News Article: Globe Sunday Hockey Notes
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What The Puck
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Duguay
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Most entertaining quote in the article, IMO.
From Stephen Walkom;
"We know the guys that would be good at it. We just needed to get them to try it.â€
Personally, I don't think you do. But this is only based on watching how tragically poor the officiating has become over the past 15-20 years or so.
From Stephen Walkom;
"We know the guys that would be good at it. We just needed to get them to try it.â€
Personally, I don't think you do. But this is only based on watching how tragically poor the officiating has become over the past 15-20 years or so.
that puts us at 1995-2000. was that the golden age of refereeing? if so, how long was that golden age? or was refereeing simply better all the time before that?
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I'd say the problems started when they went to the 2 referee system. Don't remember exactly when that was. 99?
All I know is that today's referees have no feel for the game at all, and are tremendously over reactive.
They practice too much preventative officiating, and don't allow for the game to flow like it did in the past.
The league has become soft, primarily because of how it is officiated. Now part of the blame must go to league management for that, but still, there are far too many situations over the course of the season where the officials have too big a hand in the outcome of games.
But do you watch those games the way a scout probably does? I'll bet a scout pays much closer attention to a game than any of us do. Plus a scout is probably watching 3 or 4 particular players that his team is interested in, so there is no point in watching other games if they're not involved.
What The Puck
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bob27
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there is no trend in refereeing that is ever anything but the wishes of league management.
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Partly true.
Doesn't fully explain the lack of consistency though. That's on the officials themselves.
ODAAT
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I'm not too sure about your abilities as a coach, GM, scout, player, or even water boy, but you are one of the most talented own-horn-blowers I've ever seen. You should be calling Keith Lockhart, not Jeremy Jacobs.
WhalerTurnedBruin55
Fading out, thanks for the times.
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Any players in particular? Honest question, I know we've drafted a lot of Swedes, but not many are making it to the NHL level yet.
bob27
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Pastrnak is the big one. Though he is a Czech, he played in the same team with Nylander in his draft year. Arnesson just came to Providence this spring. Cehlarik, Blidh and Emil Johansson have shown to be capable players in the highest tier of Swedish hockey system. For just two years and mostly late picks, that's a pretty nice return so far.
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What The Puck
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170 games is more than 3 games/wk for 52 weeks. It's more like an average of 7 per week in-season, with, I would assume, a good chunk of those being live. If you're going to that many games, I would like your leisure schedule and budget
What The Puck
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170 games is more than 3 games/wk for 52 weeks. It's more like an average of 7 per week in-season, with, I would assume, a good chunk of those being live. If you're going to that many games, I would like your leisure schedule and budget
It's not enough. Consider the time investment players put in to training and actual NHL games. That's more like three games a day, minimum. Plus analysis and data recording.
GloryDaze4877
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There's a reason for that.
Axelsson started scouting for the B's in Aug 2013, so he's only going into his third season. Pretty hard to make more than an impact than he has in two drafts (Pastrnak, Johansson, JFK this year). The B's drafted two guys from Sweden and one played in the NHL as an 18 yr old rook. This year's Swede came out of the USHL, but I'm sure PJ saw him on the Swedish U18 and 20 teams.
Three games a week (thinking SHL/Allsvenskan) is not that bad, particularly if he has a network of people (coaches, etc) that he uses to narrow down the guys he looks at. If you are smart, you can probably cut down on the leg work a great deal.
What The Puck
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What Swedish players are we talking about? And are you giving PJ credit for pasta? Please share your references.
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You're a riot. This is the most boring offseason if you're trying to discredit our Swedish scouting ability.
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