ATD Chat Thread XV

[ResilientBeast]

How?

I made an excel sheet that splits the link apart and recombines the right parts

 

[Theokritos]

And now it should be done for good.

Hello ATD! Welcome on the History of Hockey board.

It appears to have been moved back

Indeed. Apparently it's being worked on.

 

[ResilientBeast]

Also I will be compiling as best as I can records everyone who has ever participated in the ATD can look at

Not as a bragging exercise or as a way to "rank" gms but simply just showcasing those who built great teams consistently in as many formats as I possibly can

 

[BenchBrawl]

Also I will be compiling as best as I can records everyone who has ever participated in the ATD can look at

Not as a bragging exercise or as a way to "rank" gms but simply just showcasing those who built great teams consistently in as many formats as I possibly can

Nice initiative.

 

[BenchBrawl]

And now it should be done for good.

I like it.This is where the ATD section should be.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Such a shame so many of the old bookmarked threads are "ruined" because of the transfer to the new digs. I was looking for the the tables on VsX and they're gone. Essentially all the By The Numbers studies/links are bad.

Just frustrating that so much work is now either missing or hard to find.

 

[Theokritos]

Such a shame so many of the old bookmarked threads are "ruined" because of the transfer to the new digs. I was looking for the the tables on VsX and they're gone. Essentially all the By The Numbers studies/links are bad.

Just frustrating that so much work is now either missing or hard to find.

It's going to take time, but we will be able to restore a lot of that stuff. Not everything though.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I'm not getting used to this horrible design and I never will.And hfboards is not the exception.Mobile is killing everything that is good with the internet; mostly in-depth information about X or Y and communities specializing in X or Y.Nothing informative was ever created out of a smart phone.

I'm too young to be oldschool, but this is what I am evidently.I want a big screen, a keyboard in front of me, a PC, a mouse, a big desk with all my papers on it and plenty of space to work both on paper and on PC, a comfortable chair, and so on.The nice oldschool set-up, where monk labor can be done.

But now the online landscape is becoming hostile or at best indifferent about the spirit described above.It used to be easy to find the good stuff online, now the amount of noise is burying it and making it hard to find.

 

[Voight]

Heat is on Oilers GM after controversial trades | Toronto Star

Food for thought

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Such a shame so many of the old bookmarked threads are "ruined" because of the transfer to the new digs. I was looking for the the tables on VsX and they're gone. Essentially all the By The Numbers studies/links are bad.

Just frustrating that so much work is now either missing or hard to find.

I re-posted the VsX resource thread - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/reference-vsx-comprehensive-summary-1927-to-2017.2215905/

 

[ResilientBeast]

Here's the first pretty complete recap of an ATD

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/posts/138658239/

 

[BenchBrawl]

Good job ResilientBeast, looking forward to seeing the final result.

Also, you should save those posts on your PC.I know I will for any significant post I make in the future.

 

[jarek]

So what's this about scoring being down in the NHL? Holy crap.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I was having a random conversation with a friend of mine, and we wondered about the following:

Which five names in professional sports (no Olympics or the likes of Phelps/Bolt) would be the most recognized if you asked the entire 25-60 years old male population in the developped world (define that as you want)?

Some names I thought about: Ali, Tyson, Woods, Federer, Nadal, Messi, Maradonna, whoever is the top rugby guy, etc.

I think Ali might be the top name, and Tyson might be second.Who doesn't know who Mike Tyson is in the demographics I talked about?

 

[jarek]

The Leafs are 20th in SF/GP and 29th in SA/GP. They are getting outshot at a clip of 3.17 per game. There is no way their winning ways are sustainable if this keeps up.

 

[Iceman]

I was having a random conversation with a friend of mine, and we wondered about the following:

Which five names in professional sports (no Olympics or the likes of Phelps/Bolt) would be the most recognized if you asked the entire 25-60 years old male population in the developped world (define that as you want)?

Some names I thought about: Ali, Tyson, Woods, Federer, Nadal, Messi, Maradonna, whoever is the top rugby guy, etc.

I think Ali might be the top name, and Tyson might be second.Who doesn't know who Mike Tyson is in the demographics I talked about?

I definitely think Ali would be at the bottom, maybe just ahead of Nadal. I think a surprising amount doesn’t know who Nadal is. I think a lot of younger people know who Ali and Maradonna where/are but not what they are famous for. Tyson is probably #1 as far as Boxing goes.

Michael Jordan is probably who you are looking for overall, then it’s probably Messi, Woods, Federer and Tyson in no particular order.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I definitely think would be at the bottom, maybe just ahead of Nadal. I think a surprising amount doesn’t know who Nadal is. I think a lot of younger people know who Ali and Maradonna where/are but not what they are famous for. Tyson is probably #1 as far as Boxing goes.

Michael Jordan is probably who you are looking for overall, then it’s probably Messi, Woods, Federer and Tyson in no particular order.

Agreed for Jordan, completely forgot about him.

 

[Voight]

I definitely think Ali would be at the bottom, maybe just ahead of Nadal. I think a surprising amount doesn’t know who Nadal is. I think a lot of younger people know who Ali and Maradonna where/are but not what they are famous for. Tyson is probably #1 as far as Boxing goes.

Michael Jordan is probably who you are looking for overall, then it’s probably Messi, Woods, Federer and Tyson in no particular order.

I dunno, Mayweather is pretty popular. Especially given he's he best at his sport in the social media age.

 

[Voight]

This is pretty cool.

 

[Hobnobs]

I definitely think Ali would be at the bottom, maybe just ahead of Nadal. I think a surprising amount doesn’t know who Nadal is. I think a lot of younger people know who Ali and Maradonna where/are but not what they are famous for. Tyson is probably #1 as far as Boxing goes.

Michael Jordan is probably who you are looking for overall, then it’s probably Messi, Woods, Federer and Tyson in no particular order.

Nadal wouldnt be very high.

The answers would be Jordan, Tyson, Maradona, Pele, Federer, Tiger Woods, Schumacher. Classic names with some of the newer gen it.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Wish you a happy holidays guys!

 

[VanIslander]

Merry Christmas!

 

[BenchBrawl]

OK, I'm used to cold temperatures, but this is...

 

[jarek]

@BenchBrawl The NHL this year more your style? Scoring is up astronomically it seems. At least 10 players have a legitimate shot at 100 points.

 

[BenchBrawl]

@BenchBrawl The NHL this year more your style? Scoring is up astronomically it seems. At least 10 players have a legitimate shot at 100 points.

I didn't watch many games.At this point they lost me as a regular fan.I don't feel qualified to comment on this specific season.It doesn't help that Montreal has nothing to offer me.From now on, unless the NHL becomes significantly more entertaining, or a real phenom enters the league, I'll consider the ongoing hockey like I do old eras and just evaluate modern players the same way I do old players.

But you're right, perhaps I should give it another chance.

I actually watched more games from the 60s/70s/80s than 2017 games this year