If Buff took that same penalty , half the people on here would demand we trade him immediately because Buff is stupid and selfish .Well, he has a point about the penalty stuff.
If Buff took that same penalty , half the people on here would demand we trade him immediately because Buff is stupid and selfish .Well, he has a point about the penalty stuff.
No I think the Moose is the best place for a Jet prospect to develop from a team perspective. Same city, playing the same systems, ideal usage to develop the role the team wants you in and the team can bring you back and forth as they need/want. But to expect all European kids to feel the same way is naive IMO. And for player development I don't think there is much difference. If KV went back to Europe he would play against better competition, play in the WJC and the World Championship in and around the KHL season. Players come to the NHL all the time finishing off their junior careers or playing multiple years in Europe and do just fine entering the NHL. Financially KV will be far more to go back and play at home.And it's a European bias to think Europe is a better place to develop than the A.
Especially since both teams play in Winnipeg and the coaches can have more say in development.
European teams are trying to win and their # 1 priority is not development. The A they don't have the same pressure as everyone would be fine with Moose losing if the Jets win. Which means you can try a guy like Ves on pk if that's what the Jets want even if it causes short term pain.
no he didn't. no point at all. perron just missed his head with a shoulder or elbow shot. so it wasn't a good hit he was responding too but an attempt to take his head off. plus it was 5-0. their should be no issues with players going after someone after any sort of attempt to hit their heads regardless of the score.Well, he has a point about the penalty stuff.
You're barking up a dead dog's ass my friend as I didn't see the game. My comment was more general regarding the entire team and their penchant for taking penalties. They're not as bad as they used to be though.no he didn't. no point at all. perron just missed his head with a shoulder or elbow shot. so it wasn't a good hit he was responding too but an attempt to take his head off. plus it was 5-0. their should be no issues with players going after someone after any sort of attempt to hit their heads regardless of the score.
I don't think Jets management is worried at all about the Euro clause. Actually I think they are a bit ahead of the curve allowing European players to develop at home. As I stated earlier they are treating KV like a 19 y/o junior eligible player. They are giving him a few NHL games to see if he can quickly make the transition to the NHL. If not they are fine with him going back to Europe to develop and then they will welcome him back next season for year 1 of his ELC. IMO it is nothing but NA bias that says the AHL is better for developing players than European leagues.
Well ya, he is pretty dreamy.Better looking? Their stats are almost identical. Both career high of 64 points. Little cracked 30 goals once, ROR has never done that. I think Blues are a paper tiger with questionable goaltending.
Right now I'd swap Little for ROR in a heartbeat. Would you?
Nope. It's like trading in a Toyota Corolla for a Toyota Corolla. Dependable car but you aren't winning a drag race with it.
I have nothing against analytics in the game. I understand the need to track stuff like Corsi and adjusted corsi and WAR. It's just that we spent so many of our Jets 2.0 years patting ourselves on the back because we won the Corsi, even though we lost the games, didn't make the playoffs etc.
We have a very talented offensive team now, more guys with higher than average shooting percentages, a potent power play, more forward depth throughout the lines, the ability to score in bunches. And we have a Vezina quality goal tender (at least last year) who showed last night how to dominate a game. So advanced stats get skewed from Score Effects. Then there are 'adjustments' to the stats due to the score etc - to explain/adjust the advanced stats so that they make sense because the team that isn't supposed to be winning is winning. It is like a bit of a circle.
At the end of the day, it is the score in the games that translates into position in the standings that gets you into the playoffs. I would be just fine losing every game on Corsi, but generating 100+ points in the standings so that we are in the post season.
So I say it casually (Screw the Corsi, win the Scorsi) but I mean it. Even though I respect analytics in the game, and understand why they are important at the team and individual player levels. But at the end of the day, I want us to win games - period.