About Jay McClement , you can read this
http://nhlhotstove.com/top-10-penalty-killing-forwards-in-the-league/
He's a PK minute eater and his team finished very high in PK with him as their top PK forward.
I can see that – right now he is at 41% usage and 9% better than the league average. That is pretty decent. I think you can confidently say that he is among the very best PK forwards available right now (though there are still guys with better numbers, and guys who posted similar averages for much longer times). I guess my problem is that I see him as a bit of a “Scott Pellerin” pick at this point – is there much to like beyond the penalty killing?
About Paul Gaustad , I don't really kno hat to answer.In my opinion he has done enough to be deserving of a bottom 6 role here.He is a 6-5 212 lbs monster , he is known for being a great lockerroom guy , Lindy Ruff thinks the world of him , he's a very good defensive and gritty/physical player , he's willing to drop the glove with some real tough fighters , he scored 10 goals in the last 4 years meaning he can chip one here and there and he's been playing for 7 years.
Yeah, I know, but what sets him apart? Couldn’t similar things be said for a number of 400+ game 3 rd /4 th liners who are still available?
About Dennis Wideman , It could be interesting to see his in-team ranking ( n1 , n2 , n3 ... ) Maybe his defense is underrated after all without saying he's a defensive champ.I'm actually wonderng if he's better than Joe Corvo.
Definitely better than Corvo. Even though Corvo has scored more, his coaches didn’t give him very good minutes until the last three years, and those were all non-playoff teams. He’s not known as a defensive guy, but he can’t be that bad, either, to get 1 st pairing minutes.
About my team , I didn't even looked the other teams size but I think I can comfortably say that my team will be the biggest and tallest in the league.
My line up will probably change , but as he is in the first page this is the H.R. sizes:
(6-0 185) (6-0 180) (6-0 204) (6-1 210) (6-0 177) (6-2 209) (6-2 200) (6-1 205) (6-2 225) (6-1 199) (6-5 212) (6-0 186)( Ryder) (6-1 212) (6-3 197) (6-3 210) (6-1 210) (6-2 208) (6-1 206)
Just one note on this – you drafted an entirely modern roster, and players are bigger nowadays, so it’s only natural that you’d see this effect in your roste. Looking at the sizes of these players, they honestly don’t look much bigger than average overall. Your forwards average 6’1”, 200 and your D-men average 6’2”, 207, which might actually be below average by today’s standards; someone please correct me if that is wrong.
Thanks for the feedback seventies, I'm thinking of moving Haworth to my 1st line and moving Gratton down to my 4th line. What are your feelings on this? Anyone else who has any thoughts on this are welcome to share those as well.
I think Gratton, after era considerations, still has the better peak, or at least equal, and his “offensive longevity” would trump Haworth. I think he’s a more reliable bet to put up points on your 1 st line. (top % scores: 68, 63, 52, 43, 43. Haworth – 60, 47, 46, 41, 39)
Cheveldae is better than Chechmanek. He's solid but not spectacular. He does his job as a goalie and stops pucks. His worse trait imo was that he occasionally had down periods which really took a toll on his overall stats.
Hey, there’s a reason Cechmanek has been taken in two MLDs and a AA before, and this is the first time Cheveldae has ever been mentioned here.
Even if we ignore Cechmanek’s international play, and immense Czech league accolades, which do matter, he should have the superior legacy. Whether you look at stats or recognition earned, he trumps Cheveldae.
Vezina voting: Cheveldae was once 5 th . Cechmanek was 2 nd , 5 th , and 7 th .
Hart voting: Cheveldae: NIL. Cechmanek was 4 th in 2001.
Personal numbers: Cheveldae averaged 6 points below the league average, Cechmanek 11 points over.
Comparison to teammates: From 1990-1994, Cheveldae’s .883 sv% was 4% better than the other Detroit goalies, who combined for a .878 in that timeframe. Cechmanek was 18% better than other Philly goalies from 2000-2004, posting a .923 to their .906.
Playoffs: Cechmanek’s reputation was that he would falter when the chips were down. His overall numbers in the playoffs support this (.909 ), and I saw it happen myself a few times. However, in Cheveldae’s only three appearances, he went down to a team that Detroit was favoured to beat. Cechmanek was 9-14, Cheveldae was 9-15. Cheveldae was right on the league average sv% in this time, Cechmanek was 8 points under. It’s debatable who was better, but if Cheveldae was looking for an edge somewhere to overcome Cechmanek’s huge advantages in other areas, he ain’t gonna find it in his playoff record.
Pilon is my dirty mean guy on the last pairing. He blocks shots and he clears the crease Im not expecting him to do anything else.
But, I mean, couldn’t this be said for a large number of available defensemen? There are so many more out there who lasted longer in the NHL, and played more important minutes for much better teams.
Kocur is probably the most feared enforcer to ever have entered a hockey rink. That, plus he actually was a good (in the enforcer on the 3rd-4th line sense) hockey player makes him a good fit for my 4th line.
Yeah, like I said, you could have done a lot worse.
He was a very good fighter. His W/L record at dropyourgloves.com is among the very best I have ever seen. It is a tad better than Simon’s, even. But Simon is a superior player in probably every other way. There is a handful of others I would call more useful overall players without giving a lot up in the fighting department either. If your focus was more geared towards fighting than playing hockey, you did OK.
