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the_cause2000
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Not quite my tempo
Joined: 02.26.2007

Aug 13 @ 3:44 PM ET
a glaring hole has to be the defence
BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Aug 13 @ 3:44 PM ET
Okay but seriously you're D looks nearly as bad as ours... probably worse.
GOA88
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 08.02.2013

Aug 13 @ 3:47 PM ET
Okay but seriously you're D looks nearly as bad as ours... probably worse.
- BINGO!

Now you're taking it a little too far...
Just5
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 05.22.2008

Aug 13 @ 3:47 PM ET
-4.9 gfrel%

not good.

- Schenn-Sational!


Just wish some of the other posters in here have the foreskin that you clearly are showing
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Aug 13 @ 3:48 PM ET
-4.9 gfrel%

not good.

- Schenn-Sational!


I don't know exactly what all of those voodoo numbers mean. That said, having actually watched him play live last preseason (assuming that competition is equal to/above QMJHL-level), he looked pretty damn good.

But, since he has some value on him, it means that he's absolutely terrible.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Aug 13 @ 3:49 PM ET
Just wish some of the other posters in here have the foreskin that you clearly are showing
- Just5


I eat foreskin like you for breakfast!
BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Aug 13 @ 3:49 PM ET
Now you're taking it a little too far...
- GOA88



How so?

Faulk and Sekera might be a better pairing than anything the Flyers can currently throw together.
TobyFlenderson
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: The Annex, Scranton, PA
Joined: 06.13.2013

Aug 13 @ 3:50 PM ET
I don't know exactly what all of those voodoo numbers mean. That said, having actually watched him play live last preseason (assuming that competition is equal to/above QMJHL-level), he looked pretty damn good.

But, since he has some value on him, it means that he's absolutely terrible.

- jmatchett383

I could be wrong but didn't he setup Vinny for a one timer with a nifty cross ice pass? That alone made me giddy.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Aug 13 @ 3:51 PM ET
How so?

Faulk and Sekera might be a better pairing than anything the Flyers can currently throw together.

- BINGO!


Sorry, can't hear you. You need to speak louder from the basement.
Schenn-Sational!
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Sorry you don't understand...Y
Joined: 10.08.2008

Aug 13 @ 3:51 PM ET
Just wish some of the other posters in here have the foreskin that you clearly are showing
- Just5

I (fortunately) lack that.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Aug 13 @ 3:52 PM ET
I could be wrong but didn't he setup Vinny for a one timer with a nifty cross ice pass? That alone made me giddy.
- TobyFlenderson


I don't remember anything specific, but he didn't look out of place and made some smart, efficient plays. Nothing that made my jaw drop, but nothing Randy Jones-esque.
Tomahawk
Ottawa Senators
Location: Driver's Seat: Mitch Marner bandwagon. Grab 'em by the Corsi.
Joined: 02.04.2009

Aug 13 @ 3:52 PM ET
How so?

Faulk and Sekera might be a better pairing than anything the Flyers can currently throw together.

- BINGO!


You're really banking on Sekera having another 11G / 40+PT season?
Schenn-Sational!
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Sorry you don't understand...Y
Joined: 10.08.2008

Aug 13 @ 3:54 PM ET
I don't know exactly what all of those voodoo numbers mean. That said, having actually watched him play live last preseason (assuming that competition is equal to/above QMJHL-level), he looked pretty damn good.

But, since he has some value on him, it means that he's absolutely terrible.

- jmatchett383

It's like a fancy version of +/- that takes into account how the team performs with him on the ice, and without him on the ice.

If he's a -, that means the team is better with him off the ice than on.


As for the preseason, a few years ago I watched Chris DiDomenico completely embarrass Sidney Crosby... had Sid completely rattled.
MJL
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Candyland, PA
Joined: 09.20.2007

Aug 13 @ 3:54 PM ET
He got -5 units of possession.
- jmatchett383


You have to avoid drafting a player who was given 10-15 for possession.
BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Aug 13 @ 3:56 PM ET
Sorry, can't hear you. You need to speak louder from the basement.
- jmatchett383



I prefer to think of it as digging for buried treasure.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Aug 13 @ 3:57 PM ET
It's like a fancy version of +/- that takes into account how the team performs with him on the ice, and without him on the ice.

If he's a -, that means the team is better with him off the ice than on.


As for the preseason, a few years ago I watched Chris DiDomenico completely embarrass Sidney Crosby... had Sid completely rattled.

- Schenn-Sational!


Yeah, I know the general principle of it, just don't evaluate one player based exclusively on a 5-man unit and Venn diagrams.
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Aug 13 @ 3:57 PM ET
I prefer to think of it as digging for buried treasure.
- BINGO!


BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Aug 13 @ 3:58 PM ET
You're really banking on Sekera having another 11G / 40+PT season?
- Tomahawk


No, but he's average 27 per season up to this point. If he can hit 30+ I'll be happy.

He's going to have to split PP time this year.
mayorofangrytown
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Downingtown, PA
Joined: 08.16.2006

Aug 13 @ 3:59 PM ET
I (fortunately) lack that.
- Schenn-Sational!

Congratulations Madame.
Feanor
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: DE
Joined: 02.13.2013

Aug 13 @ 3:59 PM ET
So Bill tweeted that Hextall said they are in a holding pattern with Brandon Manning. I wonder what the hold up is.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Aug 13 @ 4:00 PM ET
So Bill tweeted that Hextall said they are in a holding pattern with Brandon Manning. I wonder what the hold up is.
- Feanor


His ability to play hockey well?
Tomahawk
Ottawa Senators
Location: Driver's Seat: Mitch Marner bandwagon. Grab 'em by the Corsi.
Joined: 02.04.2009

Aug 13 @ 4:00 PM ET
Yeah, I know the general principle of it, just don't evaluate one player based exclusively on a 5-man unit and Venn diagrams.
- jmatchett383


Tyler Dellow hiring:


PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Aug 13 @ 4:02 PM ET
Congratulations Madame.
- mayorofangrytown


Can we trade foreskin for draft picks?

Edirt: If so, Hexy will do it. He always gets picks
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Aug 13 @ 4:03 PM ET
Tyler Dellow hiring:



- Tomahawk


It just seems like an over-complicated way of quantifying (correctly or incorrectly) a player's perceived value to the team. Grossmann's rating signifies that he should be in the ECHL, at best. It's one small tool that you can use to evaluate people, and I really feel bad for the people who spend hours/days creating fancy pie charts and spreadsheets.
Tomahawk
Ottawa Senators
Location: Driver's Seat: Mitch Marner bandwagon. Grab 'em by the Corsi.
Joined: 02.04.2009

Aug 13 @ 4:05 PM ET
No, but he's average 27 per season up to this point. If he can hit 30+ I'll be happy.

He's going to have to split PP time this year.

- BINGO!


He scored about 1/3 of his career points last season...
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