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The Abusement Park said:
I haven't watched many Nucks games this year, but listening to the PDOcast Dom was saying the Nucks have given up the 2nd or 3rd most slot/HD shots so far this year. Which would certainly not help out Demko. But based on how their season is going it's probably a bit of both.
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Yeah I mean Vancouver's defensive woes are well documented so that isn't really surprising.

But so far this year Demko is giving up almost a full 1.0 Goals above his expected number. Compared to last year he's giving up 1.1 More goals per game.

Which in and of itself doesn't sound like a lot(Well ok it kind of does)... But when you consider the number of games Vancouver has had 2+ goal leads already this year and went on to lose... One goal per game more then expected is the difference between holding on to win a lot of those games, versus losing them.

I would say the comparison to the Varly-era Avs is pretty accurate tbh. Especially the Roy/Varly years. They're pretty deep on forward but have a truly awful defense. Demko played well enough last year once BB came in to honestly give them a real chance at playoffs despite the roster deficincies.


This year, Demko isn't helping at all and so the defensive shortcomings are on full display.
 
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I have so many questions about the ARz arena...
What were they doing for these 6+ months for not having the time to do the lockers?
Doesn't the arena have lockers already that are better than this? Why not use those while you create the new ones elsewhere in the facility?
Why couldn't everything be done in time for the beginning of the season? Just pay for it to get done.

I can't wrap my head around the situation.
 
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Metallo said:
I have so many questions about the ARz arena...
What were they doing for these 6+ months for not having the time to do the lockers?
Doesn't the arena have lockers already that are better than this? Why not use those while you create the new ones elsewhere in the facility?
Why couldn't everything be done in time for the beginning of the season? Just pay for it to get done.

I can't wrap my head around the situation.
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In order:

-Finishing the facilities for the primary tenant (Arizona State)
-They do have better lockers, but NCAA rules prohibit their use.
-Arena has been barely on track due to Covid delays as it is. Arizona State takes priority as it is their arena. Construction logistics are complicated and messy, rushing a whole different set on it likely would have impacted the primary function to where everything was delayed. They had to meet a deadline and made it for the University.
 
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I won't rehash the decade plus conversation about whether they should stay or leave but this arena situation is just embarrassing and pathetic. Not even the fact that they're playing there to begin with but more so the conditions for the players. Minor league organization in every possible way.
 
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avalanche_country said:
Buccigross keeps pushing how awesome it is for nhl teams to play in a tiny college arena. Embarrassing.
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As a novelty, I think it is awesome and people should be taking advantage of it. We are unlikely to ever see a NHL team ever play in an arena this small and intimate ever again in the regular season.

Longer-term for the game, you need more seats and better arenas.

Also I think people do forget some of the utterly terrible places that NHL teams have played. Tampa once played on a fairgrounds for a year and then upgraded to a baseball stadium. San Jose played in the Cow Palace. Ottawa played at a rink connected to a football stadium. Hell... even Barclays was terrible for the Isles.
 
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Balthazar said:
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People will latch on to that... but for Torts, proof is there. In his last 17 years of coaching, he's made the playoffs 12 times. In those 12 times, he advanced a round 9 times. Not many coaches have that level of success. Philly's advanced numbers don't look good now (why he's being asked about it), but they are 5-2 with wins over Florida, Tampa, and New Jersey (team with the best advanced stats in the league right now). With a team many expected to be the worst in the league.
 
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Hardly surprising, and really, players and coaches don't really have to buy into the fancy stats. It's more important for management to do so. It's perfectly feasible for an old-school guy like Tortorella to co-exist with a management team that listens to the stats, so long as he doesn't pull a Babcock and do everything possible to run counter to those numbers.
 
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