If HFBoards Polls -section were to manage an NHL franchise

[Chainshot]

Always last because we'd always move impact players for shiny prospects and picks

Or the reverse - all prospects/picks would be gold and established players crap.

 

[SillyRabbit]

If I had the time I could dig up enough polls that would show that HF Polls already proved they could manage the Canucks better than Benning.

He’s almost always gone against the consensus on HF and he’s always come out on the wrong end of things.

No one should be voting dead last.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Fun experiment, if someone has the time/commitment: select a team and poll every decision made by the GM (trades, waivers, draft selections, lineup changes) and afterwards we'd have an interesting sample to analyze in the next few seasons.

 

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

If I had the time I could dig up enough polls that would show that HF Polls already proved they could manage the Canucks better than Benning.

He’s almost always gone against the consensus on HF and he’s always come out on the wrong end of things.

No one should be voting dead last.

Seriously, this.

What did HF say when Chiarelli traded Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson? What did HF say when Dorion traded Erik Karlsson for spare parts? What did HF say when Paul Fenton traded Nino Niederreiter for Rask? What did HF say when Benning signed Tyler Myers to a contract worth $30,000,000?

I could go on and on, but you get the point. This forum is often discombobulated and divided on many issues, but somehow they’ve consistently managed to come to a consensus agreement on the super stupid moves that NHL GMs have actually made - even at the time that they made those moves. HF would be superior to Benning, Chiarelli, Fenton, and Dorion.

 

[tony d]

Option 3.

 

[666]

The collective knowledge of HF posters far exceeds any one person BUT as a Leaf fan we would have to adjust for there being too many of us. If we could somehow use each teams knowledge equally we couldn't be beaten.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Yeah, I don't think HF would be last but they wouldn't be good. I feel like a HF led team would be very good at not making bad decisions, but very bad at making good decisions if that makes sense. Using my own team as an example, I think there's no way in hell that HF would sign Jack Johnson to a 5 year deal. However, I also don't think HF would vote yes to a Hornqvist for Neal type of trade, just because Neal puts up more points. A HF led team may be able to avoid terrible players and target good players, but it would be bad at actually making a team.

 

[Martin Skoula]

A literal potato would have outperformed Vancouver's management in several years over the course of a decade.

Potato Picks: Vancouver Canucks

So the question is, is HF smarter than a potato?

 

[Machinehead]

We wouldn't be good, but there would sadly be worse teams. I'm convinced.

 

[Machinehead]

A literal potato would have outperformed Vancouver's management in several years over the course of a decade.

Potato Picks: Vancouver Canucks

So the question is, is HF smarter than a potato?

To be fair, it's not a literal potato.

"Potato picking" refers to simply picking the player available who scored the most last year, no questions asked.

What potato picking demonstrates, however, is that just doing that tends to outperform teams who are below average at drafting, which again, is kinda sad.

 

[Martin Skoula]

To be fair, it's not a literal potato.

"Potato picking" refers to simply picking the player available who scored the most last year, no questions asked.

What potato picking demonstrates, however, is that just doing that tends to outperform teams who are below average at drafting, which again, is kinda sad.

There's another one where they run a potato who can only resign RFAs at 200% previous contract value vs Dave Nonis, and Dave Nonis lost by a good margin. Something like a 10+mil cap difference for basically the same roster and an extra compliance buyout.

 

[SotasicA]

If everyone potato picked, there'd be an interesting amount of quality defensemen and goalies available in later rounds.

 

[justafan22]

We wouldn't be good, but there would sadly be worse teams. I'm convinced.

I agree.

 

[steveayres35]

We can all learn by playing Franchise Mode on NHL 19/20

 

[SotasicA]

We can all learn by playing Franchise Mode on NHL 19/20

 

[Rorschach]

have you ever seen twitch play pokemon?

it would be like that.

Featuring McDavid and McBirdJesus.

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

As an Oiler fan, not last. Sure, the worst GMs know way more about hockey than the average HFboards fan but they are much more likely to have major flaws that can tank franchises. I do think that if HFBoards managed the Oilers they'd probably have stagnated from lack of moves, but they'd still be MUCH better off than with Chiarelli.

 

[bert]

Always last. Player is over the hill old here when he turns 24.

Bingo, and almost no one on here understands the politics of the league or how to command the respect of their peers at this level. Hilarious how many people havent voted for last.

Perennial contender, of course, all while evaluating all players based on advanced stats, and not watching any hockey.

HAHAHAHA

Just bringing in charts for the coachs so they know who to play in what situation rather than actually watching the players.

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

Yeah, I don't think HF would be last but they wouldn't be good. I feel like a HF led team would be very good at not making bad decisions, but very bad at making good decisions if that makes sense. Using my own team as an example, I think there's no way in hell that HF would sign Jack Johnson to a 5 year deal. However, I also don't think HF would vote yes to a Hornqvist for Neal type of trade, just because Neal puts up more points. A HF led team may be able to avoid terrible players and target good players, but it would be bad at actually making a team.

Agreed. So they'd basically be MacT/Tambo, which is better than Chiarelli or Benning.

 

[Dr Salt]

It will be too crazy. Man your going to have the people who take analytics (or even one specific analytic like RAPM alone) to an extreme and the people that are too ignorant to understand that is a valid tool for player evaluation fighting (muh points) all the time. HF is going to covet top prospects, and controversial players will divide everyone. Team bias as well. Might as well blow the team up every two years because youth am I right. The best part for HF is horrible contracts won't be signed and super bad trades will likely not be made.