GDT: STORM FOLK @ PREHISTORIC KITTENS

[Svechhammer]

Are you trying to make the Atlanta Falcons logo?

Then yes, you are.

There are 28 ways you could have made that joke, and I'm glad you correctly chose one of the correct 3

 

[MinJaBen]

They've never come back to win a best-of-7 series when trailing 2-1 (0-10).

This has “they’re due” written all over it.

 

[stevewin]

That was an image I didn’t need planted in my brain.

Not sure which man in speedo image is worse, Big Rig or Tripp

 

[Svechhammer]

Saw this on Reddit, needed to be posted here....

Rod is right, we are being singled out by officiating in these playoffs and the numbers back it up

Looking at our graph here, which is the average number of penalty minutes per game, with the red being in the playoffs and the blue being the regular season, there are some teams seeing more calls against them and some seeing less. Carolina, Montreal, Toronto, Tampa Bay, and Florida are seeing a lot more penalty minutes in the playoffs than in their regular seasons, whereas Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Vegas are seeing a lot less penalty minutes. But maybe this is because the boys are all fired up being in the playoffs and are being more aggressive, so the number of hits have gone up, and then we should see more penalties, right? Thanks for asking.

In this graph, we are taking the ratio of average number hits in a playoff game divided by average number of hits in a regular season game (shown in the red bar) and the ratio of average number penalty minutes in a playoff game divided by average number of penalty minutes in a regular season game (shown in blue). If a team is being more aggressive, the hit ratio (red bar) should be above 1 and we should see a comparable increase in penalty minutes. But everyone is being more aggressive than their regular season games, with Winnipeg leading the pack at hitting about 3.5x more often than their regular season match-ups. What we are looking for is if the blue bar is longer than the red bar, and wait for it, for Carolina, Florida, and Toronto, there might be more hits (in Carolina's games, hitting about 1.4x as often), but there are even higher increase in penalty minutes (for Carolina, 2.3x as many penalty minutes). So if we were to compare the regular season versus the playoffs, there are more hits in a playoff game, but for Carolina, they are more likely to get penalties for a hit.

If we organize the data by the playoff pairings, we see that certain refs are "swallowing their whistle", for the Edmonton v. Winnipeg and the Vegas v. Minnesota pairs, but what we see for our match-up is that Nashville is seeing an equivalent increase in calls to hits (about a 1:1 ratio, red to blue bar increases), Carolina is seeing about 2.3x as many penalty minutes to the 1.4x as many hits.

 

[GoldiFox]

Someone is hitting the mimosas early...

So Tripp gave Mike the nickname "Big Rig" huh

 

[Borsig]

Saw this on Reddit, needed to be posted here....

Rod is right, we are being singled out by officiating in these playoffs and the numbers back it up

In before a certain someone comes along to virtue signal that you're wrong and we should just take less penalties.

 

[Svechhammer]

In before a certain someone comes along to virtue signal that you're wrong and we should just take less penalties.

Its damning that Nashville's hit increase is actually higher than their penalty increase per game while our penalty increase is almost double our hit increase. And then to see that our average PIM has basically tripled in the playoffs because of it...

Literally every other series where those rates are skewed to one team is that the refs really are swallowing their whistle and a team just amped up their hits without the penalties doing it. Ours has a marginal at best increase between both teams and one team is getting nearly 3x the penalties they had in the regular season while the other has a penalty rate lower than their hit rate increase. And its not like we have any big 10 min misconduct penalties that are throwing this off, we're just seeing a steady march to the box for stick infractions.

If you wanted the smoking gun, this is it.

 

[Tryamw]

In before a certain someone comes along to virtue signal that you're wrong and we should just take less penalties.

Well We SHOULD take less penalties.. Most of the calls against us I can see what they called. But It's that they miss so much the other way.. Butterfly effect and all that we don't know how things would have changed. but it's there.

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[Wolfpuck]

Ned starts

 

[Unsustainable]

Stay out of box, score goals, stop goals

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Glad we're sticking with Ned. Last game wasn't great but not nearly bad enough to get him pulled. If he has another disappointing game then we should give Petr a shot but I fully expect Ned and the rest of the team to rebound today.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I didn’t expect to see Ned. Not because I thought he was bad but to go from constantly swapping goalies in the regular season to now playing him every game, especially with a double ot game...I thought he’d get a break.

 

[WreckingCrew]

I didn’t expect to see Ned. Not because I thought he was bad but to go from constantly swapping goalies in the regular season to now playing him every game, especially with a double ot game...I thought he’d get a break.

Same, and because he played almost 40 extra min and faced nearly 60 shots? He wasn't as lights out as he has been, but he was far from bad or weak in net (none of the goals were really soft on his part)

 

[AD Skinner]

I too am surprised at rolling ned again. Not because he played poorly but because of the quicker turnaround and mrazek being reliable and not really a "backup" backup. But either way I dont think goaltending will make or break this game

 

[The Faulker 27]

I think Ned is fine, and wants to go. That's why he's in, and he's earned it. It sucks Slavin can't go, but we're still up 2-1. They have the tools to win without him.

 

[Borsig]

if we win, OK - but....

Slavin must be pretty injured.

 

[Stickpucker]

Jordo on the forecheck chasing down preds D

 

[The Faulker 27]

 

[VAcaniac]

Need to come out flying

 

[VibesAlive]

BEAT THEY ASS IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

 

[skipnjump]

Not sure which man in speedo image is worse, Big Rig or Tripp

Both? They are bad in different ways. And no amount of alcohol will rid the picture from my brain.

 

[DougieSmash]

We rest Slavin for the Stanley cup final. I like it though. Bold but good move at all.

 

[Lempo]

I have so much to get done before 2:30. Then the Canes better get it done.

Holy f*** your 2.30! That's like 10 pm my time.

 

[skipnjump]

Please score a ton more goals and avoid stupid penalties. Pretty please with sugar on top.