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pbrsimps
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Joined: 10.06.2011
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Canadian forward group is almost sickening |
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jtommyt
Calgary Flames |
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Location: Calgary, AB Joined: 08.02.2007
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Andrew Ladd over Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza? |
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Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks |
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Location: Vancouver, BC Joined: 09.26.2010
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Chris Kunitz over Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza? - jtommyt
Fixed. You're welcome. |
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BigDre
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: The only thing we win is a trophy for our captain who attends gay pride parades- Lahey, AB Joined: 01.09.2012
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Speed and skill?
Hall was built for speed and skill
Make it happen Stevey |
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Smurfs-A-Joke
Washington Capitals |
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Location: Markham, ON Joined: 05.05.2013
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That Shea Weber fella is the best d-man in the NHL that hasn't won a Norris. And he was Canada's best d-man in the Olympics. Absolutely shocked Spezza didn't get an invite. Rather have him than Thornton. |
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Smurfs-A-Joke
Washington Capitals |
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Location: Markham, ON Joined: 05.05.2013
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Speed and skill?
Hall was built for speed and skill
Make it happen Stevey - BigDre
I would love to see a Hall-Benn-Lucic 4th line. Never will happen though. But Hall is better than Eberle. |
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Smurfs-A-Joke
Washington Capitals |
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Location: Markham, ON Joined: 05.05.2013
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Andrew Ladd over Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza? - jtommyt
Ladd is underrated. Spezza should be there over the likes of Eberle Thornton etc. |
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pbrsimps
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Joined: 10.06.2011
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Speed and skill?
Hall was built for speed and skill
Make it happen Stevey - BigDre
Hall should for sure make it. He already great, improving every year, and he should be even more dominant on the big ice with his speed.
Hoping he rips it up. |
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MrBeanTown
Boston Bruins |
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Location: Garth blogs make me regret my literacy, NF Joined: 01.31.2012
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I think hall will absolutely make the team, natural LW and would be a terror on the big ice, I can even see him as 1st line LW to be honest.
Hall - Crosby - Stamkos
yes pleaase |
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gamedaytix
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: ON Joined: 06.30.2007
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I think hall will absolutely make the team, natural LW and would be a terror on the big ice, I can even see him as 1st line LW to be honest.
Hall - Crosby - Stamkos
yes pleaase - MrBeanTown
Follow that line with:
Tavares - Staal - Perry
Giroux - Toews - Sharp
Marchand - Bergeron - Lucic
Duchene
Many may not like line 4 but I love it. Would piss off anybody. |
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tomburton99
New York Rangers |
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Location: NYR distrust, NJ Joined: 07.13.2009
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Follow that line with:
Tavares - Staal - Perry
Giroux - Toews - Sharp
Marchand - Bergeron - Lucic
Duchene
Many may not like line 4 but I love it. Would piss off anybody. - gamedaytix
No Mike Richards? |
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Ladd is underrated. Spezza should be there over the likes of Eberle Thornton etc. - Smurfs-A-Joke
Im not gonna say Spezza should make the team, cause honestly I dont see him high enough on the depth chart for Canadian centres...... but c'mon Yzerman, the guy has earned at least an invite |
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gamedaytix
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: ON Joined: 06.30.2007
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No Mike Richards? - tomburton99
I know. I just tried to make sure there was at least one natural winger on each line. |
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Sven22
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI Joined: 12.24.2007
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Setting Schneider aside for the moment (he has the best numbers but also by far the fewest games played, meaning there's less certainty about him), how do you pick between Howard, Quick, Anderson, and Miller? I mean these guys are nearly indistinguishable statistically.
EVEN STRENGTH SAVE PERCENTAGE, LAST 3 YEARS COMBINED
Howard: .925
Miller: .924
Quick: .924
Anderson: .923
To put how crazy this is in proper perspective: the difference between the best (Howard) and the worst (Anderson) on this list is 1 goal every 342 shots against at even strength.
(I chose even strength rather than total save percentage because I think it's less susceptible to random fluctuations and shot quality variation than total save percentage.)
Now, Schneider is the interesting case because his numbers are the best by a fairly wide margin (.932 over the same time frame) but he also hasn't played long enough for us to really tell with confidence if those numbers represent his true skill or if they're inflated to some degree.
If I'm GM of team USA, since I can take 3 guys and 4 of them are basically the same, for sure I'm taking Schneider. He's a less known commodity but there's also a decent chance he's the best.
After that, who cares honestly. I'd probably take Howard and Miller just because I think their numbers have been the most consistent and are least likely to be inflated, but that's more a hunch than anything. |
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Isles_since_6
New York Islanders |
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Location: Vancouver, BC Joined: 07.13.2009
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Setting Schneider aside for the moment (he has the best numbers but also by far the fewest games played, meaning there's less certainty about him), how do you pick between Howard, Quick, Anderson, and Miller? I mean these guys are nearly indistinguishable statistically.
EVEN STRENGTH SAVE PERCENTAGE, LAST 3 YEARS COMBINED
Howard: .925
Miller: .924
Quick: .924
Anderson: .923
To put how crazy this is in proper perspective: the difference between the best (Howard) and the worst (Anderson) on this list is 1 goal every 342 shots against at even strength.
(I chose even strength rather than total save percentage because I think it's less susceptible to random fluctuations and shot quality variation than total save percentage.)
Now, Schneider is the interesting case because his numbers are the best by a fairly wide margin (.932 over the same time frame) but he also hasn't played long enough for us to really tell with confidence if those numbers represent his true skill or if they're inflated to some degree.
