OFF DAY THREAD! We give points away for free!

[Tom Hanks]

 

[ownal]

All the top teams now load up their top line and I think we might have to do that.

Malkin - Crosby - Zucker
Guentzel - McCann - Rust
Tanev - Tb - Kap
Zar - Jank - Scaviour

 

[Tom Hanks]

 

[heysmilinstrange]

 

[Tom Hanks]

This shows the team impact too but I’m sure we’re all aware of that. Still Jarry needs to be better

 

[EightyOne]

Wake me up when this joker scores on his first shot, on his first shift, in his first game.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

This shows the team impact too but I’m sure we’re all aware of that. Still Jarry needs to be better

My understanding is that GSAx accounts for shot quality and levels the playing field for goalies on good vs. bad defensive teams, so Jarry's numbers here can't be softened by bad defensive play. But as your chart suggests, his numbers should continue to regress back to the mean.

 

[Tom Hanks]

My understanding is that GSAx accounts for shot quality and levels the playing field for goalies on good vs. bad defensive teams, so Jarry's numbers here can't be softened by bad defensive play. But as your chart suggests, his numbers should continue to regress back to the mean.

That is definitely true and he could have made some more saves from the eye test but the analytics can’t measure the mental aspect. I wouldn’t use that as a strong defense for a skater but goalies I think there is a bit more to it especially on the Pens (see below).

EDIT: Small sample size too but things should stabilize for all soonish. Although the analytical guys said the lock out season threw more curve balls than any other recent season. This one potentially throws more stats out of whack

Pens will never have a Vezina goalie because over the years under pretty much every coach I’ve seen we probably gamble more than other teams but when you have Sid/Geno it’s usually a good bet. We will hang out goalies out to dry at some moments during a game. I’d rather play a bit safer now as a team and less gambling. I think that’s the way to win more in the NHL these days. Goals for will drop but hopefully GA will drop more

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Any update with Weber travel wise?

 

[KIRK]

Any update with Weber travel wise?

Nothing beyond that previous news that he's expected to meet the team in New York.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Nothing beyond that previous news that he's expected to meet the team in New York.

Station.

 

[KIRK]

Station.

Don't worry, the team will email you when the Yannick Weber Penguins jerseys go on sale.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Don't worry, the team will email you when the Yannick Weber Penguins jerseys go on sale.

Just don't wanna see the cucking man ever again.

 

[RSPens]

How about that POJ hit on Studnicka...that was a beauty. POJ is still going to make a few rookie mistakes each game, but I am really liking what I am seeing there.

 

[EVGENIMERLIN]

Wake me up when this joker scores on his first shot, on his first shift, in his first game.

While making a HOF defenseman look like a jobber

 

[Andy99]

Sid becoming our next GM? Lol

 

[KIRK]

Sid becoming our next GM? Lol

Warning shot fired . . .

 

[Empoleon8771]

Sid becoming our next GM? Lol

Absolute fake news. Not a chance in hell.

I think it's way more likely that Biron is grossly taking a quote by Dreger out of context.

 

[Giskard]

I told you we should had keep Murray!

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Sid becoming our next GM? Lol

He’s not happy Erod is hurt

 

[Empoleon8771]

I found the interview with Dreger. Like I said, it's Biron grossly taking Dreger out of context.

The Instigators

Dreger said that if new management came to Crosby and Malkin and said "look, we need to renovate this thing" (meaning rebuild), they'd ask Crosby and Malkin if they'd rather stick out a 2-3 year rebuild/retool or "consider other opportunities to chase a Stanley Cup". Dreger made absolutely no indication that either Crosby or Malkin would say yes to that, beyond saying that Crosby is ultra competitive. He just said that the management may give Crosby and Malkin the opportunity to go to a contender if they want to.

Not only is it based on a faulty assumption that the Penguins would hire a GM that wants to retool, because they're flat out not going to hire a guy who's going to rebuild the team right now, but Dreger also gave no indication that either Crosby or Malkin would say yes to that.

 

[Pens x]

Sid becoming our next GM? Lol

That’s not good.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Sid becoming our next GM? Lol

Biron looking about as good a reporter or whatever he's pretending to be these days as he was a goalie, and that's to say not very good.

 

[Beauner]

I'm genuinely going to have to take a quasi-permament hiatus from HF and hockey-related social media if the rest of Crosby's career is going to be idiot media members stoking trade rumors out of thin air.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

I'm genuinely going to have to take a quasi-permament hiatus from HF and hockey-related social media if the rest of Crosby's career is going to be idiot media members stoking trade rumors out of thin air.