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Zodijackylite posted:I do like how the Rangers put this behind them and came back to win a game. I was going to jokingly congratulate you to beating a team that iced Cody Ceci for 25 minutes, but he only played 14:30 last night.
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stab posted:Sooo uhhhhh CAS..... It is me Rex. The insane and probably somewhat annoying poster that mostly regurgitates dumb spreadsheet stuff here to tell you.....I loving told you so!
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Feb 3, 2021 02:40
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Are you suggesting that's an inappropriate term or am I missing a joke? They're all chudly teams op. I would very much not like to see Tony D in Pitt.
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Feb 3, 2021 03:15
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Eric the Mauve posted:Sounds like a Pittsburgh Penguin already, what's his cap hit? Too much, I hope. 1.7 per. He's probably miles better than Kevin Czuczman. No idea on how he compares with Yannick Weber.
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Feb 3, 2021 19:09
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Lol completely owned. Do not blame him at all.
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Feb 3, 2021 21:19
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Not shocked at all. Ice hockey is probably the worst of all the professional sports in regards to high risk for transmission.
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Feb 4, 2021 01:57
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How many players go on LTIR with Covid complications to circumnavigate buyouts and retirement penalties?
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Feb 4, 2021 02:26
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Good soup! posted:From BroadstreetHockey I can help! The problem here is you're trying to watch the hockey game. That is wrong. What you should be doing is staring at a spreadsheet. Spreadsheet says Boston had 53-54% of the corsi and actual shots. Flyers had 59% of the scoring chances while they and the Bruins split the high danger chances. xG per Natural Stat says they split 53 to 47 in Philly's favor. Despite that the Flyers converted 1 high danger and 2 regular scoring into goals at 5v5. That is at least the beginnings of sustainable hockey and why they are talking the way they are.
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Feb 4, 2021 15:45
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Eric the Mauve posted:So what's the inevitable MAF back to Pittsburgh trade in a month or two going to look like? Kinda tricky since both teams are capped out. Start the work on Ian Cole and Nick Bonino as well.
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Feb 6, 2021 04:49
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Lol the Pens getting .861 and .894 goaltending. Murray is somehow putting up comparable or worse so that's pretty funny. The heat maps of goals against are almost all on top of the crease. Maybe it's a system thing.
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Feb 7, 2021 15:38
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Krime posted:It would help if Letang didn't do the dumbest thing possible so often. Letang has been noticably declining for a few years now and it's unfortunate to watch. If he could reign in some of his impulses he'd probably be fine, but RIP.
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Feb 7, 2021 23:55
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Well yea refs can't hand out freebies for you in hockey the same way.
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Feb 8, 2021 03:40
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Duck Rodgers posted:The refs gave out a free goal just this afternoon Did the team get a trophy for that? Flocons de Jambon posted:Louis CK has a bit where he says maybe pedophiles wouldn't kill so many victims if we didn't get so furious at them for molesting kids. This is bad and you should feel bad about it. Maybe more stuff about pounding ref's dogs or something.
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Feb 8, 2021 14:44
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Ginette Reno posted:In 2000-01 he averaged 26:52 per game in ice time on the Panthers. Absolutely absurd beer league poo poo. That's one of my favorite Bure stats. Mitch Marner is currently the most played forward wat *nearly* 23 minutes a night. Conor McDavid and Mark Scheifele about :30 behind at 22:30.
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Feb 8, 2021 17:25
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OldSenileGuy posted:Would mandatory full-face shields for the league help mitigate this? Would the players ever agree to that? Only if they include n95+ filtration otherwise it could arguably be worse in how it would trap covid particles in and around the nose/mouth area. Edit: Part of the deal is the NHL allegedly has 'robust' contact tracing sooooooooo
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Feb 9, 2021 01:47
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:I wanted to answer this with actual quotes from people. Reminder the CDC still hasn't stated that Covid is predominantly transmitted via aerosolization despite mountains of evidence for it. So the NHL is just following the leader. Sure whatever. This could be great content.
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Feb 9, 2021 14:53
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DJExile posted:If you like absolutely loaded prospect pipelines that never move up to the NHL team, then Ron is 100% your guy. What's a prospect?
