Unlike baseball, I am not sure that any metrics can take into account the guy in the middle of the action. The goalie. A hot goalie negates a lot of those stats. Though , I am sure teams use them to self scout.
- Elbows15

>Vastly different game, no doubt
>Requires vastly different metrics that are still in the infancy stages compared to baseball which is driven by individual actions
>There are ways to evaluate players individual strengths and weaknesses that go beyond the eye test (but support it)
>Not talking about crunching the numbers given by the NHL -- talking about focusing on very specific ways to evaluate a player
>NHL teams are already doing this
>To me, there is still a bit too much "assumption" surrounding what players do on the ice vs. what they actually do

It isn't a team photo without Greg Fox, Al.
- Elbows15

Fox actually accumulated some points in the NHL...

Been raining all day here NW of Chicago..I bought 48 pieces of candy and have given out 1...
- Glenman12

I didn't get any trick-or-treaters either due to the rain, but then again it's always raining where I am.

Where to?
- rtang415

My son and I will be heading to DC.....then to kings court and ocean city.

Well yeah, except for the racist part.
- Elbows15

My grandfather is EXACTLY like the character in that movie...

He's an elder Irish-Chicagoan (Vet & former CPD as well) & a hardcore racist

Thanks for the PMs gentlemen...... much obliged

Traveling to Virginia in July....
- UnnamedSource

To eat at the Joe's Steakhouse in Front Royal?

To eat at the Joe's Steakhouse in Front Royal?
- Beaver-Warrior

Port land is on our list as well for another trip.

My son and I will be heading to DC.....then to kings court and ocean city.
- UnnamedSource

We are about 3 hours southeast of DC. About and hour and a half from the Outer Banks.

We are about 3 hours southeast of DC. About and hour and a half from the Outer Banks.
- rtang415

Never been to Virginia...... did Boston, Vermont, new Hampshire and bar harbor Maine this summer.

Does JJ not comment anymore in his blogs?

Port land is on our list as well for another trip.
- UnnamedSource

Nice,nice. I'm roughly 2 hours south of Ptown.

>Vastly different game, no doubt
>Requires vastly different metrics that are still in the infancy stages compared to baseball which is driven by individual actions
>There are ways to evaluate players individual strengths and weaknesses that go beyond the eye test (but support it)
>Not talking about crunching the numbers given by the NHL -- talking about focusing on very specific ways to evaluate a player
>NHL teams are already doing this
>To me, there is still a bit too much "assumption" surrounding what players do on the ice vs. what they actually do
- SnapitUpstairs

One major difference in accumulating data is the NHL involves more subjectivity than other sports.

Never been to Virginia...... did Boston, Vermont, new Hampshire and bar harbor Maine this summer.
- UnnamedSource

This is the real Virginia down here.

Ogi, do you see a lot of this in the airline industry.
- philco28

It's everywhere. Sadly.

There was never a shortage of drunks at the old barn. Man, I loved that place.
- Elbows15

What I don't miss is getting drenched when the drunks spilled their beer.

What I don't miss is getting drenched when the drunks spilled their beer.
- Q...argh

Nothing wrong with the occasional beer shower. It's good for your skin. So soft

This is the real Virginia down here.
- rtang415

Speaking from personal experience, couple years in Warren County. Yep.

It's everywhere. Sadly.
- Ogilthorpe2

True that...lot of people get phucked up because of SELFISH IMPULSES.

Nothing wrong with the occasional beer shower. It's good for your skin. So soft
- Ogilthorpe2

Beer Shower=Ambience

Nothing wrong with the occasional beer shower. It's good for your skin. So soft
- Ogilthorpe2

Al Smith liked his in the '59 World Series

One major difference in accumulating data is the NHL involves more subjectivity than other sports.
- Al

>Very true, but some of the current "hot" fielding data in MLB is layered with subjectivity -- assumptions are made about a player's range, etc.
>My long-winded point in all this is this: Hawks can win a game, say 4-1 but have one of their Dmen cause 5 unforced icings (stat sheet) -- other team doesn't score of any draws (but on another night?)
>Coach sees stat sheet and quickly looks at the tape loop set up on those plays to see what happened -- all bad passes? Dman not moving his feet? players stop skating or miss good passes?
>If indeed 5 unforced bad breakout passes, Dman needs to fix it, right away

Sounds like a TV soap opera plot.
- Beaver-Warrior

Or the Chicago Cubs, Sandberg era.

My grandfather is EXACTLY like the character in that movie...

He's an elder Irish-Chicagoan (Vet & former CPD as well) & a hardcore racist


- CBHawks88

What I don't miss is getting drenched when the drunks spilled their beer.
- Q...argh

Was that you? Sorry.