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Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Corsi isn't an advanced stat.

It's shots. It's just shots.

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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
Baseball is basically just a series of one on one matchups that lends itself very well to statistical analysis. Hockey is played on ice. There are lots of foreign participants. Big bodies are present. Truculence is a factor. You have to play the right way.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
the rehabilitation of justin schultz's reputation also had little to do with his fancy stats and everything to do with his traditional stats - 12G/39A/51P/+27 in this last season, which puts him in the top 10 for all of those stats among d-men except goals

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




Pornographic Memory posted:

the rehabilitation of justin schultz's reputation also had little to do with his fancy stats and everything to do with his traditional stats - 12G/39A/51P/+27 in this last season, which puts him in the top 10 for all of those stats among d-men except goals

Brady Anderson hit 51 dingers one season, sooooooo...

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy
From the analytics conference yesterday by far the coolest advanced stats thing was from SMT, the company that introduced the glowing Fox puck. They used IR tracking during the world cup and were able to create 3D game data, which leads to stuff like which players can pick corners in game situations, which players can get open in scoring areas (whether or not their teammates get them the puck), which players are effective at blocking high-danger shots, how fast different types of shots are (and how fast different players shoot the puck in game situations), etc. It's probably 10+ years away from really being used but that stuff is incredibly cool and not just shots as a substitute for possession.

e: Also Timo Seppa had a talk about text mining scouting reports to improve drafting. It was really cool, a novel way of looking at the stats vs scouts question. http://statsportsconsulting.com/main/wp-content/uploads/TextMiningScoutingNHLDraftAnalyticsFeb2017.pdf Turns out scouts are pretty good at their jobs, it just doesn't always translate to how teams actually draft.

Jordan7hm fucked around with this message at 18:58 on May 7, 2017

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Jordan7hm posted:

From the analytics conference yesterday by far the coolest advanced stats thing was from SMT, the company that introduced the glowing Fox puck. They used IR tracking during the world cup and were able to create 3D game data, which leads to stuff like which players can pick corners in game situations, which players can get open in scoring areas (whether or not their teammates get them the puck), which players are effective at blocking high-danger shots, how fast different types of shots are (and how fast different players shoot the puck in game situations), etc. It's probably 10+ years away from really being used but that stuff is incredibly cool and not just shots as a substitute for possession.

e: Also Timo Seppa had a talk about text mining scouting reports to improve drafting. It was really cool, a novel way of looking at the stats vs scouts question. http://statsportsconsulting.com/main/wp-content/uploads/TextMiningScoutingNHLDraftAnalyticsFeb2017.pdf Turns out scouts are pretty good at their jobs, it just doesn't always translate to how teams actually draft.

As can be shown by any of those articles that replace a GM with a hypothetical potato that only drafts kids by their scout rankings

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/861244081988554753

Cool, glad Getzlaf was able to get away with injuring Sekera on a late hit.

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

Kilza posted:

https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/861244081988554753

Cool, glad Getzlaf was able to get away with injuring Sekera on a late hit.

:tinfoil:

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




Glad I'm not gonna be able to watch the game tonight. Gut-shots like game 5 was take teams out of serieses. Expect the Oilers to be listless and uncoordinated.

Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 20:04 on May 7, 2017

Albino Squirrel
Apr 25, 2003

Miosis more like meiosis
I got tickets for game 6. Looking forward to the riots tonight!

JohnnyCanuck
May 28, 2004

Strong And/Or Free
Can all Sens games be Saturday matinee games that go to OT?

Because we seem to do pretty well at those.

Heliogabalos
Apr 16, 2017
you can still key in codes for the cheapest of item (for example, celery instead of organic whatever) and no one pays any attention and it saves me a fuckton of money on organic produce

Kilza posted:

https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/861244081988554753

Cool, glad Getzlaf was able to get away with injuring Sekera on a late hit.

the NHL has a very consistent track record of not giving a gently caress about late hits causing injury in the regular season,

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line
Washington needs to beat the Pens, and make it to the cup finals, so that Nashville can beat them in game 7 OT, off of a Forsberg goal, that gets double reviewed

tofes
Mar 31, 2011

#1 Milpitas Dave and Buster's superfan since 2013

Kilza posted:

https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/861244081988554753

Cool, glad Getzlaf was able to get away with injuring Sekera on a late hit.

bettman lied oilers died

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



JawKnee posted:

Washington needs to beat the Pens, and make it to the cup finals, so that Nashville can beat them in game 7 OT, off of a Forsberg goal, that gets double reviewed

Beats losing to Pittsburgh again, I suppose.

Chad Sexington
May 26, 2005

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

JawKnee posted:

Washington needs to beat the Pens, and make it to the cup finals, so that Nashville can beat them in game 7 OT, off of a Forsberg goal, that gets double reviewed

Your most optimistic vision of the future is seeing the NHL ruin a Game 7 Stanley Cup Final OT game winning goal with a referee review?

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line
who said anything about optimism? I'm here for humor and gnashing of teeth

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




Chad Sexington posted:

Your most optimistic vision of the future is seeing the NHL ruin a Game 7 Stanley Cup Final OT game winning goal with a referee review?

