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An abuser isn’t always physically more imposing than his victim. So much of it is about power dynamics, which are often far more mental than physical. And the abuser being in a position of trust and/or authority. Grooming is also a factor. And abusers often have almost a sixth sense for finding vulnerable targets. I doubt what happened to Beach was just a one night thing. The event itself was, but Aldrich was probably laying the groundwork over a long period of time, waiting for his chance, and when he acted, I’m sure that Beach felt completely powerless to resist, even if physically-speaking, he could have easily fought off his abuser. I’m sure this is also a huge factor in the shame Beach felt for years and his struggle to heal and come to terms with the abuse he suffered. I don’t see any reason to doubt Beach’s account. And while I’m sure it’s not what you meant, I think questioning the validity of Beach’s story, simply because he may have been bigger and stronger than Aldrich, is part of the overall societal illness of victim blaming/skepticism that makes young men less likely to come forward after being abused.
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Isn’t their entire broadcast team basically employees of the Panthers organization though? https://www.nhl.com/panthers/team/broadcasters I’d assume when the team went ahead with Quenneville behind the bench tonight, there was an understanding that a full gag order would be in effect on the broadcast.
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The ratio on every tweet by @FlaPanthers tonight is insane. And it gives me hope for humanity. (Basically 90%+ of the replies tonight are “fire Quenneville” related.) If the powers that be won’t take care of this, it looks like NHL fans will. I can’t see the league or the team accepting this kind of negative PR for very long. Doubt Q has a job tomorrow.
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I feel like in letting Quenneville coach tonight, hockey culture as a whole is failing Kyle Beach yet again, and in the same way it failed him a decade ago. There are so many people who could (and should) have already stepped up and stopped this. The league could have easily stepped in, and put Quenneville on leave, pending his meeting with Bettman tomorrow. The team could have easily told Q to sit this game out (or just fired him already). Even Quenneville himself could have had the decency to take a step back. And the Panthers players could have gotten together, stood up for a fellow player, and said they won’t take the ice if Coach Q is on the bench. This is bigger than hockey. Bigger than a home game. Bigger than wins and losses. Bigger than a winning streak. I’m just so disappointed that the culture around this sport makes it possible that, on a whole bunch of different levels, no one is willing to just stand up tonight and say it’s not okay for Quenneville to be coaching an NHL game on this day. Because it’s really not okay.
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Definitely sickening that Aldrich was allowed to quietly resign, and then move on to other jobs where he could continue to prey on vulnerable young men. Not all too different from how the Catholic Church used to handle their pedophile priests. And that’s why it’s so important that the guys at the top, in the positions the power, and who were in the room during that meeting, all pay a price and are held accountable. Otherwise, the culture doesn’t really change and this type of thing continues to happen. There must be consequences. And resignations alone don’t cut it. The NHL should bar all those found responsible from any future employment in the league for a significant period of time. If we can’t expect decency, we must use fear. Ideally, the people in power would always do the right thing in these situations, and protect the abused from abusers. But if they won’t (and clearly the guys running the show in Chicago didn’t), then it needs to be made very clear, to every front office and staff in the NHL, that failing to act and respond appropriately in these situations will lead to some very harsh penalties, both for the team, and for the individuals involved. That hasn’t really happened yet (with just the $2M fine and Bowman’s resignation), but I hope it does.
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Or it’s the usage? Which is sort of the coach’s fault, but also the GM’s, because he built the roster. Schmidt was used as a shutdown/matchup D in Vancouver. Around 30% offensive zone starts, playing mostly with Edler, and matched up against the opposition’s best players. And in that role, he actually had some of the better results on the team, in what was a pretty bad season for everyone. I don’t really blame Green for this. He didn’t really have better options available. And as bad as the team was, it would probably have been even worse without the Edler-Schmidt pairing taking on the tough minutes last year. (Unpopular take: Nate Schmidt was actually pretty good for the Canucks, and performed quite admirably in the role he was assigned, especially relative to the rest of the team.) Now in Winnipeg, he’s being used in a much more offensive minded role, with much more favourable deployment (around 55% offensive zone starts), and higher PP time. Instead of playing shutdown/matchup minutes, he’s now being used as more of an offensive/two-way top pairing D (he’s 2nd in defenceman icetime at evens, PP, and all situations for the Jets). Not really surprising that Schmidt’s offensive production has magically rebounded and he’s had a very strong overall start to the season.
