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Dazzle

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  1. I'm guessing since you support scrapping the carbon tax, you would be in favour of Fordian politics in Toronto, who is doing the same thing. What does scrapping the carbon tax and taking JT to court over the tax do anything? Climate is still getting &^@#ed - and I do believe this squabble does nothing to solve the root issue - climate change. We need to come up with a better strategy of reducing carbon emissions.
  2. I'll leave that to oldnews, who is more of an expert at advanced stats. But wait, I don't think you two get along.
  3. The problem is that you are a well-known Virtanen basher, so things that you say will obviously be taken with a grain of salt. As AJ says, don't let your bias affect your sample. Numbers can be "cooked" to make a player sound better or worse than they really are. He's still a young player and will need to work hard in the summer to be a more effective player. He hasn't been scratched for any period of time, so the effort is there. He just needs to bring more to the table. Same as Goldobin.
  4. So borrowing on the so-called "Russian stereotype", we should see Dahlen bolt to Europe. What a complete waste of an opportunity. Dahlen should fire his agent if this was not the fate he wanted. Because he asked for it, clearly.
  5. IMHO, Dahlen made the biggest career mistake he could've done. Either his agent gave him really bad advice or his ego got the better of him. I was really excited for Dahlen to step in for the Canucks, but after the trade, I really do feel like we'll never hear about this guy in the NHL because he couldn't put it together, nor did he have the ethic to do so. The surprised reaction he had after the trade was funny after Benning has a reputation for being open and honest. I think Benning gets the benefit of the doubt. All Dahlen needed to do was finish out this year. (~20 more games, so less than a month). Work hard in the summer, like WORK HARD and force a spot on the team. Worst case is that he could ask for a trade in the new year, if he doesn't make it. But nope, he had to make a decision RIGHT NOW. So Benning's like SEE YA. Really disappointed in how things played out, but if a player feels he is that entitled, he has some growing up to do. And it hurts to see this. Dahlen + Pettersson was a great story.
  6. Lay off the drinking.
  7. Then it's basically invalid LOL.
  8. I don't think there is a single GM that can say he will 'know it all'. The game has changed from even five years ago. Five years ago, you wouldn't even see Pettersson in the NHL.
  9. It is mind blowing that she created the irony to begin with when there wasn't an irony, as you pointed out. LOL.
  10. CuporBust makes thread with no real opinions, then flames the next person who has an opinion. Nice.

