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4 hours ago, 73 Percent said:
I thought this before and was actually put in my place on this board. We've attracted quite a bit of college free agents even though it feels like we lose out on a lot. How many teams sign a guy out of college that had the impact of tanev.
Off the top of my head we've had tanev stretcher Liane (I'm sure some folks can help me out with more).
Here's the reality. These UDFA signings rarely make an impact at the NHL level. It seems like we lose a lot because we're in the running a lot, unlike a team like the Coyotes or buffalo who never even get considered by sought after udfas.
And Tanev signed when we were a competitive team, but I also can't recall if any other teams were in on him.
It makes sense for someone to want to play on Edmonton and get inflated stats with McD.
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I don't think NJ even considers this deal:
Garland+15th for 2nd overall
Boston 1st for Bahl
I just don't see the value for New Jersey.
I would be angry to give up 2nd overall talent for a player like Garland.
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23 hours ago, Warhippy said:
He seems to be far better at projecting players who are not able to justify their high draft status as much as he is able to say this is consensus pick X at spot Y. That in itself is a neat trick
Hhe also tends to pick where he believes players should go rather than where he believes they will be drafted.
He knew JV would go earlier 1st round, but he believed he should be a 2nd round talent.
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1 minute ago, Elias Pettersson said:
Is there a draft board from 2016 that shows McAvoy ahead of Juolevi? Hindsight is 20/20...
I think McAvoy was later on for sure. At the end of the day, Benning drafted position over BPA and didn't get a d-man that stuck for that gamble.
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23 minutes ago, Drakrami said:
You are way overcomplicating things. If we have the #2 pick for example, we must draft Slafkovsky. Drafting the player most hockey experts / mock draft agrees on. Just like 2016 the only obvious choice at #5 was Tkachuk. 2014 draft at #6 there was no obvious choice and Virtanen looked pretty good at the time, to be honest.
The problem wasn't passing on drafting Tkachuk, but rather not drafting the best defenseman. If we had Sergachev, most people wouldn't care that we passed up on Tkachuk as the two players would be comparable value.
I was okay grabbing the first d-man of the draft over Tkachuk at the time, but we missed on the pick, which means the gamble didn't pay off. Tkachuk was the safe player to draft though, so it sucks to see the easy play ignored.
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1 hour ago, DrJockitch said:
Man NYR rebuild went well.
Lottery luck, Fox gifted to them and have built a really deep young D core with some good vets.
Add Panarin and maybe the best young goalie in the game.
‘That was one efficient rebuild. Amazing what honesty with the fans, commitment to rebuild and some luck can do.Lots of luck! To have Fox only want to play for you, and have Panarin want to play too, those are opportunities that make the rebuilds incomparable.
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26 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:
I can't believe I'm using a computer game reference, but I will. Jingles on Youtube has this thing in World of Warships called "winning harder".
Basically if the team plays smart the game is won (They either have a huge point lead, or its like 6 ships against 2). Then the team throws the game because they
want to destroy all the surviving ships. The other team takes advantage of this, and actually wins the game. (Either by wiping out the team that's winning, or other means)
Basically had Coleman made a better attempt on not touching the puck, it would have went in. Game over (well maybe). The reality is Calgary in this series had numerous chances to put Edmonton away. But they forgot how to defend, and for some baffling reason (maybe he had the yips, maybe pressure got to him) Markstrom folded like a cheap umbrella.
In the end, never put yourself in a position that the League or the Ref's have to make a decision. The NHL isn't the only league that big games have come down to a review.
(Cough, cough NFL). I see Juice's and Jen's point. I also didn't like the evasive answer from Coleman afterwords. His eye was on the puck the whole time. He knew what he was doing. Even if it went to game 6, I don't think Calgary was going to win the series anyways.
Besides it doesn't matter. Unless St. Louis or Colorado completely crap the bed, they will take the conference finals regardless of which team made it.
I think the call should have stood.
As for Marky, he is historically bad against Edmonton and I felt he was going to struggle against McDrais, especially after facing a much weaker stars group.
I think Edmonton could beat St.Louis, as I'm not sold on the Blues goaltending, but Colorado should be able to dominate the play against Edmonton (I'm not sold on Kuemper either, but he's better then Smith).
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4 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:
How did teams draft and develop talent in the 80's and 90's without analytics? Did they actually go to the games and scout them using the eye test?
Would analytics allow you to figure out the character of a hockey player and his desire to win a Stanley Cup at all costs?
Not sure how you can use computers and charts to figure out if someone is going to be a great NHL player. It's alot easier just to visit and talk to their moms, that will open up alot more information about the player than a WAR chart...
I like analytics as a launching point in deciding to scout a player. I feel like the difference between young players is so much greater than the NHL, so analytics can get skewed easier.