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Maybe? If Spartak intends to play Zlodeyev at the KHL level, that’s probably good. Would really like to see Z taking the next step, and becoming a KHL regular this season. If a trade and new team can better facilitate this, then it’s a good thing. But if going to Spartak Moscow also means Z ends up playing with Jake Virtanen and then they become close, on and off the ice, and Jake’s habits and values start to rub off on Z, then… maybe not good?
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Well, that’s kind of what I’m getting at, actually. If you go into a game with low expectations for a certain player, they’ll probably confirm that negative bias, and may even exceed it. But I hear you. Sometimes guys just **** the bed completely, and no minds tricks will result in a significantly different interpretation of their shocking performance. What I do find is that priming myself by forcibly altering my expectations helps me pick up elements of a player’s game that I might otherwise miss, due to my own biases. Eye tests will always be flawed, but challenging one’s own biases, and limiting/accounting for subjectivity, wherever possible, leads to overall better player evaluation IMO.
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I notice a lot of things with our Dmen. Then I check myself (as much as I can) for confirmation bias. This definitely goes for Myers. (And pretty much every Canucks Dman.) If you go into games thinking Myers tends to make bad pinches, be a little too permissive in the neutral zone, vulnerable to getting walked when defending against quicker, more evasive players, a bit on the lumbering and lazy side in some of his one-on-ones, often overcommits and loses position, and is very likely to take too many bad penalties, you’ll probably get what you’re expecting. But if you go into games thinking Myers skates very well for a big man, moves the puck really well, has a heavy shot, has good offensive instincts, is very strong and physical and able to overpower most opponents, positions himself well inside his zone, and uses his size and strength effectively to move/freeze players and control space, then you’ll probably also get what you’re expecting. It’s a fun exercise. Try starting a game and listing in your head the strengths/weaknesses of our Dmen and how you’d definite their overall profiles. Then watch a period of hockey and see how well things line up with your expectations. Then (and this is the hard part but also the fun part), over the intermission, really try to think about those same players in the opposite manner to your expectations. Then watch the next period. And see how much their play “changes.” It’s pretty interesting. I’d actually recommend this mental exercise to some of the people saying Rathbone is a complete defensive liability and should be sent to the AHL. And I also recommend it for people who say Myers is a trash player. He’s not trash. Myers is a solid NHL Dman. Albeit one with flaws and one whose results, especially on the stats side, suggest he’s probably not nearly as good as some of his stronger backers say he is. But he’s also not anywhere close as bad as his haters claim. I’d say most of the really strong opinions expressed on these boards (especially in the GDTs), either pro or anti, are largely based on biases in those individual viewers’ “eye tests” rather than any kind of objective reality, when it comes to evaluating player performance. (Not sure if this will be a popular post. )
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I say give them some video review and practice time during the current homestand to iron things out with PP1. If that fails, then do a shakeup, possibly a dramatic one.
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“Banged up,” according the Coach Hartsburg. Not sure how serious. Hopefully just day-to-day. He went down behind the net during the Saginaw game (October 17), and then was off to the dressing room. Perhaps that’s when injured?
