year as some kind of 'gift' from Gillis, as if it would make up for the number of lost draft picks over the years, with poor drafting from the picks he did have. Laughable.
  20. Maybe it's not luck after all that Benning acquired Schmidt for a third round pick. Maybe Benning was not lucky to get Hoglander in the 2nd round. Maybe Benning wasn't lucky to acquire Boeser. Maybe... Just maybe... Horvat could've gone the way of Hodgson. Maybe Markstrom could've regressed. There's so many moving parts. Risk management has never seemingly been on Gillis' mind. That much is clear. That or he was blackballed by the league. Gillis' trades are no better than Benning's.
  21. I'm laughing at how the 6th overall was considered a gift by Gillis supporters, rather than seeing it as his team was not as good as it was on paper. Sure, there was a 100 point year after, but that the fact remains about being no prospects coming up the system under Gillis. I'm sorry, being a fan of Shinkaruk, even I realized he wasn't the same after the injury. The mention about him as an asset is a joke.
  22. The fact that you wanted Benning to retain Markstrom and Tanev for those long contracts is laughable. Tanev's contract isn't terrible, but 6x6 Markstrom is cringe. A lot of the complaints about Benning has been that the contracts too long. So you want to get another one?
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