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2019-2020 NHL Thread

Nik Bethune said:
Good to see the Senators are trying to kill their best player:

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1207128940290031616
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He has to earn every penny of that $8M
 
Then:
https://twitter.com/dstaples/status/1154789999725776896
Now:
https://twitter.com/JoshYohe_PGH/status/1207318109935296515
 
He's got more points in the NHL in 32 games then he did last year in 33 college games. Not saying they're the same player but that would be like the Leafs trading Holl.
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/heresyourreplay/status/1207126189573386240
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Remember when spin-o-rama's were becoming really popular in shootouts and fans were like "oh hey this is pretty cool" and then the league banned them? Anyway I'm just saying Matthews better do one of these this season while he still can.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Remember when spin-o-rama's were becoming really popular in shootouts and fans were like "oh hey this is pretty cool" and then the league banned them? Anyway I'm just saying Matthews better do one of these this season while he still can.
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Am I the only one not overly impressed with these types of goals? 

And in the same breath, the one-handed goal has also lost its lustre.
 
Success on the Island:  ?Old-school? Lamoriello adjusting to today?s NHL youth, part and parcel of the Islanders current & (future) successes.

Lamoriello may be old school, but he understands the realities of today?s NHL

In Toronto on Lamoriello?s watch, only Auston Matthews went straight to the NHL as an 18-year-old. Mitch Marner, arguably the most talented Leaf, went back to junior following his draft year and a superb Toronto training camp.
But here the Islanders are, with a 77-year-old GM and four teens on the pro rosters. Managing all those kids calls for some adjustments.

?We?ll have our strength coach go to Bridgeport a bit more to work with them, our skating person in one spot more,? Lamoriello said. ?Communication, especially with the young players in Bridgeport, is a daily thing with Chris (Lamoriello, Sound Tigers GM). And the environment around them is very important ? that?s why we have veterans like (Steve) Bernier, like (Colin) McDonald, like Hickey and now (Andrew) Ladd will be there, too. It?s no different than sending them off to college. You want them to be surrounded by the right people.?
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The modern NHL standings create such a false notion of how good teams actually are. If we just counted overtime losses as losses, the way the NBA did, there'd be 5 teams with impressive records(Caps, Islanders, Hurricanes, Blues, Avs). There'd be two teams with clearly terrible records in the Wings and Devils.

Then there would be 24 teams somewhere between 14-21 wins. 19 of them between 16 and 20.

Does anyone think these standings are a real reflection of how good these teams are? In a game where the reffing is so subjective and can have such a huge impact and where bounces play such a big role, does anyone really think the 6 month regular season does anything other than test which team holds up the best to injury or is able to get lucky with goaltending?

I just wish I understood why anyone ever thought this was the NHL they wanted to see. Literally 80% of the league is basically indistinguishable from each other.
 
That post was brought to you by watching the Rockets/Clippers game last night and realizing I hadn't enjoyed any Hockey game as much as that regular season Basketball game since maybe Matthews' debut or a 2014 Olympics game.
 
Nik Bethune said:
That post was brought to you by watching the Rockets/Clippers game last night and realizing I hadn't enjoyed any Hockey game as much as that regular season Basketball game since maybe Matthews' debut or a 2014 Olympics game.
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It's funny, I used to have so much excitement for a Leaf game no matter the opponent or how bad the Leaf team was. Now I find myself struggling to finish a recorded game that I can fast forward through at will. The game is exponentially worse.
 
Andy said:
It's funny, I used to have so much excitement for a Leaf game no matter the opponent or how bad the Leaf team was. Now I find myself struggling to finish a recorded game that I can fast forward through at will. The game is exponentially worse.
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And as much as it's a problem in quality, it's also sort of a problem in the monotony of style. Is there any team out there that makes you say "Wow, they play very differently than most teams"?
 
Nik Bethune said:
And as much as it's a problem in quality, it's also sort of a problem in the monotony of style. Is there any team out there that makes you say "Wow, they play very differently than most teams"?
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I'd say Tampa Bay from two years ago fit that bill.  They were like a well oiled machine. 

But your point stands.  The game is over-coached to death. 
 
CarltonTheBear said:
NHL.com has somehow managed to make their stats page even worse. Generally impressed by that.
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Yeah. What is Net PP% and Net PK%? There's absolutely not explanation as to how they're different from standard PP% and PK% (though, clearly there are), and I can't figure out what other stat they're co-opting.
 
bustaheims said:
CarltonTheBear said:
NHL.com has somehow managed to make their stats page even worse. Generally impressed by that.
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Yeah. What is Net PP% and Net PK%? There's absolutely not explanation as to how they're different from standard PP% and PK% (though, clearly there are), and I can't figure out what other stat they're co-opting.
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Oh my god I didn't even get to the team section yet. WHAT ARE THOSE?!

Nevermind their helpful terminology section cleared that up entirely:

Net PP%: Power Play Net Pct
PP%: Power Play Percentage
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Oh my god I didn't even get to the team section yet. WHAT ARE THOSE?!

Nevermind their helpful terminology section cleared that up entirely:

Net PP%: Power Play Net Pct
PP%: Power Play Percentage
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I figured them out. They're dumb. Net PP% is PP goals - SH goals allowed / PP opportunities, and Net PK% is PP goals allowed - SH goals / PK attempts.

Giving up a SH goal doesn't mean your PP converted at a lower rate! Scoring a SH doesn't mean you killed off a greater percentage of PPs! That's not how that works!
 
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