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[statswatcher]

I never said there was no difference in ice-time. Your whole argument is that there is a significant enough difference in ice-time to assert that going from the 1st line from the 3rd can only ever be viewed as a "promotion" because of the increase in ice-time but the distribution of ice-time is basically the same for most of the team's top-6 at even strength and even Mikheyev, who's been on the third line for all but one game of the season, plays about as much as Hall and Bertuzzi to the point of any difference being negligible at best.

you are having trouble reading, so i will simply copy paste the part from my previous post where i said that the middle six is "relatively undifferentiated and interchangable". also bertuzzi has been playing second line rw btw.

 

[TheFridge]

you are having trouble reading, so i will simply copy paste the part from my previous post where i said that the middle six is "relatively undifferentiated and interchangable". also bertuzzi has been playing second line rw btw.

No one's having trouble reading my guy. And speaking of copy and paste, let me help you out too with that too:

 

[belfour30]

Q used to play plugs all of the time.
Brandon Bollig anyone?

 

[Pez68]

This entire argument is so ridiculous. Who gives a shit about small differences in even strength ice time when talking about a promotion in hockey?

Playing with Bedard at even strength instead of Bertuzzi, is a promotion. Playing with the only two top six players on the team, instead of two bottom six players, is a promotion. All of this f***ing arguing over something so incredibly stupid.

 

[statswatcher]

No one's having trouble reading my guy. And speaking of copy and paste, let me help you out too with that too:

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the difference is, i copy pasted something that directly adressed something you said before you even said it. what you've done is repost an image i already explained to you in detail doesn't show what you think it does multiple times.

here's another view. look specifically at tt and bertuzzi who have recently been in the first and second line right wing spots respectivley. there is already enough of a difference between them to say tt is on pace to play ~106 more minutes over 82 games. that's about 1.3 minutes per game. if they play the same respective amounts of 5v5 time next game as they did last game, that pace jumps to 1.7 minutes per game. two more games of the same trend and it becomes 2.2. within ten games it becomes 3.4. this trend only reverses if tt and bertuzzi are swapped, or if lurich starts playing whatever line bertuzzi is on an equal amount of time as whatever line tt is on.

Who gives a shit about small differences in even strength ice time when talking about a promotion in hockey?

it's a thankless job, but someone has to do it.

 

[MarotteMarauder]

Anyone hear Cheli on the radio today? He seemed more than a bit perturbed about LR's setup with the Dmen. Actually said he was going to talk to him about but then said his piece on the air.

Why is Cheli not a consultant on this team?

Maybe if anyone goes to the bath house, they can bend his ear a bit.

 

[Pez68]

Anyone hear Cheli on the radio today? He seemed more than a bit perturbed about LR's setup with the Dmen. Actually said he was going to talk to him about but then said his piece on the air.

Why is Cheli not a consultant on this team?

Maybe if anyone goes to the bath house, they can bend his ear a bit.

As we all are, Cheli. As we all are.

 

[BobbyJet]

yeah, when people say things i disagree with, i express disagreement. again, you are the one that made a problem over whether or not you could describe moving hall up to line one as a promotion. if you don't want to have a conversation, don't start it. if you start it, don't complain when it isn't finished on your schedule.

LOL..... okay.

 

[coolhand]

So Davidson brings in some vets so the kids can play and develop in Rockford, which is great. But how can this team not play defense? Leaving guys all alone in front of the net or chasing the puck and leaving your area open, wingers not coming back on D? How many years in the NHL does it take to learn these basic concepts?

 

[statswatcher]

LOL..... okay.

do you need me to go quote the post where you started the discussion?

I didn't say Hall should be "promoted".

so, it's fine to agonize over the precise meaning of the word "promotion" and argue why it doesn't apply to your proposal, but when i take issue with your argument, then suddenly i'm doing something wrong.

like i said, everyone wants to complain about semantics until they have an opinion to share on the matter.