Pre-Game Talk: Leafs @ Habs: Wednesday 7:30pm

[Bigbadhabs33]

All good lol I was just pointing it out and our 5 (Hyman) I would stack up against the Han #5 every day and twice on Sunday’s the man is a gamer beyond what very few NHLers are

To be honest I don't know who the habs#5 is, is it toffoli, Gallagher, tatar, Anderson, Suzuki, kk, drouin? I really don't know

 

[ULF_55]

730 start. Gross

8:00 PM would have been much nicer.

Perspective

 

[Dondini]

Habs fan checking in, a lot of advanced stats being thrown around here lol. Should be a good one tonight, leafs have looked dangerous and Matthews looks to be taking over as the leagues top goal scorer. Been looking forward to this game for a while, cheers.

 

[Nineteen67]

We’ll see if this team is any good over the next 10 days.

 

[lebdafor norris]

It's a meaningful question that the stat answers, that has nothing to do with its r2 value.

The point is that if the question is "What's one single stat that will tell me which teams will play the best defense moving forward?", all stats will let you down. Also, people will let you down.

But in a fluid game with many variables that change over time, to have one that tells even 19% of the story is actually substantial. It's not a single stat that tells all. But if you can say that "Good defense can be attributed 19% to shot suppression", then that's a big piece of the pie you're dealing with. It's not the whole thing -- there's a long tail of factors. But it's not trash or useless.

It all comes down to the question being asked of the stat.

I agree, I went overboard calling the stat thrash, I was just shocked at how low the correlation actually is. In baseball, WAR generally have a correlation of above .7 to winning, that is why its generally seen as the "Absolute stat" in judging players, especially once BABIP is taken into consideration. If anything, this article showed we cant really treat xGA or corsi like we do with Baseball' s WAR, they more like pieces of the puzzle instead of the actual puzzle.

 

[Leaffan1991]

Think we get a bit roughed up tonight especially since we are ahead of them.
Wouldn't mind throwing sabourin in the lineup just in case. It's not like Barabanov or Vesey do anything might as well have someone in that will rough up other team if need be

 

[Mickey Marner]

This is arguably the biggest series of the NHL season insofar.

Saturday night will have crazy ratings.

 

[Mess]

Well I hope you're satisfied winning the division, maybe they will raise a division banner up on the rafters.

That is only part 1 of the formalities.

Eliminating Montreal in the playoffs and advancing the actual exciting part I'm really waiting for.

These next 2 games should set the tone for that set-up.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Anyone got scoop on our lineup tonight?

 

[TheGreatOne11]

Price is a shadow of his former self, but still capable of stealing the odd game. I worry he will show up tonight.

We want a quick goal to shake the man and for the boys play a 200ft game tonight, that will be the deciding factor, don't just get roped into straight north south attack hockey, remember your defensive assignment and I think we take a W tonight.

 

[BTP]

Win both in reg and we're a comfy 7 points ahead of them for 1st.

 

[Guy Boucher]

Anyone got scoop on our lineup tonight?

Hyman - Matthews - Marner
Nylander - Tavares - Mikheyev
Vesey - Kerfoot - Engvall
Petan - Boyd - Spezza

Muzzin - Holl
Rielly - Brodie
Dermott * - Bogosian

*Probably, depending on how he feels today.

 

[DarkKnight]

Looking forward to this game, obviously the best test defensively for our group. Also interested to see how great their defence really is faced with our potent offence, works both ways.

 

[CanadasTeam]

Think we get a bit roughed up tonight especially since we are ahead of them.
Wouldn't mind throwing sabourin in the lineup just in case. It's not like Barabanov or Vesey do anything might as well have someone in that will rough up other team if need be

This is one of few posts i’ve seen here to voice concern about us getting roughed up, do we play the Flames or Ottawa tonight?

I don’t see any goon/rat in that Canadiens team to warrant putting in Sabourin and i’m a little confuse, or maybe am I missing something?

 

[Jojalu]

Boston vs Toronto for keeps this year ... Tampa vs Vegas ... goes to show you top 3 of 4 teams in entire league are in SAME Atlantic division ... what a joke

Too bad Ottawa is not ready. The Leafs could have gone

Ottawa
Montreal
Boston
Tampa Bay.

 

[paulhiggins]

Bet we add no additional toughness to compensate for Simmonds and one of our guys has to leave the game with an injury due to a cheap shot and the penalty (if any) doesn't match the level of the crime.

 

[paulhiggins]

This is one of few posts i’ve seen here to voice concern about us getting roughed up, do we play the Flames or Ottawa tonight?

I don’t see any goon/rat in that Canadiens team to warrant putting in Sabourin and i’m a little confuse, or maybe am I missing something?

Rat Weber and Rat Chariot say hi! Auston Matthews takes series of cross checks in front of Canadiens net - Sportsnet.ca

 

[mix1home]

730 start. Gross

Good. We usually start to heat up around half of the game, so we might start on time because game is 30 mins late. lol

 

[mix1home]

Well I hope you're satisfied winning the division, maybe they will raise a division banner up on the rafters.

I have nothing against raising that banner as far as it's one of four.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Meh. It's just another game. Our season doesn't start until the playoffs.

 

[OVO16]

Montreal Cross-Checks vs the Toronto Poke-Checks.

Should be a fun one tonight

 

[Wafflewhipper]

People were saying put Sabourin in the game.

I was saying that too but I don’t really care. We can handle the dirty stuff Montreal throws around in the paint. We have to with Simmonds out.

 

[Madap]

Too bad Ottawa is not ready. The Leafs could have gone

Ottawa
Montreal
Boston
Tampa Bay.

That would be the dream. Although I’m more than happy to kick Edmonton out of the playoffs too. Nothing really against the team or the city, but some of the fans are unbearable on this site, and it would be sweet to see them cry.

 

[CanadasTeam]

Rat Weber and Rat Chariot say hi! Auston Matthews takes series of cross checks in front of Canadiens net - Sportsnet.ca

I stand corrected (though not real rats as some of our guys have thrown those same stingers on Gallagher) but just realized they also have that weasel Corey Perry.