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Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)
Rewatching the Rangers-Habs game from last night and holy poo poo McD was a beast pretty much the entire game.

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Good Canadian Boy
May 12, 2013

Cartoon Man posted:

Bold prediction:

Whomever wins the Caps/Leafs game tonight will win the privilege of being eliminated by Pittsburgh.

Too many eggs in MAF's basket IMO. Leafs in 4.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Good Canadian Boy posted:

Too many eggs in MAF's basket IMO. Leafs in 4.

The Monkey's Paw's finger curls, as the Leafs get knocked out of the ECF in 4.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


If last night's overtime oilers show up to more games, it doesn't matter anyways because the cup's coming back to edmonton :colbert:

bub spank
Feb 1, 2005

the THRILL
Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh, Chris Kelly is in for the Sens tonight with Pyatt injured. Why not Wingels or White? :iiam:

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Malkin is too stupid to sell the arm instead of a general flop.

Zodijackylite
Oct 18, 2005

hello bonjour, en francais we call the bread man l'homme de pain, because pain means bread and we're going to see a lot of pain this year and every nyrfan is looking forward to it and hey tony, can you wait until after my postgame interview to get on your phone? i thought you quit twitter...
Congratulations to all the optimistic fans who cheered for MAF and the Pens, and those who cheered for the Rangers, including their defense.

The Rangers are winning hockey games and I like it. Dan Girardi is shutting down Patches and that's great.

Chad Sexington
May 26, 2005

I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.
I honestly have no idea which version of the Washington Capitals hockey club will show up tonight.

DuhSal
Aug 16, 2004

I will, brother. I promise.



Pillbug
Hopefully the Leafs *taps on watch* Start On Time tonight.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Chad Sexington posted:

I honestly have no idea which version of the Washington Capitals hockey club will show up tonight.

Keep putting Schmidty out there and I'll be happy.

a false
Mar 5, 2009

I DECIDE
WHO LIVES
AND WHO DIES
my dad texted me "kreider eats the corn out of my poo poo" last night and like 30 seconds later he set up the ot gwg

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


a false posted:

my dad texted me "kreider eats the corn out of my poo poo" last night and like 30 seconds later he set up the ot gwg

:stonklol:

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line

a false posted:

my dad texted me "kreider eats the corn out of my poo poo" last night and like 30 seconds later he set up the ot gwg

hahaha your dad rules

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



My dad still signs his texts with "-Dad" at the end of them.

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

1st team all star
+
2nd degree manslaughter
=
3rd world clothing line
Norris finalists announced, hard to argue with any of these guys

https://twitter.com/TSNHockey/status/855477449227988992


Speaking of Karlsson

https://twitter.com/DimFilipovic/st...503%26page%3D15

:stare:

Chad Sexington
May 26, 2005

I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

The Dirty Burger posted:

Norris finalists announced, hard to argue with any of these guys

https://twitter.com/TSNHockey/status/855477449227988992

Those are all very good hockeymen. Preemptive congrats to Burns on his win.

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012
Pleasantly surprised they went with Hedman instead of Keith/Suter/Weber.

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

history aside, i really don't want the pens to face the caps in the 2nd round. the key to us beating the jackets was getting a 0.933 from MAF and Bob gifting us an 0.882. maybe we get lucky and MAF stays hot, or even luckier and murray comes back (please god), or even luckierier and Holtby stays at around 0.900, but i wouldn't count on any of these. and given how poorly we contained CBJ's offense, i'm not looking forward to seeing what kuzy, ovie, backstrom, oshie and playoff hero tom wilson can do to a letang-less D corps

Chad Sexington
May 26, 2005

I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Sharks Eat Bear posted:

history aside, i really don't want the pens to face the caps in the 2nd round. the key to us beating the jackets was getting a 0.933 from MAF and Bob gifting us an 0.882. maybe we get lucky and MAF stays hot, or even luckier and murray comes back (please god), or even luckierier and Holtby stays at around 0.900, but i wouldn't count on any of these. and given how poorly we contained CBJ's offense, i'm not looking forward to seeing what kuzy, ovie, backstrom, oshie and playoff hero tom wilson can do to a letang-less D corps

Depends, can the Pens execute the Leafs' strategy of a really aggressive forecheck combined with taking away the boards? Is Hagelin coming back for Round 2?