If I'm GM of team USA, since I can take 3 guys and 4 of them are basically the same, for sure I'm taking Schneider. He's a less known commodity but there's also a decent chance he's the best.
After that, who cares honestly. I'd probably take Howard and Miller just because I think their numbers have been the most consistent and are least likely to be inflated, but that's more a hunch than anything. - Sven22
Quick has easily been the best over the past two years in that group IMO. Miller shouldn't even enter the conversation after his last year. |
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munky123
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: MTL, QC Joined: 05.10.2011
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Hall - crosby - giroux
E stall - stamkos - st louis
Perry - toews - sharp
Tavares - bergeron - ladd
Extra duchene eberle
Webber doughty
Keith seabrook
Pietrangelo jbo
Extra subban letang
Lu price crawford
Could probably use a tweak. But if the team is wanting to focus on speed I think this a decent bunch. Also canada should focus on chemistry. So short for practicing take it while you can |
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MrBeanTown
Boston Bruins |
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Location: Garth blogs make me regret my literacy, NF Joined: 01.31.2012
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Forwards
Taylor Hall Sidney Crosby John Tavares
Claude Giroux Steven Stamkos Marty St-Louis
Rick Nash Jonathan Toews Corey Perry
Logan Couture Patrice Bergeron Eric Staal
Extras
Mike Richards Ryan Getzlaf
Defense
Duncan Keith Shea Weber
Alex Pietrangelo Kris Letang
Drew Doughty PK Subban
Extra (but interchangeably with Subban or Letang depending if Offense or Defense needed)
Brent Seabrook
Goalies
Roberto Luongo
Carey Price
Corey Crawford |
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Sven22
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI Joined: 12.24.2007
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Quick has easily been the best over the past two years in that group IMO. Miller shouldn't even enter the conversation after his last year. - Isles_since_6
I'm not sold on Quick. He had brilliant numbers in L.A. Cup year but the rest of his career looks pretty average to me. And it's interesting you bring up Miller's "last year" because it's Quick whose numbers (in an admittedly short season) stunk out loud in 2013, with a .902 overall save percentage and just .910 at even strength.
Miller I thought acquitted himself well over the short season. Not his fault that his team sucks and also faced the fourth most penalty kill situations in the NHL last year (something that can really drag down a goalie's average). His superman 2010 does look like a bit of a fluke but otherwise he strikes me as a very good goalie year in and year out.
If we're only counting the last two years, statistically speaking Howard is the best of the bunch at evens, up to and including Schneider. But the smaller we make our sample the less faith I have in the numbers. |
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nucks_94
Vancouver Canucks |
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Joined: 12.05.2008
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It's tough to predict line combos as Canada has invited so many centers to camp, and Yzerman has said he'll try and avoid playing people outside of their natural positions.
That being said, I think it's an easy choice to move Stamkos to the wing, and put him with Crosby and St. Louis. Set up Stamkos on the half boards, let Crosby control the puck from the center position, and then let St. Louis (one of the best passers in the game) take his pick as to who he sets up.
Stamkos (off-wing, better for one-timers)- Crosby- St. Louis
Hall- Tavares- Giroux
E. Staal- Toews- Perry
M. Richards- Bergeron- Andrew Ladd (my darkhorse)
Getzlaf, Nash as extras
D- you could throw darts at a board and come out with 8 of the best dmen in the NHL.
Goalies- Lu, Price, Crawford
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KovyFan27
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Cole Harbour, NS Joined: 01.06.2009
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Stamkos - Crosby - St.Louis
Tavares - Toews - Giroux
Lucic - Bergeron - Perry
Richards - Carter - Couture
Sharp
Getzlaf
Weber - Doughty
Keith - Letang
Pietrangelo - Methot
Subban
Boyle
Price
Crawford
Luongo |
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Jurco_28
Atlanta Thrashers |
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Location: 51st state-Canada or Puerto Rico? Joined: 06.29.2013
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wouldnt discount Miller.
Anderson, Howard, Quick have far better teams in front of them. |
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KovyFan27
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Cole Harbour, NS Joined: 01.06.2009
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Kessel - Parise - Pacioretty
Ryan - Kane - Backes
Brown - Kessler - Pavelski
Callahan - Oshie - Okposo
Saad
Wheeler
Byfuglien - Yandle
Orpik - Suter
Martin - Flowler
McDonagh
Leddy
Anderson
Quick
Schneider |
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Chisoxhawk
Chicago Blackhawks |
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Location: New Bedford, MA Joined: 09.24.2012
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I just thought I would let you know that the name Hotstove when applied to hockey is utterly ridiculous. The term does not mean off season...it refers to the baseball off season which is in the winter and GM's are huddled by the hot stove working up plans and or deals...for hockey, perhaps you should use a term related to AC (air conditioning)...show some originality and common sense. |
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tomburton99
New York Rangers |
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Location: NYR distrust, NJ Joined: 07.13.2009
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Kessel - Parise - Pacioretty
Ryan - Kane - Backes
Brown - Kessler - Pavelski
Callahan - Oshie - Okposo
Saad
Wheeler
Byfuglien - Yandle
Orpik - Suter
Martin - Flowler
McDonagh
Leddy
Anderson
Quick
Schneider - KovyFan27
Shattenkirk and Mcdonagh have to make that team, both skate so well that they are needed on the big ice. Plus Fowler has not had standout year since his rookie season. |
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