    1. Roberts

      Roberts

      im not seeing the "flaming" from CuporBust

  11. Good for them to know that you are wrong. I'm just spelling it out for you as a courtesy. You're welcome.
  12. You are. Don't worry. No matter how sure you think you are, everyone else knows.
  13. What a foolish statement. You were better off just admitting you were wrong and that you knew nothing about what you were talking about at the time. But now, it looks like you THINK you know what you're talking about, without having any idea that you're wrong. The worst kind. FYI, you know nothing about water retention, nutrition or hockey in general. You can stand by something 100 percent, but if you don't know why you do it, that is something you should look into. THINK for crying out loud.
  14. Says the guy who wrote this epic post below. You have no right to talk.
  15. That's a fair point. Maybe Arizona could/would've flourished without the injuries. I think for two teams that were fully invested in the analytics to fall so far down looks really bad though.
  16. Considering Baumgartner was in charge of the defensive corps, I would've assumed he specifically would be responsible for how Gudbranson performs. If he, for example, put Gudbranson in situations where he would not succeed (i.e. PP1 or PP2), then that is not Gudbranson's fault. Gudbranson is a decent skater for his size, but he does struggle against faster/smaller forwards. Perhaps the style of skating contributes to the 'nimbleness' factor that I'm referring to. Maybe it's just a matter of him going to a skating coach and asking for advice. Everything is a matter of development. Regardless, Gudbranson didn't work out as everyone had planned. Yes, that was my error in transcribing my thoughts. I didn't mean to say he would be "ahead" (even though I wrongly said forechecking). I meant closing gaps as needed, or preventing rebounds from going to a nearby player. He didn't seem exceptionally good in that department - as well as other people who are supposedly 'defensive' minded, like Horvat. If he was an exceptional rebound clearer or one who can take pucks confidently from the net because he was consistently first to arrive, that would have made a difference on the team (and earned his minutes). That wasn't the case, nor was it the case for other players. There's only so much that analytics can say. A team built purely on analytics is wrong and has been proven to be the case at least twice (Arizona and Florida as examples). The so-called eye test is not perfect either. One has to make sense of the numbers instead of regurgitating them without the understanding of context. I know you're not necessarily pro analytics, even though you contribute A LOT in that department. Sometimes you even mock analytzzzzics analysts like J.D. Burke or some other clown that doesn't know what he's talking about. Gudbranson didn't score very well analytics wise, which I feel would hurt his case as a player.
  17. I am fully aware of your high opinion of Gudbranson during his tenure here, and I do believe he provided intangible qualities such as leadership, so I do see why you post something like this. There is merit to what you are saying about a bunch of fans saying Point X, Y and Z; however, there is an overwhelming number of people of Pittsburgh fans that did not like this trade (much like there was an overwhelming number of people that didn't like the Virtanen). Numbers may not mean anything, especially if they're uneducated, but the Gudbranson situation in VANCOUVER is divided largely into two camps: he was either poorly utilized or he was not good enough, with some arguments found in the middle ground. We'll see now if he does fine in Pittsburgh, which MAY shed light on why he did so poorly here. It could be that Baumgartner is a bum. Or maybe not. What we can see from the eye test in Vancouver was that he was too slow, full stop. He was a decent skater for a big guy, but even you would have difficulty justifying that he was effective with his mobility. It's not fair to compare him to Byfuglien, but if he were like Byfuglien, he'd probably still have a job in Vancouver. The team didn't lose or isn't losing because of Gudbranson. However, he didn't provide good outlet passes (not his style of game, so that is on Benning), made low percentage moves (shooting pucks around the board constantly), slow in forechecking, which made him ineffective to block point shots and ZERO offensive output. There really wasn't much to praise about Gudbranson's game here, but his character has always been regarded as high.
  18. Fans that purport to be supporters of the team that thought this trade was a negative for them.
  19. We could've used Guddy in our last game /sarcasm Actually, from what I've read so far, Pitts fans were never happy about the Guddy trade. Sad.
  20. Wow... 2019 is starting to make a run for 2018 for celebrities dying.

    1. Pears

      Pears

      Wasn’t 2016 the really bad year?

    2. Dazzle

      Dazzle

      @Pears I forgot what year it was when I wrote this status post, but 2016 sure did come and go fast.

    3. SabreFan1

      SabreFan1

      I was thinking the same thing.  It was either '15 or '16 when they were dropping like fruit flies....

  21. Wisdom teeth removed ;.;

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    2. goalie13

      goalie13

      Keep the sockets clean while they heal or there is more pain in your future.

    3. TNucks1

      TNucks1

      saline water.

    4. TNucks1

      TNucks1

      @Dazzle were you awake when they took em out?

  22. Of course he'd say that. Why would he make himself seem to be the one causing the issue?
  23. And this is a blunder he's going to regret big time. Dahlen that is. He had maybe 2 months of this season left of no Canucks hockey. This summer, he would (should be) working his ass off and show up in prime condition for the training camp. Then he'll make it on the Canucks because of his merits. The fact that he requested a trade THIS year and so late of the year means he'll almost never get a chance to play on an NHL team because everyone is busy trying to get points. The only teams that could play him are the bad ones that don't have anyone better. HUGE mistake by the kid, or at least the agents representing him. Don't want to play for the Canucks? K cya.
  24. At the risk of making this appear like we are delving into the personal lives of players and their families... Schenn and his spouse (Jeska Peczek - more info can be found just by Googling it) married in Kelowna. I believe that if Schenn is motivated to stay in Vancouver, this would be one of the major reasons, otherwise he'll be buried in the AHL. Players have ambitions and Schenn could step up.
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