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Who was the player of the month for January?

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kovacro said:
I'm really liking Darcy Kuemper. Always nice to have a reliable backup.

Hope I didn't jinx it now.

Dallas was sleep walking against the Leafs in their last game before the AS break. Guess they haven't woken up yet. Good for our guys.
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Also, a thought, I think a goalie like Kuemper hides flaws in defense rather than Quick because how technical Kuemper is, so he's usually in control. I think a great defensive team hides Quicks flaws.
 
LaDue looks solid .good to see.


Is Cal Petersen a technical goalie, or an athletic one. Or is he evenly both ?
 
Sol said:
Also, a thought, I think a goalie like Kuemper hides flaws in defense rather than Quick because how technical Kuemper is, so he's usually in control. I think a great defensive team hides Quicks flaws.
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Win or lose tonight, I'd start Kuemper Thursday. Isn't Quick historically bad in Nashville?
 
Sol said:
Also, a thought, I think a goalie like Kuemper hides flaws in defense rather than Quick because how technical Kuemper is, so he's usually in control. I think a great defensive team hides Quicks flaws.
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Kind of the opposite actually. Someone on the history of hockey board wrote a nice thesis on it. The idea was athletic goalie performances are more volatile--see Hasek, Thomas, Quick--whereas butterfly 'percentage' goalies make the 'safe' saves. I forget whether they quantified it but the theory was butterfly goalies will have higher low-danger save percentage but lower high-danger save percentage while the athletic goalies will have the opposite. In other words, if you need a guy to steal a game, gamble on the athletic guy, but if you just need raw stability over time, go with the butterfly guy.

Looking at the last few cup-winning goalies, Quick, Thomas, Crawford fit the athletic bill a bit more, Murray more butterfly I think, though Pens won with Fleury before that too.

Just a thought.


KingCanadain1976 said:
Has LaDue got a shift this period?
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A whopping two shifts.
 
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Raccoon Jesus said:
Kind of the opposite actually. Someone on the history of hockey board wrote a nice thesis on it. The idea was athletic goalie performances are more volatile--see Hasek, Thomas, Quick--whereas butterfly 'percentage' goalies make the 'safe' saves. I forget whether they quantified it but the theory was butterfly goalies will have higher low-danger save percentage but lower high-danger save percentage while the athletic goalies will have the opposite. In other words, if you need a guy to steal a game, gamble on the athletic guy, but if you just need raw stability over time, go with the butterfly guy.

Looking at the last few cup-winning goalies, Quick, Thomas, Crawford fit the athletic bill a bit more, Murray more butterfly I think, though Pens won with Fleury before that too.

Just a thought.




A whopping two shifts.
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Any idea why ?
 
kingsfan28 said:
That was a seriously weak call on Brown. Dallas was doing that most of the 1st and nothing was called.
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The Martinez 'hold' as well. Saw that coming. Computer assistance turned on for Dallas. f***ing hate this reffing. Kings controlled literally 80% of the game and are still getting out-penaltied. There is no rhyme or reason for it at this point, just have to roll with it.
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
Kind of the opposite actually. Someone on the history of hockey board wrote a nice thesis on it. The idea was athletic goalie performances are more volatile--see Hasek, Thomas, Quick--whereas butterfly 'percentage' goalies make the 'safe' saves. I forget whether they quantified it but the theory was butterfly goalies will have higher low-danger save percentage but lower high-danger save percentage while the athletic goalies will have the opposite. In other words, if you need a guy to steal a game, gamble on the athletic guy, but if you just need raw stability over time, go with the butterfly guy.

Looking at the last few cup-winning goalies, Quick, Thomas, Crawford fit the athletic bill a bit more, Murray more butterfly I think, though Pens won with Fleury before that too.

Just a thought.




A whopping two shifts.
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I remember reading that a couple years back when people were trying to figure out why Price's playoff numbers are very average.
 
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WHOneedsSOX said:
Yikes haha definitely would start Kuemper. He's looked really good this season. Let him get another start and rest Quick if he actually is banged up.
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Kuemper has 6 games vs. NSH and 3 wins, 1OTL. .907, 2.58 GAA. Not great, but better than Quick, and I could have sworn those got dented this year, haha. NSH is just voodoo for us, those games are always so f***ing weird. I also thought Stevens alluded to those stats when giving Darcy the start against Nash that first game way back when.
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