GDT: #1 - 10/04/18 | predators @ RANGERS | 7:30 - MSG, NBCSN

[Thirty One]

Oh he will just harass someone else. They always do.

Who are you going to go after now that Nash is gone?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

12% overcome. 88% fail. Seems pretty significant.

Yes, but the 12% do it 100% of the time, so I’d save those pennies in your loafers for a deep playoff run sir.

 

[Maliks PlusMinus]

Can't wait. LGR

 

[Ori]

Ahhh so close now - hopefully Henrik slept well so he can have a good game. Hopefully the whole team play well this evening 5 v 5 as well, let`s go!!!

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Rinaldo? I thought he was living in seclusion in Northern Quebec

 

[nevesis]

any word on when puck drop will actually be?

7:30ish.

 

[FJB]

Is that a 4th line or a 3A and 3B situation?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Is that a 4th line or a 3A and 3B situation?

Quinn already held down the thumb stick for "best lines".

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Is that a 4th line or a 3A and 3B situation?

The bottom lines are really a 3A 3B and 3C if we're being honest.

 

[Ori]

I thought Vesey had one good pre season game in his last game with Howden, and it will surprise me if he gets a top 6 role in the opening night, because he is not a top 6 player and in other pre season games Vesey looked out of place and really struggled especially with the same line as Chytil.

 

[Fitzy]

Then you are wrong.

Damn. I hate being wrong.

 

[FJB]

Quinn already held down the thumb stick for "best lines".

I just hope he doesn't change lines every 5 seconds like Torts and AV.

 

[EpicDing]

We can take solace in the fact that Vesey won't be ruining Chytil.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

We can take solace in the fact that Vesey won't be ruining Chytil.

There is that.

But OTOH, he's going to be dragging down our 2 trade chips.

 

[nyrmessier011]

7:30ish.

i just wonder if any shenanigans will take it to 8ish.

Let's go! Back on the boards after a long hiatus - need to be more in touch with the prospects again (unfortunately)

 

[Ori]

Yes it`s not rocket science concerning Vesey, and those who think otherwise don`t really look at his performance in his games. He is a 4th line player with limited ice time or a depth guy.

 

[Vitto79]

Both Vesey and Namestnikov are 3rd and 4th liners. Neither should be in the top 6.

Think they could if got the prospects they did without miller and Namestnikov involved ?

Miller looks a lot better so hopefully Namestnikov doesn’t kill his trade value

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

I just hope he doesn't change lines every 5 seconds like Torts and AV.

Unless we are Tort’s kinda guys in AV’s system.

 

[will1066]

GoAwayVesey has a nice ring to it, admittedly.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

my Heart desperately wants the playoffs.

My head desperately wants a complete tear down by February 28.

I look at it like this:

Sure, getting a high draft pick is good for the franchise going forward. But there's 82 games left in the season. I'm rooting for them to go 82-0-0 right now, the same way I do every year. Even if them winning now will hurt their draft lottery chances, I don't care. I'm a fan, I want them to win every game.

Now, if it's April and they're in the basement, sure I won't mind them losing, But right now? I'm all in with wanting them to win every game.

 

[will1066]

I look at it like this:

Sure, getting a high draft pick is good for the franchise going forward. But there's 82 games left in the season. I'm rooting for them to go 82-0-0 right now, the same way I do every year. Even if them winning now will hurt their draft lottery chances, I don't care. I'm a fan, I want them to win every game.

Now, if it's April and they're in the basement, sure I won't mind them losing, But right now? I'm all in with wanting them to win every game.

Cherish this day, for it is the day when we're on the same par with the 2018-19 President's Trophy and Stanley Cup winners.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Cherish this day, for it is the day when we're on the same par with the 2018-19 President's Trophy and Stanley Cup winners.

Unless Vancouver, Anaheim, Washington or Toronto win it all, then we were behind from the get go.

 

[mulli25]

12% overcome. 88% fail. Seems pretty significant.

The stat is certainly interesting, though it might be a little misleading. It essentially treats all >4pt teams equally, which isn't necessarily realistic.

If, for example, you exclude just the last place team in each conference (I haven't looked but I doubt a team in last on Nov 1st. has made it) that bumps the success rate of the remaining teams up closer to 25%. That seems a little more in line with what you would intuitively expect it to be. In some cases you could probably exclude more teams that are noticeably closer to the bottom then then top, which would likely move the success rate closer to 30-40%

I think a more meaningful way to do this, if you're reading this Elliotte Friedman , would be to track playoff appearances as a function of some standard deviation of points from the conference mean on a given date.

Enough nerding, carry on, I'll see myself out.

 

[CasusBelli]

Hard to see us winning this one; expecting a 3-2 or 3-1 loss.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I look at it like this:

Sure, getting a high draft pick is good for the franchise going forward. But there's 82 games left in the season. I'm rooting for them to go 82-0-0 right now, the same way I do every year. Even if them winning now will hurt their draft lottery chances, I don't care. I'm a fan, I want them to win every game.

Now, if it's April and they're in the basement, sure I won't mind them losing, But right now? I'm all in with wanting them to win every game.

Yeah, this isn't the NFL. Even the worst team will win its share of games.