I don’t like Monahan as a player to be honest and think he gets hurt as soon d we get him in that case. Myers is an actual RHD and we only have two of them and won’t be leaving unless we get anouther RHD back. We already have Hughes, Cole, Soucey and Z on the left side.
Some of that is baked into xG no?
Are these genuine questions? Do you really not understand what zone starts indicate or how they effect shot metrics that stats like xG track? I can't fathom someone not understanding that while they try to use them.
Your brain exploded! I'm more asking if how do you weight it. Against xG. Lets say a 5% difference in zone starts.
No it measures where shots were taken from, not the quality of shots. I weigh zone starts VERY heavily. I also weigh quality of competition and who they are playing with heavily. Huberdeau (a poor defensive player) had excellent defensive metrics playing with Backlund and Coleman for that 8 game stretch. It's not because Huberdeau became good defensively. It's because Backlund and Coleman are elite defensive players.
That situation is certainly not Vancouver. Unless the Canucks are also importing two additional elite wingers.
He's going to get 8-9 M somewhere. 7.5M in a high tax market like Vancouver isn't even a competitive offer.
Where the shot is taken from is algorithm of how dangerous the shot is from that area. Or else why would you both tracking where the shot was from if it's not being entered into the data?
A clear shot on net is tracked the same as a blocked shot in xG. A backhand from the top of the circle is tracked the same way as a one timer from between the hashmarks. It's a very flawed system.
I mean, unless the market in Vancouver tanks(it won’t), you’re not going to lose anything on your $2M investment and most likely only going to make money. Professional athletes signing $50M+ contracts aren’t going to be turned off by the cost of living in a beautiful city lol.
Yes, tax rates are a legitimate factor. Cost of living for millionaires isn’t. These people don’t have the same concerns as regular people and it’s a joke to suggest a professional athlete is going to factor in the cost of gas or groceries into their decisions. Maybe if they’re renting a place for 6 months instead of buying but even then you’re talking a difference of what, maybe $25-50k a season? Chump change.
You do realize that real estate is considered an investment in most areas of the world? It’s not as if buying a property in Vancouver compared to Nashville is throwing that money away. Could they invest that difference and make a better ROI? Possibly. But it’s foolish to think that’s going to sway any high profile athletes decision on where to sign.
What’s your point? You’re not losing anything on your biggest “cost of living” in Vancouver, so it’s a minimal factor at best, not a bigger issue than taxes like you suggested in your original post I commented on:
FriendlyGhost92 said:
Not sure why you’re bringing any of this up. My only gripe was your suggestion that very highly paid professional athletes were concerned about cost of living. I don’t think for a second that a player like Lindholm would take less to sign in a place like Vancouver compared to Nashville and never suggested it.
When you have $50M in the bank already and just signed another contract for $64M, paying $5M instead of $2.5M on a property you’re not expecting to lose a dime on isn’t going to be a deciding factor on where you choose to live.
Yep only advantage Vancouver has is winning is more fun than losing. Having a chance at a cup.
