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Driving Play: Part II: The Aftermath of the Mike Richards and Jeff Carter Deals
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Part II: The Aftermath of the Mike Richards and Jeff Carter Deals. Let us turn to the numbers to try and find an answer. Taking my familiar approach, I am going to start by looking at the per game ice time of the Flyers’ newly-acquired skaters. Setting Jagr aside, below are the totals for both Talbot and Lilja from last season per nhl.com:. In shots allowed per 60 minutes last season. Having not played in the NHL since 2007-08, it’s hard to...
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Driving Play: Part I: The Aftermath of the Mike Richards and Jeff Carter Deals
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Part I: The Aftermath of the Mike Richards and Jeff Carter Deals. Richards’ leadership inside the locker room hasn’t been looked upon any more favorably. It has been rumored that a. In the aftershock of what happened almost four weeks ago, another highly-debated question has naturally emerged: are the Flyers still one of the premier Stanley Cup contenders in the Eastern Conference? What do these numbers tell us? Are a better indicator than goals)...
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Driving Play: On the Firing of Peter Laviolette
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Monday, October 7, 2013. On the Firing of Peter Laviolette. When Pete Rose was banned for life from the game of baseball in 1989, the late Commissioner Bart Giamatti described the ordeal as "a sad end to a sorry episode." Though the gambling connotations were absent (unless you booked action on the. To lose his job first), Giamatti's infamous quote can also be applied to Philadelphia's firing of Peter Laviolette this morning. Games of ' underperformance. Extending Scott H...
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Driving Play: December 2013
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Wednesday, December 4, 2013. The Real Problem With Big Goalie Contracts. Well, what about the ten years of experience he has previous to this where he played well? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brodeur is a Fraud. The Copper and Blue. In Lou We Trust. Russian Machine Never Breaks. Some Kind of Ninja. Time on Ice How-to. The Real Problem With Big Goalie Contracts. Subscribe to Driving Play.
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Driving Play: On Corsi Rates and Corsi +/-
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Friday, November 1, 2013. On Corsi Rates and Corsi /-. A: You can approximate a player's expected /- based on a 1000 PDO. B: High-event players get privileged over low-event players, which may be correct. C: It's closer to a WAR-type thing. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Brodeur is a Fraud. The Copper and Blue. In Lou We Trust. Russian Machine Never Breaks. Some Kind of Ninja. Time on Ice How-to. The New Type Of Trade. On Corsi Rates and Corsi /-.
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Driving Play: October 2013
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Monday, October 7, 2013. On the Firing of Peter Laviolette. When Pete Rose was banned for life from the game of baseball in 1989, the late Commissioner Bart Giamatti described the ordeal as "a sad end to a sorry episode." Though the gambling connotations were absent (unless you booked action on the. To lose his job first), Giamatti's infamous quote can also be applied to Philadelphia's firing of Peter Laviolette this morning. Games of ' underperformance. Extending Scott H...
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Driving Play: On The Difficulty Of Starting From Scratch
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. On The Difficulty Of Starting From Scratch. Dick Tarnstrom: Traded in 2006 for Cory Cross and Jani Rita, Cross dealt in 2006 for 4th round pick in 2007, Rita returned to Finland in 2006. Aleksey Morozov: Returned to Russian League for good in 2004, retired in 2014. Ryan Malone: Left via free agency in 2008, scored 65 goals in his 3 future seasons with the Penguins. Milan Kraft: Returned to Czech League for good in 2004, retired in 2013.
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Driving Play: November 2013
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Monday, November 25, 2013. The New Type Of Trade. Friday, November 1, 2013. On Corsi Rates and Corsi /-. A: You can approximate a player's expected /- based on a 1000 PDO. B: High-event players get privileged over low-event players, which may be correct. C: It's closer to a WAR-type thing. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brodeur is a Fraud. The Copper and Blue. In Lou We Trust. Russian Machine Never Breaks. Some Kind of Ninja. Time on Ice How-to. The New Type Of Trade.
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Driving Play: July 2013
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Thursday, July 11, 2013. Ilya Kovalchuk's Retirement and Its Effect On The Devils. Twitter is an endlessly clucking echo chamber where good sense is discarded in favor of snark, so I figured I'd throw up something here about Ilya Kovalchuk's sudden retirement. I don't really know where to begin (even though I was planning on writing an article like this anyway), so let's start with his performance:. Http:/ www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kovalil01.html. In Lou We Trust.
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Driving Play: May 2015
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The Blog with Three First Lines. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. On The Difficulty Of Starting From Scratch. Dick Tarnstrom: Traded in 2006 for Cory Cross and Jani Rita, Cross dealt in 2006 for 4th round pick in 2007, Rita returned to Finland in 2006. Aleksey Morozov: Returned to Russian League for good in 2004, retired in 2014. Ryan Malone: Left via free agency in 2008, scored 65 goals in his 3 future seasons with the Penguins. Milan Kraft: Returned to Czech League for good in 2004, retired in 2013.
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