NHL Thread

[havok24]

Heh, most of those pts are scored on the 3rd line....Oates is just as dumb.

 

lol he is doing that on the third line? That's even more impressive. My god Oates is a moron.

[Frag]

Seems we are possibly one step closer to isolating individual play in hockey.

[Frag]

Oh, and Sabres fire Regier and Rolston, replacing them with LaFontaine (temporarily) and... TED NOLAN!

[Dylan]

Leafs get to face backstrom instead of harding tonight. It will still be a tough game for the buds. I'm predicting 4-2 Wild.

[Nox]

Lol @ hiring Pat LaFontaine as the President of Hockey Ops.

 

Sooner or later a smart owner is going to hire a Rays style front office and just run a train through this league.

[Frag]

I've been saying this for years. The first team to hire a bunch of really smart analyst types is going to be so ridiculously far ahead of everyone else that there will by a dynasty there for the taking. We're talking about a league that still hands GM jobs to former players on the reg, and makes decisions almost exclusively based on scouting.

 

San Jose is trying to be that team, though the Mike Brown trade makes me think that their system isn't as refined as the Rays (relatively speaking).

[Nox]

San Jose is trying to be that team, though the Mike Brown trade makes me think that their system isn't as refined as the Rays (relatively speaking).

 

Or maybe they know something about Mike Brown that we don't. Not saying that they do but it is possible. Giving up a 4th has pretty limited downside.

[Nox]

I've been saying this for years. The first team to hire a bunch of really smart analyst types is going to be so ridiculously far ahead of everyone else that there will by a dynasty there for the taking. We're talking about a league that still hands GM jobs to former players on the reg, and makes decisions almost exclusively based on scouting.

 

Stenberg buying an NHL team and implementing said plan would not be shocking.

[Frag]

Or maybe they know something about Mike Brown that we don't. Not saying that they do but it is possible. Giving up a 4th has pretty limited downside.

 

That study I linked above could find something in Brown's game that puck possession stats miss, but I'm doubtful. Regardless, what the Sharks are doing is quite amazing. They are mining for Corsi data in junior leagues, even.

[GD]

Sooner or later a smart owner is going to hire a Rays style front office and just run a train through this league.

 

The Blackhawks say choo choo motherf***er. They're pretty into analytics and they're kind of sort of doing well.

[Dylan]

BS call, his elbow was down and the guy crouched like a pussy

 

lol of course the the call goes against the leafs, when 4-5 of those went uncalled during the bruins game.

[Dylan]

Kessel gives it away and then scores the goal FFS

[Dylan]

lol what a bad game for kessel... at least the leafs get a point.

 

Back to back vs the sabres next.. need to win both.

[Dylan]

Kadri gets 3 games for the backstrom hit

 

Aw man are we going to lose to buffalo twice?

[Dylan]

Seguin and Benn with an unreal night!

 

Still can't believe the bruins gave up on seguin

[Nox]

Seguin and Benn with an unreal night!

 

Still can't believe the bruins gave up on seguin

 

Not enough Intangibillllzz

[Dylan]

Go Leafs Go!

 

Not expecting much tonight

[Dylan]

This is one the worst leafs lineup i've seen in awhile.. and that is saying something.

[Dylan]

Stupid penalty fraser and now we have a tie game..

 

Ok I've had enough of ranger

Edited November 16, 2013 by Dylan

[GD]

I can see the movie in the making.

 

Regression to the Mean: The Toronto Maple Leafs Story

 

Starring Chris Farley as Randy Carlyle and Bradley Cooper as Joffrey Lupul (even though he's off screen for half the movie).

[Dylan]

Leafs remind me of the jays

 

3-4 good players and the rest of the team useless overpaid bums!

[havok24]

This team is freaking terrible. Just tank.

[havok24]

I hear that David Clarkson guy is pretty good!

 

lol

[havok24]

Josh Leivo > David Clarkson.

[Dylan]

Josh Leivo > David Clarkson.

 

I was hoping Leivo would stay, he showed a lot of potential the first few games.

Throw ashton on the 4th line and keep leivo on the 3rd.

 

But we need ashton, orr and mclaren at all times!

[theblujay]

Hard to win when missing your top 3 centers. But they still haven't played a complete game all year. One good period vs. the Bruins is pretty much it...

[havok24]

Hard to win when missing your top 3 centers. But they still haven't played a complete game all year. One good period vs. the Bruins is pretty much it...

 

We only have one top 6 C. Dave Nonis is a f***ing moron. Grabo and Kadri as this teams 1-2 would have been totally fine. Two highly skilled C's and then you got Bolland as your 3C and McClement as your 4th. Now all the pressure is on Kadri to produce.

[Frag]

Leafs trade Blacker, a 2013 3rd round pick and a 2013 7th round pick to Anaheim for Holland and Staubitz

 

3rd could become a 2nd if Holland plays 25 games.

 

Trade makes sense for both teams. Blacker wasn't going to cut it with the Leafs at D and Holland the same at C. Of course, the Leafs also acquire a facepuncher because... it wouldn't be a Dave Nonis trade without one.

[GD]

Wow. Ducks Leafs trade. That's never happened before, ever.

 

Like the trade for both teams. Draft pick might be a bit high though.

[havok24]

Blasphemy!

 

Isn't Holland supposed to be good? At least from what I remember?