Look Around You
Jan 19, 2009

Chad Sexington posted:

Depends, can the Pens execute the Leafs' strategy of a really aggressive forecheck combined with taking away the boards? Is Hagelin coming back for Round 2?

I would say probably and highly unlikely.

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



What about executing the Leafs' strategy of scoring a ton of goals when Brooks Orpik is on the ice?

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010

Spring Break My Heart posted:

Pleasantly surprised they went with Hedman instead of Keith/Suter/Weber.

Suter would have been fine, IMO, but agreed on the other two.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Mind_Taker posted:

What about executing the Leafs' strategy of scoring a ton of goals when Brooks Orpik is on the ice?

you cant give up goals making stupid hits if you're suspended for one instead

Duck Rodgers
Oct 9, 2012

Mind_Taker posted:

What about executing the Leafs' strategy of scoring a ton of goals when Brooks Orpik is on the ice?

What about executing the Leafs

Slappy Pappy
Oct 15, 2003

Mighty, mighty eagle soaring free
Defender of our homes and liberty
Bravery, humility, and honesty...
Mighty, mighty eagle, rescue me!
Dinosaur Gum
Alzner's out again tonight. Schmidt has played well but I think it makes our penalty kill and empty net defense substantially worse. So don't take penalties you stupid Capitals.

Gunjin
Apr 27, 2004

Om nom nom
Schmidt is so superior to Alzner at this point in their respective careers that it's not even funny.

Slappy Pappy
Oct 15, 2003

Mighty, mighty eagle soaring free
Defender of our homes and liberty
Bravery, humility, and honesty...
Mighty, mighty eagle, rescue me!
Dinosaur Gum

Gunjin posted:

Schmidt is so superior to Alzner at this point in their respective careers that it's not even funny.

He's not big or strong enough to handle some of the guys in front of the net that Alzner can. Otherwise I agree with you. There are certain situations where I'd be more comfortable with Alzner on the ice. He hasn't handled the forecheck well at all though.

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



When/if Alzner is healthy again he should be replacing Orpik, not Schmidt. Hopefully Trotz is smart enough to realize this.

Chad Sexington
May 26, 2005

I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Mind_Taker posted:

When/if Alzner is healthy again he should be replacing Orpik, not Schmidt. Hopefully Trotz is smart enough to realize this.

You know full well that would never happen.

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

You know who was really good for the Oilers last night? Kris Russell.

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENIÈRE IN ME
hah

https://twitter.com/hockeyanalysis/status/855473251224616960

a false
Mar 5, 2009

I DECIDE
WHO LIVES
AND WHO DIES
dan girardi also had a good game last night so i guess it was blind squirrel day

Aye Doc
Jul 19, 2007




david johnson's insane bitterness about corsi will never not be funny

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013


Reminds me of this:
https://twitter.com/simmonssteve/status/395375707821309952

The Golden Man
Aug 4, 2007

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

You know who was really good for the Oilers last night? Kris Russell.

Russell is fuckin bad rear end

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

I saw earlier in the week that a top 5 Corsi team has won like 7 of the last 10 cups or something.

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENIÈRE IN ME

Aphrodite posted:

I saw earlier in the week that a top 5 Corsi team has won like 7 of the last 10 cups or something.

So...Boston, Montreal, or the Caps?

hard to live with those choices

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

Levitate posted:

So...Boston, Montreal, or the Caps?

hard to live with those choices

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010

The Dirty Burger posted:

Norris finalists announced, hard to argue with any of these guys

https://twitter.com/TSNHockey/status/855477449227988992

drat, that's a tough choice to make.

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MononcQc
May 29, 2007

Wondering if we're seeing the effect of teams adjusting their strategy to corsi as a stat. Its correlation to success was possibly relevant as long as it was an observe side-effect of some specific type of playing (i.e. good play was a cause of high corsi). The moment you adjust strategy to voluntarily generate more corsi events, you pad the stat without actual related impact on winning.

Jack Han is starting to track the zone entries and exits with and without control of the puck in the rangers series as a metric, and it seems interesting: http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/a...ytics-breakdown

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