Monday Morning Fly By: That Was Quite a Weekend

GVT is closer to WAR while WPA is something people are currently working on.

Is Tim Thomas a good goaltender? I’m not sure. He has the benefit of playing the entirety of his games in goal. He isn’t used nearly as often in the neutral or offensive zones.

“When Tavares is on the ice, more shots are aimed at the Islanders’ net than the opposition’s” Um yeah that’s because it’s the isles. For the simple fact that he scores as much as he does when he plays for the islanders should put him ahead of many other players on the list. I’m an islanders fan but lets be honest their goal differential is always negative, that doesn’t mean every player on the roster has no talent.

were my favorites.

I’ll admit that I’m not convinced by the article (of course I can’t read it because I’m not going to pay money to read ESPN write about hockey) particularly because he appears to be using a stat that isn’t in regular usage to draw his conclusions. But still, you’ve got to give him some leeway and try to understand where he’s coming from rather than trashing him and his stats because his conclusions disagree with your pre-formed ones.

Thanks for the info. Paying ESPN for hockey coverage would just seem wrong on principle.

Regarding Number 3…I just can’t do it. I don’t particular dislike any of the players or the coach, Brady has every reason in the world to be a smug douche and he really isn’t. Basically I am just jealous.

I thought Desmond Hume was the constant.

Yup, go Giants…

That’s an expensive pick.

I don’t understand your logic. Why can’t we trade Hartnell for the high pick?

Cause I can’t find them

“But something something shot quality!”

(DRINK!)

Kimmo is good enough, but he is not exactly a young man anymore. So let’s say he goes down with a big injury or Carle or Coburn? What do you do now?

You have to admit the depth at D is not exactly full of talent.

Bryz is not the goalie the front office thought he was, so now you have to rely on your D a little more, especially if you cannot trust the man between the pipes.

I say another talented D-man could not hurt the Flyers chances, even if you have to give up a forward to get one. Though I am not sure who would fit that bill at this time.

Bryz: “Coach, I am lost in woods on shootout, put Bob in.”

I remember this too, so I looked up the details. It happened in a pre-season game last season, and it was Boosh who went in cold, and we won. I found the game sheet, where you can see Boosh got the win without any TOI. But since the backup goalies wouldn’t even get a minute to warm up if you decide to switch goalies in that moment, it can be an injury risk to attempt it without a valid reason to do so.

The phrase “don’t admire your shot or pass” is taught in mites. There is a good reason.

I am not thinking about what happened in Nashville, as that franchise was a joke until recently. So with this team and the obvious better personnel provided to him are the 44 and 49 points below average or are the 60 point year and this year above average? Is this a career year or was the 60 point year a career year? This is only interesting argument because he has had past success. And trust me I am just stirring conversation more then anything because I really like Hartsy and thought all along he should have been wearing and A.

Frankly they have nothing to do with one another, but, Mez helped him, and Bryz was lucky to avoid a match penalty.

Christ she on the rag?!

I am still trying to get all my advanced stats and how they relate to each other straightened out, so I’m appreciative of any articles that can help me learn anything more (thanks for that link).

I suppose I didn’t take into account some of these things which helps explain it a little better. Thanks for taking the time to give me some detail!

But we don’t need scoring because we have great defense and a proven #1 goalie, remember?

By trading Hartnell, you do the following:
Get a very high pick, mid to low level 1st perhaps?
Enable Matt Carle to be signed long-term
Enable Voracek to be signed to a bigger deal
Give another LWer more minutes on a prominent line, perhaps through free-agency?

What was Tyler Kennedy signed for again?

Let’s see how his health fares through the rest of the year first. But I think Jagr said the same.

I agree and it feels good that he feels welcomed but with roughly half a season (and playoffs) left I’d want to see how he holds up the rest of the way.

And my mistake, I just searched for that particular link and didn’t see anything.

why?

It’s still in progress (I’m hoping for an email reply before I post a truly ugly-looking calculation, because I don’t want to mislead you all if I can avoid it), but we have very little room to work with in that department. I’ll keep you posted.

Wheeler was out 2 games, looks like it was precautionary more than anything from what I’m reading.

Actually, the contention is that soccer players run more consistently – so they actually use less power because they’re always sorta idling. Just like a car – when you stop for a few seconds to run into 7-11, it’s better for the car engine to idle while you’re in there (soccer player) while what we do is turn it off and start it up again (hockey player). To do that creates a greater strain on the system, and requires more power.

Yeah interesting stuff. There’s a reason why olympic hockey is the Crown Jewel of the Winter Games. However I’d say that endurance, if that’s what your using to measure fitness, is like any other athletic ability, sport specific. It’s why I’ll consistently refuse to call enforcers anything other than what they are – brawlers. They wouldn’t last more than 3 rounds with a real fighter because they are, you guessed it, hockey players. But if pressed to pick using that criteria, among the major team sports, it would go to soccer in terms of aerobic endurance and hockey players for anaerobic endurance.

“Nearly Everybody Read The Bulletin”

A good follow-up question to Bowman would have been about when he chose to use fighters. Was it when he knew he didn’t have four quality lines and physical intimidation was therefore a good second choice?

And yes, the Flyers v Canadiens 70s story is now more than 35 years old. The game has gone through so many changes since then that it is absurd.

Yeah, it would be like screaming at a brick wall.

Exactly. It’s not a meeting to discuss political views. It’s a celebration of the accomplishment of winning the Cup. It’s not everyday you get an invite to the White House for lunch. I’d go no matter what!

Yeah, I agree with you in part, but not in this case only because it’s the same thing that happens every year no matter who is in office.

That said, it doesn’t make me like him any more or any less. He’s a very good goaltender with a slight weight problem and strong resemblance to Drew Carey who unfortunately plays for Boston so I’m always gonna hate him. I hate whoever doesn’t wear O&B in varying degrees. Ain’t nothing gonna change that, man.

The story is now on Drudge so I presume Thomas got what he wanted out of it.

I’ve just never agreed with any body turning down an invitation to the White House based on political beliefs. Unless you or your loved ones was directly harmed by the Executive branch, I think you go to the White House when asked. Period.

You can make a political statement another time, or, I don’t know, you can make the political statement that the accomplishment of winning a national championship trumps party politics. Or maybe, I don’t know, that despite political differences, you are able to stand in the same room as a guy you disagree with, especially when there is nothing political about it.

Or you can turn a day of celebrating sports into a petty argument over politics.