When he retires, we should have a Kessel vs. Murph hotdog eating contest. John Keating can train him in the offseason.Fat Phil has 3 goals on the season thus far.
Classic. How long until Abdelkader gets a contract?
Good question. What say y'all?
Good question. What say y'all?
What kind of innovation has there been in basketball?
I mean, it’s a lot easier to be innovative in a sport like football where you have 11 players on the field and you are setting up from a dead stop every play. You can select all kinds of formations and schemes with that atmosphere.
I guess basketball has shifted to smaller ball and more guys that can shoot. But I feel hockey has also shifted to more guys that can skate and towards skill as well.
RE: Basketball - More and varied movement surrounded by 3-point shooting.
RE: Hockey - Is that a coaching innovation though? I guess it could be indirectly.
I have gotten back into NBA recently, I just have an issue with how soft a fouls they call every game. I mean you can’t really defend on the perimeter, so I feel like that makes things easy for coaches.
What kind of innovation are we looking for with hockey? Think it’s easier to run set plays in both basketball and football just due to the stoppages in play and switching of possession. Hockey is non-stop and end to end, just not sure it really lends itself to as much room for strategy/innovation. More stuff like the Flying V from Mighty Ducks? Lol
RE: Gotten back into NBA - Why? Hehe. It's kind of awful. Seems like whichever team makes more 3s wins, which is not my taste but the sport is my first love so I'm kind of stuck watching it.
RE: I can definitely see how it's easier to run set plays in other sports. Innovation isn't necessarily a good thing but I just thought it was an interesting question for discussion. I wonder if the faster skating has significantly taken away from some of the more thoughtful aspects of hockey but you can certainly design a lot of intelligent options with active, fast-skating defensemen as well as fast-skating forwards who can cover more ground.
I find it funny that both of AA's goals have been off rebounds in tight.
Haven't watched the Kings, so I'm curious how he has played so far.
What kind of innovation has there been in basketball?
I mean, it’s a lot easier to be innovative in a sport like football where you have 11 players on the field and you are setting up from a dead stop every play. You can select all kinds of formations and schemes with that atmosphere.
I guess basketball has shifted to smaller ball and more guys that can shoot. But I feel hockey has also shifted to more guys that can skate and towards skill as well.
I like some of these younger guys coming up — Luka, Giannis, Ja Morant, Tatum, etc etc. I think it was honestly a lot because of quarantine and being stuck as home, just watched it more and more and got back into it.
It is an interesting discussion. I’d like to see a team run 4 F-1 D on every line and see how that goes. Maybe a team that is thin at defense... just play to your strengths and think outside the box. I guess there isn’t a lot of that.
Good question. What say y'all?
Wish there was more innovation. Powerplays for example should be ripe for experimentation. Surprised we don't see more teams experiment with 5 forwards on PP or 3 forwards in OT.