News Article: Bruins Midseason Report Card

[BNHL]

64 points (39 pts in 50 games pace) from a 1st line winger is still very good. Especially on a team clearly struggling to score goals.

In fact, that'd be a career high.

I think he's the best in the business for stretches and pretty good in others.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

2 games skew the big picture. 39 points in 50 games,49 points in 52 games.

Classic case of cherry picking stats to try to prove a point. As if the NHL discounts points because they got scored in bunches.

 

[DKH]

The writer cites Backes as a disappointment and a bad contract.

Yet fails to mention or notice Backes production is at pretty much the exact same pace it was last season in St. Louis. Was he expecting Backes to join the Bruins and see his production take a dramatic upswing? And anything less was a disappointment.

Overall, the grades are fairly accurate. Except the coaching. Way, way off base.

Well said

It's pretty obvious Claude is very good to both Boston papers guys he's known since his time as coach with Les Glorious Toilet

Seat

I'm a fan of Claude but that is the grade Claude would get from me if he was nice and accommodating and I heard he gave out the big candy bars for Halloween

If Claude was a jerk he gets a D

Reality is he's been C+/B-

 

[BNHL]

Classic case of cherry picking stats to try to prove a point. As if the NHL discounts points because they got scored in bunches.

Miss the point much? What's a truer indicator of performance? 2 games or 50 games?

 

[PB37]

2 games skew the big picture. 39 points in 50 games,49 points in 52 games.

It's not like those games don't count or those points are somehow worth any less. Not to pick on you, but I have never understood this argument when I've seen it brought up. If anything, it strengthens his grade because of the rarity of high multiple point games ( in this case, 5 ) are.

 

[BNHL]

It's not like those games don't count or those points are somehow worth any less. Not to pick on you, but I have never understood this argument when I've seen it brought up. If anything, it strengthens his grade because of the rarity of high multiple point games ( in this case, 5 ) are.

Because it's an aberration so high that it distorts the larger view. For instance he had 10 points in 8 games in January,50% of them in 1 game.

 

[TheBigBadB]

Only way to try to get an interview with management. Say some favorable things and hope they come out of the bunker thinking you'd be on their side.. At least I hope that's the plan..

 

[BruinLVGA]

Miss the point much? What's a truer indicator of performance? 2 games or 50 games?

By the same token, 52 games is a truer indicator of performance than 50.

Excluding data... ANY data... To improve one's point isn't a good choice, IMO. The more data, the better, more accurate picture. Anyone could pick data one way or another to make one's case better (for example + by that logic, if one can exclude Marchand's best performances, why not excluding his worst?).

Here's some data I found interesting in regards to your argument... Marchand (52 games, 49 points) has failed to produce points in 18 games out of 52.
Here's other players with similar games played and ppg to Marchand fared in this:
- Kane... 49 pts in 51 games... No production in 19 games
- Burns... 51 pts in 50 games... No production in 17 games
- Scheifele... 48 points in 49 games... No production in 17 games
- Tarasenko... 47 points in 49 games... No production in 18 games
- Seguin... 47 points in 50 games... No production in 19 games
- Backstrom... 47 points in 49 games... No production in 20 games
These are the league's top scorers (4th OA to 10th OA... ppg 0.94 to 1.02. The top 3 have way higher ppg to guarantee a meaningful comparison) and they ALL seem to be putting up points remarkably in the same way. Marchand isn't sticking out in any way. They ALL get hot and have dry spells in the same way.

 

[Marcobruin]

March gets at least an A-
Mcquaid a B-.... in a goon league maybe
Carlo is quickly descending towards a D .
Berg gets lucky getting a C
Backes is a D..I hated signing him
And boy is my hatred justified and it will only get worse. ...what a stupid move by DS ..This is what I call, a
I needed to do something move. ..

 

[BNHL]

By the same token, 52 games is a truer indicator of performance than 50.

Excluding data... ANY data... To improve one's point isn't a good choice, IMO. The more data, the better, more accurate picture. Anyone could pick data one way or another to make one's case better (for example + by that logic, if one can exclude Marchand's best performances, why not excluding his worst?).

Here's some data I found interesting in regards to your argument... Marchand (52 games, 49 points) has failed to produce points in 18 games out of 52.
Here's other players with similar games played and ppg to Marchand fared in this:
- Kane... 49 pts in 51 games... No production in 19 games
- Burns... 51 pts in 50 games... No production in 17 games
- Scheifele... 48 points in 49 games... No production in 17 games
- Tarasenko... 47 points in 49 games... No production in 18 games
- Seguin... 47 points in 50 games... No production in 19 games
- Backstrom... 47 points in 49 games... No production in 20 games
These are the league's top scorers (4th OA to 10th OA... ppg 0.94 to 1.02. The top 3 have way higher ppg to guarantee a meaningful comparison) and they ALL seem to be putting up points remarkably in the same way. Marchand isn't sticking out in any way. They ALL get hot and have dry spells in the same way.

No production in consecutive games? No. A 60 goal scorer will normally do that in 40 games or so,that's 20 games with no goals,due to several 2 and 3 goal games. I knew someone would say that 52 games is more representative of performance than 50,but in this case it isn't. In the other 50 games he had 2 points 5 times and 3 points once and 1 point 26 times. That's what he is. He'll probably finish out scoring 10% of his total points in 2 games.

 

[BMC]

As much as I love DK I would have given him a lower grade. IMO he just hasn't come back from that injury and it shows in his performance.

 

[Wentworth9W]

"Overachieving Bruins"?

Harris obviously fell and bumped his head.

When I looked at this team to start the season I was thinking we had a better chance at a Lottery Pick than we did a Playoff spot. We made very few moves, and very few of those moves were an upgrade of any kind over the non-playoff team from the season before. I was extremely surprised with how well they had played, especially before the losing streak following the Philly game. They are still a possibility for the playoffs if they can come out of the gate swinging and get 3 out 4 tonight and tomorrow. That is definitely a better position than I expected in my wildest dreams for this team at the start of the season. Overachieving is the perfect word to use when describing this team, IMO.