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Feb 9, 2021 15:28
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It's very much cash in and rebuild time imo. Letang and Malkin both have a year left (after this season) and I think if the Pens can get value out of trading those contracts maybe they do. However, not a ton of picks and there is a mess of contracts now from GM JR just throwing everything at the wall and seeing what stuck. It'll be different that's for sure and if he isn't handing out dumb as gently caress offseason contracts that would be nice. Also get rid of Matheson. I think you could potentially pivot the roster, but man it's iffy. I don't think this team and it's current system is near a cup though.
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Feb 9, 2021 16:50
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Eric the Mauve posted:You'll recall Rutherford's departure happened because he worked out a deal to trade Letang and ownership refused to allow it. Letang and Malkin aren't going anywhere and in fact will probably be re-signed. Oh I'm very aware. I shudder to think what the return for Letang would have been though...actually wonder if that trade would have been with Winnipeg.
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Feb 9, 2021 17:09
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Mind_Taker posted:Is it me or is the NHL just comically worse than every other league at dealing with COVID? The NFL and MLB were also poo poo-shows for a while. Hockey though by virtue of how often they play and the conditions they play in with the total number involved personnel probably jumps that exposure number way up. rex rabidorum vires fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Feb 9, 2021 |
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Feb 9, 2021 17:43
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Eric the Mauve posted:Cap space that could be turned into some desperately needed depth via other moves down the road. Tbh cap space is going to be a super precious commodity moving forward assuming revenue is uh what it is right now. Theoretically we could see how this season goes and they still have 1 year left each (Letang/Malkin) and see what you can for them in the offseason. That's why the Matheson contract is so poo poo and why the Tanev deal could be an issue sooner rather than later.
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Stoked for this poo poo show. Kilza posted:https://twitter.com/NBCSportsPR/status/1359221734579310595 I'll probably watch it to see if McDavid puts up 10 points.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:00
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Bennett for Ceci please and thank you. I'd do this trade in a heartbeat. Retain on Bennett tho.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Lost in the shuffle of "lol gently caress Torts" is Laine was the subject of his own "This Guy Scored" last night, which probably didn't help his coach's mood: So I looked up this play because I'm staring at this picture and I see 2 D men in front with 1 Hurricane. 2 other Jackets tied up in the circle with another Cane and Laine...there. Events - Faceoff loss. Canesleft winger easy pass to the left point. Canes D guy has 2 seconds shifts to his left to throw the puck at the net. 23 for the Canes gets away with a bit of a pick. Puck hits someone in front. There are 2 Canes on top of each other with the puck in the high slot after the puck is blocked down. 13 gets a decent shot off with 2 CBJ players both in mad scramble mode to try and block the shot. 23 gets free and finds the puck out in front because someone does block the shot (whoever the Jacket is in front) and it's easy to put home because of mad scramble. Now Laine basically floats out towards the point from the face off loss. Follows the D guy down into the top of the circle and then just stands on the faceoff dot. Laine doesn't really do anything else. Now I guess Laine could come into the pile of humanity in the slot and help out there. If you're being super critical of Laine it's that he is in no mans land achieving nothing. However, his teammates are running around completely unstructured and lol that's why they got scored on. Benching Laine for a complete system breakdown there is loving stupid though.
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Italian infrastructure falling apart water wet.
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Sullivan has benched players before, but it's usually 4th liners that gently caress up really bad and are costing the team the game.
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Feb 10, 2021 17:22
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Aphrodite posted:And historically, if you can't find the sphere you just play with 1 fewer person and the problem is solved. I have an idea for the Weakest Link reboot.....
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Feb 10, 2021 21:34
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Do the UEFA Champions league thing and make your own NHL anthem and just play that for everyone. Leave out the UEFA bribery though.