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Which is the best development league
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME replied to Fred65's topic in General Hockey Discussion
I still can’t find that SIF study from Sweden. Maybe it was internal and not publicly shared? I definitely recall it being discussed though. Did track down this IIHF source, however, that digs into many of the issues we’re talking about: https://webarchive.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/The_IIHF/IceTimes_10_6.pdf Good read for those with the time. -
Which is the best development league
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME replied to Fred65's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Practice to game ratio is a big factor, when it comes to development, and one that favours many of the European leagues and systems (as well as the NCAA), where their seasons often run almost as long on the calendar as North American pro leagues, but they play 20-40 fewer games, leaving much more time for practice. Similarly, less time is lost to travel, as the distances are shorter in Europe (just compare the SHL’s geographical footprint to the NHL/AHL), and the transportation system is often better, compared to North America (AHL especially). And with less travel time comes less fatigue, and less need for rest days, versus hitting practice/training again quickly after playing games. Then there’s the profit issue, where systems like Sweden’s SIF (Swedish hockey federation) only allow 49% private ownership of clubs, with the club members holding 51%. Profits are required to be reinvested in the team, and a lot goes back into their development systems. The entire focus of the Swedish system is much more on developing the best overall population of players, versus building the most competitive and profitable teams. Also, in the Swedish system, the investment in players starts young and continues for many years. The timeframe is shorter in North America (as far as players remaining in a single club’s system), whether it’s Europeans going to the CHL or drafted and sent to the AHL, with much more of a “what have you done for me lately” approach. And a seemingly endless supply of young players to chew up and spit out. -
Which is the best development league
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME replied to Fred65's topic in General Hockey Discussion
I think they also mean guys with development curves running into their 20’s. They found it was better for them to just stay and develop in Sweden, if they’re not going straight to the NHL. And they found when their young guys go to AHL, it actually sets them back, instead of helping them truly reach their potential. This has also been a focus of negotiations in the intentional agreements, as the Swedes in particular have fought for greater rights to hold onto and develop NHL drafted players that don’t graduate straight to the NHL as prospects. Rather than have them go the the AHL, the Swedes have pushed to have players returned back to their system to develop further. The Swedes have never had an issue with their top young players going to the NHL (well, other than wanting to raise some of the fees on those transfers). But it’s not about those elite young guys. Those prospects are too good for either the SHL or the AHL. It’s about the guys who need more time to develop, and their research suggests that development is more successful in the Swedish leagues versus the AHL. -
Which is the best development league
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME replied to Fred65's topic in General Hockey Discussion
IIRC the Swedish Ice Hockey Association commissioned a study a few years back that basically came to the same conclusion. They found that Swedish players had better careers if they simply avoided stops in the AHL. Development and career trajectory was found to be better if they stayed in Sweden, for the players were not able to make the NHL immediately. Their research suggested that time spent in the AHL not only lowered player’s odds of finding eventual NHL success (compared to Swedish home grown players), but also the AHL eventually returned inferior players back to Europe, relative to the career trajectories of comparable players who never left their home country’s system. Sorry, I can’t track down a link. I do remember posting about this stuff a while back, however. -
Kunz not in the UND lineup for tonight’s game. Not sure if injured or healthy scratch? It’s not unusual for freshmen to get sat for the occasional game, so hopefully he’s back for the next one.
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Good start for Dahlén. Leads all NHL rookies in goals and plus-minus, second (tied) in points, and fourth (tied) in shots on goal. Also really solid (albeit early) 5v5 underlying numbers, among the league’s top rookies in team relative rates for most differential events stats (Corsi, Fenwick, etc). And leads all rookies in rush attempts (and only one off the league lead).
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Another game, another assist (am I repeating myself? ). Truscott picks up the secondary here, setting up Hughes for the shot, and Johnson puts in the redirect. That should be 5 points in 5 games.
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Without a doubt. He’s looked really good so far. And the stats more than back this up. OEL is leading the defence in a host of statistical categories. Just a few worth mentioning (all from 5v5): CF% 55.56 (1st on team) CA/60 46.01 (1st on D) FF% 56.44 (1st on D) SF% 56.41 (1st on D) GF% 66.67 (2nd on D) xGF% 47.06 (2nd on D) xGA/60 2.11 (2nd on D) SCF% 51.57 (1st on team) OZS% 39.29 (most defensive usage on D) OZFo% 46.00 (most defensive usage on D) Hits 10 (tied 2nd on team)
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[GDT] Canucks @ Blackhawks - Oct 21st, 2021, 5:30pm PST
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME replied to a topic in Canucks Talk
Nah, all those scouts are there for Chiasson.