As an example, go see why that d-man has a low percentage of turnovers and high efficiency breakouts. Maybe he is making simple plays, plays with an offensive d-man (so passes to him for breakouts), or is just bigger and stronger than his current competition so they can't get the puck away from him. These reasons might put some caution into drafting him.
Numbers always need context to be useful, but they do have a place.
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Kane on a year deal is great, but if we was smart, he'd re-sign with Edmonton.
I'd like Kane too, but only 1-2 year contract maximum, as I think he'd only be decent here.
I want to see how he does against a team like Colorado first. I know people had high hopes for Calgary, but I don't think their forwards carry play against other great offenses and Marky has been historically bad against Edmonton (and has had a brutal series).
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5 minutes ago, -AJ- said:
Yeah he's tied for 13th all-time with 37 goals and an impressive 38.5% rate. Nielsen's 46.2% rate is almost unheard of.
Yeah, I always love when unconventional players do really well in the shoot-out, like out comes Ovie and you're like "thank God it isn't Frans Nielsen or Kyle Wellwood."
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I thought Marky might struggle this series going from broken Seguin to McD and Hasselhoff 2.0.
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4 hours ago, -AJ- said:
Tied for 2nd all-time currently in shootout goals with 49 goals, doing so in just 106 shots. Arguably the 2nd greatest all-time shootout forward in NHL history, behind only Toews.
I have Jussi Jokinen up there too, especially the Dallas Stars Jokinen. I think he went like 9/10 or something to start a year.
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I think it's all about context in moving up and down.
For instance, a team who misses on a player/position (ex: RHD) they wanted is more likely to trade down, and similarly, a team who sees a player/position fall might make a move to get him.I think Picks 1 and 2 should be more valuable than the rest of the top 5, so putting them all in one category is a bit strange, though these picks are rarely traded anyway.
Overall, great stuff!
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I think this game just killed any chance of winning my fantasy league lol
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Boeser can score, but his value will come from board battles and speed, since JR emphasized our lack of speed and wanting to improve in that regard.
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Would instantly make Winnipeg much better.
The Jets still have key holes they need to address with their roster, but if Trotz wants to be part of a mini rebuild I could see it working.
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I think it had to happen after the Lehner debacle and missing the playoffs.
You have to think it was also his decision to go with Lehner over Fleury, so maybe management saw an inability to stick with a goalie.
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31 minutes ago, HorvatToBaertschi said:
It was boring as all hell to follow, I have a buddy who's an intense Habs fan so I was keeping up to date with it for his sake, but if I wanted to watch Price be the only player to stand on his head during an entire series, whilst having no offensive support... I'd watch highlights from 2015.
I will make my comment more appropriate; I haven't been INVESTED in a final since Ovechkin in 2018, and before that.... probably us in 2011
I agree with that. The bubble lost a lot of intensity and Montreal just wasn't a great or exciting team.
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10 minutes ago, HorvatToBaertschi said:
I'm aware that Calgary and Oilers fans hate us and cheer against us every run. But lately I've found that watching the finals, or at least conference finals without canadian teams makes the playoffs incredibly boring and bland. I didn't watch the 2019, 2020, 2021 finals, they were absolutely boring to me, no stakes, no interesting players other than Stamkos and Sergachev.
So I've decided to completely stop cheering against other canadian teams. This battle of alberta is a blessing, we are going to witness one hell of a series with tons of shenanigans and side stories, just like the playoffs are meant to be.
Once that'll be over, I'll cheer for Calgary or for McDavid (puke) against Colorado or ST Louis, even though the conference finals will likely be a short series after these 2 canadian teams rip each other to shreds.
Point of the story, I'm done being petty. These canadian teams can have as many great runs as they want, the Canucks are still going to be the first team since 1993 to bring a cup home.
Montreal was in the Cup Finals in 2021
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Calgary's offense struggled to score against Dallas, but Edmonton does have crappy defense and goaltending.
Both teams controlled and dominated the play in their prior series, so it will be interesting to see who controls this one.
I have Edmonton winning in 6 because I think McDavid and Drais run amok while Calgary's stars stay pretty quiet despite the worse goaltending.
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This game reminded me of game 5 in 2007 when the Ducks grossly outshot Vancouver, and despite Luongo's heroic effort, you knew it was only a matter of time before the Ducks would win.
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Feel bad for Otter, but the turning point was hitting the post 2-1 on the powerplay, so instead of 3-1, it's 2-1 with a penalty shortly after which Calgary utilized to tie the game
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Malkin had a bad playoff, so I don't know if he's the guy at his age to move the needle... but if you can get him cheap then sure
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It depends on the schedule, but I think he should get every back-to-back off (only play 1 of the 2),
There are approximately 12-13 games a month, so he should play 8 or 9 out of the 12/13 games a month.
However, I think he will probably start out heavier (to get into form), and then get more rest nearing the end of the season so he can be fresher for the playoffs.