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Dekes For Days said:
I'm not the one that brought up Babcock, Stephen, and no, quite a few issues with Babcock have been outlined.

The 2017-2018 team and the 2020-2021 teams are quite different - 7 points is not an accurate representation of the difference between them. That is a good example of how utilizing exclusively single season overall points to evaluate the quality of teams can sometimes lead individuals to incorrect conclusions.
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Do you think it was easier to accumulate 105 in an 82 game season against 30 other teams or the 7 team house league in the 56 games?
 
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Stephen said:
Do you think it was easier to accumulate 105 in an 82 game season against 30 other teams or the 7 team house league in the 56 games?
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Well, if there were house league games he would be in the 500 point range. I d expect Nash to get better than 105 in 56 house league games.
 
Dekes For Days said:
No evidence of any real difference.
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Dekes For Days said:
The 2017-2018 team and the 2020-2021 teams are quite different- 7 points is not an accurate representation of the difference between them. That is a good example of how utilizing exclusively single season overall points to evaluate the quality of teams can sometimes lead individuals to incorrect conclusions.
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On that confusing note, let’s move on...
 
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Stephen said:
On that confusing note, let’s move on...
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It's not confusing at all. You're just quoting posts from two different discussions for some weird reason... The first post you quoted is a response to your question regarding the difficulty of accumulating points in different seasons. The second post you quoted is a response to your statement regarding the quality of different Leaf teams.
 
FraumBallard said:
Badminton might be a better choice for you.
Enjoy.
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Obviously you've never played badminton. Great game!

So are you eluding that people should want to see violence in pro sports that lead to injuries? That we should want families, children of these player to see their parent get injured so bad that they are stretchered off and hospitalized?
You think we should be cheering for that? Wanting that?
Maybe you're just posting crap to get replies but such bravado is nauseating
 
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Gallagbi said:
Shots and possession were in our favour from what I saw. I thought xGF and HDCF were in the Habs favour though (marginally)
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I thought we had the better of the play, our choices and execution obviously need to improve. We were lost for a bit after JT too. Think we come out strong tonight, this group is better than previous iterations.
 
DarkKnight said:
I thought we had the better of the play, our choices and execution obviously need to improve. We were lost for a bit after JT too. Think we come out strong tonight, this group is better than previous iterations.
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Someone posted numbers somewhere, apparently we had the least scoring chances for any one game by any team in the playoffs so far. Not sure if the numbers are right.

I'm glad to see your post though. I started drinking scotch at some point so not sure how reliable my eye test is (probably not very) but my impression was that we played well overall. I remember Price making some nice saves, I also remember thinking that MTL played well also, that they're going to be tougher to beat than I thought. Not sure if we had the better of the play, maybe slightly but I don't think we were outplayed either, close game overall. Considering what happened to Tavares, not bad overall and I agree, this team is better than it was years previous, I expect us to come out flying tonight. I'm going to drink less tonight so hopefully I'll have a better idea of what happens haha.
 
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Gallagbi said:
Shots and possession were in our favour from what I saw. I thought xGF and HDCF were in the Habs favour though (marginally)
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That lines up with what the play looked like but what wasn't so good is Josh Anderson looked a lot more dialed in and impactful than our top end guys, which can't be, and aside from the Marner/Nylander 2 on 1 and the Matthews post we didn't really test Price too much despite the high volume shots. Puck possession is one thing but let's make sure that puck possession is accompanied by clean, quick routes to their net.
 
Stephen said:
That lines up with what the play looked like but what wasn't so good is Josh Anderson looked a lot more dialed in and impactful than our top end guys, which can't be, and aside from the Marner/Nylander 2 on 1 and the Matthews post we didn't really test Price too much despite the high volume shots. Puck possession is one thing but let's make sure that puck possession is accompanied by clean, quick routes to their net.
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I thought Nylander and Matthews were just as good or better, but they're play drivers in a different way.

Marner was pretty terrible though
 
Gallagbi said:
I thought Nylander and Matthews were just as good or better, but they're play drivers in a different way.

Marner was pretty terrible though
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Yeah, Matthews and Nylander were alright but not at the level and production was obviously not there aside from the Nylander goal.

I'm wondering if there's some value in putting Marner on a separate unit from Matthews to try and replicate something like the Bozak JVR unit and have him play a 2B line. If he can't handle heavy minutes and stay sharp against Montreal's best, maybe he needs to be out there feasting on a mismatch and driving his own line?
 
Stephen said:
Yeah, Matthews and Nylander were alright but not at the level and production was obviously not there aside from the Nylander goal.

I'm wondering if there's some value in putting Marner on a separate unit from Matthews to try and replicate something like the Bozak JVR unit and have him play a 2B line. If he can't handle heavy minutes and stay sharp against Montreal's best, maybe he needs to be out there feasting on a mismatch and driving his own line?
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Yeah, I suggested Marner with Kerfoot and Galchenyuk. Force him to drive that line and be a factor.

Let Matthews ride with Will and Hyman
 
What NHL team does Babs coach again? And don’t tell me it’s cause of Marners hurt feelings that he can’t get a job cause we know that the NHL at their core doesn’t truly give a shit. Weird. 32 teams. He’s a former cup champion!!! Won with Team Canada!!! Didn’t call a player the n word like that Calgary bum. What gives???
 
AllDay28 said:
What NHL team does Babs coach again? And don’t tell me it’s cause of Marners hurt feelings that he can’t get a job cause we know that the NHL at their core doesn’t truly give a shit. Weird. 32 teams. He’s a former cup champion!!! With a stacked squad but I digress.
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He can’t get a job because of the numbers of years left on his contract, and no team wants to pick up the 6.25 million per year.
 
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