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/end of 'metric'.
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it had to have worked in the first place/at some point in order to become 'broken'. it's right up there with hero charts - negative analytical value imo.
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[Proposal] Trade Capitals & Canucks
oldnews replied to BigTramFan's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
interesting proposal - I would personally not make that deal though. a one for one - Hathaway for MacEwen I probably do - but I don't include Highmore in that deal. If Washington wants/needs to shed cap - that's all they're getting and it accomplishes their goal regardless. -
? there was no "comparison" of Juolevi and Rathbone - and no - there's not room for them both in the lineup - two spots on the left side are taken by OEL and Hughes - the 3rd spot will be competed for - potentially shared by those two - but whether they are 'different players or not' has nothing to do with it - performance will.
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There is no good argument for pretending to know which prospects "should' make the club in training camp. So many people pencilling Rathbone into the lineup already - on an 8 game sample - while there is a pretty good prospect in Juolevi for him to compete with - and a few others that will have an eye on that 4 spot as well. That is the point of training camp - to assess where the player actually is at the time - not fantasize about where one thinks they should be. It's a competition - and players need to show up, and prove themselves to earn those spots. I realize that Rathbone is the new flavorite of many in the fanbase for good reasons (but unfortunately that tends to play out in typical ways - of playing them off their team-mates or putting premature expectations on them) - people get carried away gifting their favorites roster spots before the results play out in camp, on the ice.
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Yes - it's entirely situational / and dependent upon who is on the ice. This is a dead horse wadr to the OP - has been discussed elsewhere and shown that the Canucks are right there with the rest of the league in terms of balance of entries. Further - not following that link or gonna bother to respond to specifics until they're posted in this thread - but when you have a season where half of it is spent icing half a roster of replacement waivers players, AHL callups and prospects while dealing with no camp, and a covid outbreak - don't expect a particularly representative sample.
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he doesn't know how good or bad OEL has been the past few years - he takes his cues from other people who take their cues from other people who parrot whatever they read on message boards and weekend warrior blogs. probably saw 5 minutes of OEL - and doesn't know how to assess a player based on usage, outcomes, etc - objective metrics. claimed that Arizona was desperate to dump OEL because Chychrun is as 'close to an all around #1 as they come'. Whatever fantasy story floats the e-boat.
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[Signing] Flames re-sign Nikita Zadorov
oldnews replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
was going to say exactly that. -
Coyotes lose vote for new arena - future unclear
oldnews replied to mll's topic in General Hockey Discussion
Obviously if the Jets hadn't already returned to Winnipeg, sending that cluster-'karma'-fk home would be a no-brainer... But almost as obvious - would be giving Quebec City a team back. -
Coyotes lose vote for new arena - future unclear
oldnews replied to mll's topic in General Hockey Discussion
can't wait for what the Jets fans come up with - for a chant - on this one....