Indeed, and for the record....


- Ogilthorpe2

Uhmm..well. I think its best I not comment. Pretty sure Saint knows both. But then, accountants aren't exactly known for their sense of humor.

A lot like last year's Hawks eh?
- Ogilthorpe2

No.

Indeed, and for the record....


- Ogilthorpe2

Also. I am stuck here in snowmagaddon so please. real vs fake. Yoga pants?

No.
- rollpards19

Keep telling yourself that.

BTW. Its Qatar.
- Elbows15

So - otherwise I was right?

Also. I am stuck here in snowmagaddon so please. real vs fake. Yoga pants?
- Elbows15

They're real...and they're spectacular.

A lot like last year's Hawks eh?
- Ogilthorpe2

Exactly.

Uhmm..well. I think its best I not comment. Pretty sure Saint knows both. But then, accountants aren't exactly known for their sense of humor.
- Elbows15

I don't see anything funny about ANY of this.

Exactly.
- StLBravesFan

Don't tell Pards.

I don't see anything funny about ANY of this.
- StLBravesFan

Shocking.

So - otherwise I was right?
- StLBravesFan

According to the Beav. No. But he wears sandals, so I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

Don't tell Pards.
- Ogilthorpe2

Don't tell me what? But seriously this Colorado is nothing like the Hawks of last year. Avalanche are the second luckiest team in the league this year, Hawks were 10th last year, and well within normal range. Lanche would have been the second luckiest team last year as well. Can't ride high shooting percentages forever

No.
- rollpards19

Careful. This may be a trademark infringement.

Don't tell me what? But seriously this Colorado is nothing like the Hawks of last year. Avalanche are the second luckiest team in the league this year, Hawks were 10th last year, and well within normal range. Lanche would have been the second luckiest team last year as well. Can't ride high shooting percentages forever
- rollpards19

I get most of the advanced stats jargon. What exactly do they use to determine luckiest team?

According to the Beav. No. But he wears sandals, so I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
- Elbows15

Beav's probably too busy hunting chanterelles to correct Stl.

Beav's probably too busy hunting chanterelles to correct Stl.
- Ogilthorpe2

Are you laying them in there to get me banned or sumtin'?

Careful. This may be a trademark infringement.
- Elbows15

Are you laying them in there to get me banned or sumtin'?
- Elbows15

Beav's well documented as being a Mycophile, and I think Chanterelles are in season.

According to the Beav. No. But he wears sandals, so I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
- Elbows15

Was wearing them again today.

Beav's well documented as being a Mycophile, and I think Chanterelles are in season.
- Ogilthorpe2

Hey, Chantarelles are always in...oh, mushrooms.

Beav's probably too busy hunting chanterelles to correct Stl.
- Ogilthorpe2

Winter chanterelles and hedge hogs are in season.


Edit: I was out splitting firewood.

Was wearing them again today.
- Beaver-Warrior

Birkenstocks?

Beav's well documented as being a Mycophile, and I think Chanterelles are in season.
- Ogilthorpe2

"Maybe" - 1955.

No, sorry, that was the Chantels.

Birkenstocks?
- Elbows15

Keens

I get most of the advanced stats jargon. What exactly do they use to determine luckiest team?
- Elbows15

A combination of team shooting percentage and team save percentage, it's called PDO. League average is 100, so shoot 10 and save 90. Any team way above or way below is due for a regression to the mean. Obviously more skilled teams like the Hawks and Penguins are going to shoot a higher percentage on average than the Panthers. But pretty much each year it fluctuates, and after 82 games there's rarely any significant outliers, none in the data available that I can find right now. And I get some people will say well that team is good at shooting and good at goaltending, doesn't mean they're getting lucky. But when you look year to year pretty much no team stays consistently high in SV% or SH%, its just there's a lot of randomness and luck to hockey, and while its not fun to chalk things up to luck always, its important I think that its recognized when its happening, and its happening in StL, ANA, and Colorado