Miscellaneous NHL Discussion: "The March is On" edition

[Strawberry Fields]

They've made some smart moves, but there probably isn't a team in the league that has had more luck in the first round of the draft than Colorado. Landeskog, McKinnon, Rantanen, and even when they lost the draft lottery they still got Makar.

Why did they switch to the blue pants/helmets? Looks terrible.

I thought I read it's just supposed to be for the 25th anniversary but I'm not totally sure. The black pants and helmets look much better.

 

[CutOnDime97]

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Is this a personal spreadsheet or are these available somewhere?

 

[CutOnDime97]

Much as I like Howe, I'm looking forward to Marleau breaking his record just for how assblasted people are getting about it

Haha agreed. People are acting like him breaking the GP record means the public thinks he's better than Howe. Cool to see legendary records broken IMO.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Is this a personal spreadsheet or are these available somewhere?

Personal.

Here is a sample of Flyers forwards who played in the CHL between 2008-2020. ES only. Taking overall scoring into account requires some more work.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Haha agreed. People are acting like him breaking the GP record means the public thinks he's better than Howe. Cool to see legendary records broken IMO.

And I'm sure that if Gordie was still alive, he'd be cheering for Marleau and be the first one to congratulate him.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Personal.

Here is a sample of Flyers forwards who played in the CHL between 2008-2020. ES only. Taking overall scoring into account requires some more work.

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According to this Wisdom will be better than Couturier.

Nobody @ me

 

[FLYguy3911]

According to this Wisdom will be better than Couturier.

Nobody @ me

Couturier posted monster goal differentials at the CHL level, specifically on the defensive end, so that definitely translated.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

They've made some smart moves, but there probably isn't a team in the league that has had more luck in the first round of the draft than Colorado. Landeskog, McKinnon, Rantanen, and even when they lost the draft lottery they still got Makar.

Why did they switch to the blue pants/helmets? Looks terrible.

It’s supposedly a one year thing for their 25th anniversary. They should be returning to old next year.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Ben Grimm]

• Former NHL MVP Hall sitting out Sabres game
• Death of ex-hockey star Pavelich ruled suicide
• NHL believes Canucks can complete schedule
• Stars' Bowness exits midgame due to protocols
• Ovechkin scores, moves up list for all-time PPGs
• MacKinnon fined $5K for helmet toss at Garland

 

[Strawberry Fields]

It's history: Sabres snap 18-game winless streak

Wow, wasn't aware of this story. Imagine being the poor schmucks who broke that streak, lmao.

 

[Here4ThaLids]

Is Edmonton the funniest destination?

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

It’s gotta be Boston or the Islanders.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Obviously Hall did this year to himself with picking Buffalo albeit it was just a one year deal & this was always possible anyway depending on how Buffalo played.

But the guy has been boned with get saddled with some bad teams/organizations with Edmonton, New Jersey, & Arizona.

For once you have to be hoping to go somewhere where the team has a good ceiling to do something noteworthy.

 

[freakydallas13]

Personal.

Here is a sample of Flyers forwards who played in the CHL between 2008-2020. ES only. Taking overall scoring into account requires some more work.

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Huh. Ratcliffe has numbers better than I would have guessed.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Huh. Ratcliffe has numbers better than I would have guessed.

Not really. As you can see by the company he shares, it's a bunch of fringey 4th line types. He had a pretty decent draft year on a bad team that was led in scoring by a 16 year old defenseman, but he never broke the 30% ES involvement threshold in his career which you kind of need to at some point to be considered a top 9 talent. Low assist rates also.

Just quickly skimming through the spreadsheet the most comparable D+2 season by a guy that reached the NHL is a guy that played last night - Zach Senyshyn. Fringey NHLer who passed through waivers after going in the first round.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Adam Fox has been racking up the points lately. He might be considered for the Norris after all.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Lol

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Lol

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Wait, what? Did they speculate that this could happen or were they doing a fantasy bit?

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Wait, what? Did they speculate that this could happen or were they doing a fantasy bit?

I'm pretty sure it's the latter. You'd think if this was rumored at all that it'd be covered by more than just the NHL Network.

 

[deadhead]

Patrick had some impressive junior numbers, even after he was injured.
But people want to give up on him at 22 b/c he's in a scoring slump for half a season after missing a year.
Think he's snakebit?

25 games since COVID break:
CF 55.15%, CFrel +2.72, xGF 51.89%, xGFrel +2.01, HDCA/60: 7.53
GF/GA 3/17

 

[Rebels57]

I'm pretty sure it's the latter. You'd think if this was rumored at all that it'd be covered by more than just the NHL Network.

Hughes and Hischier might get you Eichel but they don't get you Eichel and Dahlin.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Lol

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Just want to say to the "this ain't Xbox" crowd that this proposal being pushed by the league's official network seems exactly like the kind of shit you'd try on Xbox just for the sake of making a trade.

 

[mja]

Patrick had some impressive junior numbers, even after he was injured.
But people want to give up on him at 22 b/c he's in a scoring slump for half a season after missing a year.
Think he's snakebit?

25 games since COVID break:
CF 55.15%, CFrel +2.72, xGF 51.89%, xGFrel +2.01, HDCA/60: 7.53
GF/GA 3/17

There are things that concern me about Patty's game, mostly that he still has not learned how to find time and space to get his shot off at this level, but there isn't any way to make an accurate evaluation on him overall as a player this season. He definitely looks better out there than earlier in the season though. He needs to be creative in order to be effective offensively, and that's a confidence thing, and it's started to come for him.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Patrick had some impressive junior numbers, even after he was injured.
But people want to give up on him at 22 b/c he's in a scoring slump for half a season after missing a year.
Think he's snakebit?

25 games since COVID break:
CF 55.15%, CFrel +2.72, xGF 51.89%, xGFrel +2.01, HDCA/60: 7.53
GF/GA 3/17

Don't think anyone is giving up, it's just the sad reality is sinking in that we did not get a stud at 2 OVR. Still hope he can be a useful player.