Hasek just woke up and he doesn't know why

Siroc
Oct 10, 2004

Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!
GET THIS DISTRACTION OUT OF HERE
https://twitter.com/AdamVingan/status/861342510068764672

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
Do you have an Air Miles Card?

Oh man is there a video of this?

Siroc
Oct 10, 2004

Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!

HappyHippo posted:

Oh man is there a video of this?

https://twitter.com/diamondhockey/status/861346523963166720

Not yet. Hopefully soon. Will keep you updated.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010


If the Pens don't make it it absolutely has to be the Preds that win the cup so I can read all the hot takes from the talking heads that defended trading this beautiful man for Shea Weber

Captain Internet
Apr 20, 2005

:love: HOTLANTA :love:
IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS
Best part about the Jultz redemption is that everyone knew it was going to happen because Edmonton was (is?) a wasteland of squandered talent that only very very recently turned things around. Oil fans on this very board were adamant that he was an awful player and would never be any good because they could not bear the fact that maybe their franchise was very bad with shaping young talent.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013


Heliogabalos posted:

the NHL has a very consistent track record of not giving a gently caress about late hits causing injury in the regular season,

To clarify, I know the late hit isn't suspension worthy or anything. At most it's a penalty. It's just frustrating to see it happen.

Anyways, Oilers are done:
https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/861349882845552640

No Klefbom, no Sekera, that's it. Refs hosed us over Games 4 and 5, and now there's no way the Oilers D can hold up with both Klefbom and Sekera out.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

If the Pens don't make it it absolutely has to be the Preds that win the cup so I can read all the hot takes from the talking heads that defended trading this beautiful man for Shea Weber

Don't be greedy, you just got one.

Overwined
Sep 22, 2008

Wine can of their wits the wise beguile,
Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

If the Pens don't make it it absolutely has to be the Preds that win the cup so I can read all the hot takes from the talking heads that defended trading this beautiful man for Shea Weber

The Rangers are still "in it" and I kinda want the Preds to win it all.

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/861358657501511682

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010


Round 3 is just a formality at this point.

Siroc
Oct 10, 2004

Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!

yellowcar posted:

Round 3 is just a formality at this point.

You'd think WKRN would know what just happened on their own station, but nope.

z0331
Oct 2, 2003

Holtby thy name

Jonny Nox posted:

Glad I'm not gonna be able to watch the game tonight. Gut-shots like game 5 was take teams out of serieses. Expect the Oilers to be listless and uncoordinated.

Laughing at this post pretty hard right now.

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




z0331 posted:

Laughing at this post pretty hard right now.

I'm so happy to be wrong.

Just got home and decided I might as well check the score.

:dance:


fake edit:

Honestly I've seen plenty of teams give up after a game like the last one. I should have known after the Sharks put up 7 on them that this is a more special group.

CLAM DOWN
Feb 13, 2007




z0331 posted:

Laughing at this post pretty hard right now.

7-1 is the most dangerous lead in hockey

The Golden Man
Aug 4, 2007

Oilers fans are fuckin stupid

GuavaMoment
Aug 13, 2006

YouTube dude

The Golden Man posted:

Oilers fans are fuckin stupid

Like me, I just turned the game on.

vainman
Nov 2, 2012

I find your lack of faith... disturbing

The Golden Man posted:

Oilers fans are fuckin stupid

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




The Golden Man posted:

Oilers fans are fuckin stupid

Stupid yes.

But don't call me an Oilers fan.

Captain Internet
Apr 20, 2005

:love: HOTLANTA :love:
IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS
Kilza is 2 for 2 on :fork:'s. My dogger got the golden touch.


Tell me which startup is totally going to collapse and sell their holdings tomorrow dude. Daddy needs a win!

Technetium
Oct 26, 2006

TRILOBITE TECHNICIAN
QUITE POSSIBLY GAY

iospace posted:

I hate advanced stats. Some of them are good (such as WHIP and OPS for baseball), but most of them are for the stats (and fantasy) nerds to circle jerk over because gently caress intangibles, I guess.

*INSERT OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD PIC HERE*

I mean that and for teams to make actual educated decisions on who to play, who's worth money and who not to sign. IE: the opposite of the David Nonis leafs.

e: or the Bergevin Canadiens

e: also Schultz's "redemption" isn't even anything noteworthy. He thrives in sheltered minutes, the oilers refused to shelter him apart from his third season with them. He's also taking advantage of an effective powerplay in Pittsburgh. It's not hard to figure out. Edmonton tried playing him like a number one guy and refused to budge.

Technetium fucked around with this message at 03:26 on May 8, 2017

Albino Squirrel
Apr 25, 2003

Miosis more like meiosis

The Golden Man posted:

Oilers fans are fuckin stupid
Fuckin rights buddy

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Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Siroc posted:

https://twitter.com/diamondhockey/status/861346523963166720

Not yet. Hopefully soon. Will keep you updated.

:unsmith: Good for you PK

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