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Feb 10, 2021 23:40
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DildenAnders posted:I'm pretty sure their possesion numbers, expected goal %'s, and other nerd poo poo are all markedly better than last year, like from one of the worst teams in the league to at least above average. Just their goaltending has taken a hilarious time to take a dump, and their non-Panarin veterans are seemingly allergic to putting the puck in the net. I'm sure it'll level off (especially with how good Shesterkin is as a goalie) but these stretches are very often the final straws for coaches before getting fired. 47% coris, 48.5% shots for, and 47% xGF last year with 51.2% actual results on the back of above average scoring/high danger chance conversion. This year it's a 49% corsi for, 51% Shots for, and 51% xGF. Currently rocking a 46% actual GF on the back of a bit lower scoring/high danger chance conversions and a drop off in the sv% numbers. The east is really weird this year though. Flyers are getting decent outcomes despite being not very good on the spreadsheet. Pittsburgh is getting the 2nd worst goaltending in the league...good thing they traded a puts finger to ear piece hm the guy they traded...that bad? Wow. The East is wide open.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:I'm trying to think of an equivalent as like... just a really longtime session musician. Fripp has King Crimson so I think that analogy breaks down super fast.
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FBS posted:And uhhhhhhhh what if he dies before then? At least it wouldn't be the NHLs doing. You know unlike the CMA lifetime achievement recipient Charley Pride...
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Feb 11, 2021 23:31
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Jackie Redmond says Nashville is fraudulent lol owned.
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Feb 11, 2021 23:57
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:I made homemade pierogi for dinner tonight. May it bring this wretchedly cursed penguins team a change of fortune Did you deep fry it as is PA tradition?
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Feb 12, 2021 00:34
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I do not like Brian Burke and would prefer he barn fight his way out of the league
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CocoaNuts posted:I recall quite clearly watching the Pens get muscled off the puck on more occasions than I could count by a far more physical Caps team over the past few playoffs. I'm not sure which playoffs you're watching then 'cause outside of the Caps run in '17-18 they haven't played the Pens and the 2 previous times...oh the Caps lost. That Wilson was suspended for a hit that wasn't even assessed a minor let alone the 5 minute major it should have been lol yeah great physicality. This of course ignores the blindside concussive hit he got away with the game previously.
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Feb 12, 2021 23:09
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Ginette Reno posted:I don't even know if it's all that either. I think a lot of other teams got better and the Pens stagnated a bit. There's also been a huge push to emulate how the Pens played. Teams are going more focused on speed and skill. The speed advantage the Pens used to have is not as much evident against most teams now. Everyone can skate. IMO I don't think Sullivan has the players to execute his systems and getting those players is probably impossible 'cause it requires the Crosby/Geno of a few years ago along with a Conor Sheary having a career year, a breakout Guentzel, Bonino providing extremely solid 3rd line play along with a high flying Hagelin (who shouldn't have been traded  ) and Kessel, and having a D Core that could move the puck cleanly and efficiently. At present the goaltending is the most glaring issue, however the defending is paying a part into that. The front of the Pens goal is a bright red blob of super high danger chances that they're giving away every game. Something Sullivan loves to do is have his center swing super low into the corner/behind the net battles and if they win that battle they go up the wing and take a bumper pass to the middle. Unfortunately this hasn't worked as well in the last 3.5 years vs the first 2.5 years for Sullivan and a big part of that is speed both in terms of the Pens centers and their defenders. Letang can't skate anywhere nearly like he used to and most the rest of the back end now are decent but they aren't the Makar/Hughes jump up on the play types that thrived in Sullivan's system. I think the team can still have some success, but it likely requires a tighter system.....and some saves.
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Jhet posted:I’m laughing because the olympics are maybe still going to happen. Let’s get thousands of athletes and coaches together in one place from all over the globe. I’m sure it’ll be fine. I've watched Isles/Pens games on the upper half of the cablevision tv guide channel so this is a major upgrade.
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GM JRs trading of Hornqvist was a massive dick move and probably a huge gently caress you to the room and likely has as much to do with his removal as anything. Fucks sake didn't even approach the player about his trade clause. Makes me wonder if GM JRs constant chopping and changing via trades became an issue for general team harmony/morale.
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Mike_V posted:The Pens only have 1 regulation win all year?? Eyup. It's completely sustainable. That regulation win came with minutes left in the 3rd as well after being outplayed for long periods. 
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Duchene got paid and lol at buying it out. He's already set. But, Jack Johnson is still getting contracts so forever would be my guess. Makes me mourn for Yak city though
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