Zeke was correct, you are usually incorrect.
I have been a member since 2007. I find it unlikely that anyone has kept a running tab of my prognostications.
As I said, Corey Perry is MORE sheltered than Phil Kessel, around higher quality players, and yet his production is NOT better than Kessel in the last two seasons.
According to your silly internet stats that are flawed, invalid, and in no way relevant to analyzing a player as an independent?
Cool story.
I've seen people who probably struggle to keep up with the game. Face the facts, Perry regularly floats and makes bonehead plays. He isn't a defensively strong player despite his size.
Facts are one thing, but the collection of meaningless information you have here is another.
During the regular season, he was more sheltered than Kessel and only produced 2 points in the playoffs. Statistics and watching the game tells us that Anaheim lost the line matching game, because both Datsyuk and Zetterberg can take top competition and produce.
Again, according to a collation of meaningless information that is being misinterpreted by a growing number of impressionable yet lazy hockey fans.
On the other hand, Perry faltered against stronger competition, while Kessel, in the regular season, has demonstrates productivity against stronger competition.
Again, according to a collation of meaningless information that is being misinterpreted by a growing number of impressionable yet lazy hockey fans.
Corey Perry is better defensively, more physical, a vocal leader, a pest, a 50 goal scorer (Phil hasn't acheived 40 yet), and a former Stanley Cup and Hart Trophy winner....
There's a reason he's being paid what he is and it's because he is a better overall player than Kessel..according to those who watch hockey,
actually understand statistics and how they can be applied to sport with validity and don't base their judgments on a meaningless, faulty, and incomplete collation of numbers.
Yes, I have seen a number of Duck games live in Anaheim. He is not up against top lines like Jeff Carter/ Mike Richards were in the playoffs.
Once again, according to to a collation of meaningless information that is being misinterpreted by a growing number of impressionable yet lazy hockey fans.
This would be alot easier if you just directed us to behindthenet because everything you type is based solely off of free internet stats that not a single credible GM uses to evaluate players.
More so, statistics can tell us who Perry was up against by comparing his competitions relative CORSI. In other words, we can determine who are the puck possession monsters and see how Perry is utilized in line matching.
And once again you are guilty of overextending, misinterpreting, and making false claims based on this.
Let's just say this.
Mikhail Grabovski, being his usual self, spams shots away from the top of the circle. He is rewarded in CORSI for this. He just made a solid play, according to CORSI. Doesn't matter if he had an open man with the net wide open, according to the spreadsheet, he did good. LOL
Clarke Macarthur, on his way back to the bench, uninvolved in the play, is also credited with a good CORSI play (Mikhail Grabovski's 25 foot spam shot).
You tell me face the facts, well this is me facing them. And the fact most reasonable and educated people are faced with is that advanced stats are arbitrary, meaningless, and absolutely bogus.
Face the facts, Perry has to be sheltered to perform. Kessel, on the other hand, can produce against depth scoring teams like the Bruins. He can do it without a top line centre in Getzlaf either, who is also earning $8 million.
Blah blah blah, advanced stats, blah blah blah
You're going to have to search harder on Google for something real.
You're sounding ridiculous. Grabovski started in the defensive zone 75% of the time and was the possession leader on the line, what more do you expect?
I expect him to be better defensively and offensively. No sympathy here for his struggles.
By watching the game, it was clear that Grabovski was taking the puck to the opposition zone. However, his linemates were usually not effectively involved in the offensive zone. If they were so effective, why weren't they possession leaders? That was quite obvious if you payed attention.
Nikolai Kulemin is five times as good as Grabovski defensively and for possession purposes. That would be quite obvious if you payed attention and didn't spend all your time studying bogus google stats.
Grabovski is a puck hog with no vision and little defensive ability, and certainly not worthy of a checking line center role.
Frattin, who was used, tends to play most effectively when posted in the post. However, he still had some opportunities, but luck wasn't with him. Similarly, Kulemin had opportunities, but had a hard time parking himself in front of the net. Let me ask, why is it difficult to maintain possession against the Crosby, Giroux, Staal , top scoring lines?
Luck lol. When the bogus stats don't add up or make any sense, must be luck. Great reasoning.
It's difficult to maintain possession against the best scoring lines in the league because they are better at distributing pucks...something that absolutely no Leaf fan (save for behindthenet fans) would suggest Grabovski is good at.
Next time, use the ice tracker on the NHL website. If you have trouble keeping up with who is on the ice, use it. Many complain that Grabovski "hogs" the puck and doesn't utilize his linemates. I must ask, how is he able to re-gain possession against the top lines in the NHL? These are the offensive specialists, by the way and he still wandered in the offensive zone.
Because there are four other players on the ice that assist in that process of getting the puck to Grabovski so he can penetrate the neutral zone.
