konecny
- Crimsoninja

He's a RW

@tsnjamesduthie

Canada's best player easily in the two pre-tourney games thus far: Ottawa 67 Travis Konecny.
- Jsaquella

He's so good he'll play center for us

Thing about Connectknees is he's ALWAYS noticeable. He was noticeable like this in training camp among men too. It's a rare trait. I remember them playing the Devils and there was what could be a star player in Zacha, and he was Mr. Invisible. Young kids can often be like that: hard to notice and inconsistent shift to shift. Konecny never fails to take control of a shift.

Jsaq is right I think, he's very reminiscent of G in ways. Amazing passer, great hands, great shot, and feisty and tenacious as all hell. But I reiterate: everyone who watches him, fan of whatever country or team, watches him in action and get their eyeballs glued to him. That's special.

He's a RW
- Just5

and?

So the quantity of data shouldn't impact how many games is a sufficient sample size to make a conclusion?
- Nucker101

You tell me, you decided that the sample size wasn't big enough to look at his GA60 stat. Certainly there are more shots attempted per game then there are goals. We're still talking about a player who is in his rookie season. Certainly there is a possibility that the player can get better.

49% CF is very poor when he gets 59% OZ starts.
- Feanor

Maybe, maybe not. Have to look at his total shifts versus shifts that are zone starts to see just how representative the zone start data is of his total ES icetime. Lot's of factors are involved in a player CF%.

Well my boy and I had a blast despite the L. I wish they would play first periods like they play third periods. Was great to see them come back in the third and get a point.

Some comments: Umberger should be Vinnyed. He is toast out there. He can't seem to do much other than chip the puck along and take bad penalties. I realize we need guys to chop it along but for his contract he needs to do more. He also doesn't look like he enjoys the game. He looks pained all the time. Send him to the A and bring up Cousins.

Simmer is a beast. Great seeing him stick up for Jake. Duby should have been tossed for that crap.

Jake is fast as hell. You don't realize how fast dide can skate until you see him at ice level. He was plugging well last night.

Ghost got some ohhs and ahhs with a nice spin o rama at one point.

Was cool to see 3 on 3 OT, and even the SO. Never been at a game for that before. SO still sucks.

All in all a great time though. Flyers will get on in Cbus one of these days. Lost 7 straight there since 2008. I've been to losses in 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 No wonder it feels like I have not seen a W live in a while.

All in all a great time. My boy really got into the game: 'Dad can we yell Let's go Flyers?' Yeah son we sure can. 'OK you go first Dad.' LETS GO FLYERS!
- Lexington Flyer

Ha!

Konecny really has me excited

Konecny really has me excited
- Giroux_Is_God

He's a RW

He's a RW
- Crimsoninja

And?

And?
- wolfhounds

lol ty

lol ty
- Crimsoninja

anytime

He's so good he'll play center for us
- Just5

Coots to LW.

will be an abomination if they dont rush him to the team by next season
- Crimsoninja

- ob18

ghost would have 3 more years in the ahl if it were up to you

ghost would have 3 more years in the ahl if it were up to you
- Crimsoninja

I'd like to put Provorov through a rigorous Billy Madison type situation before he can even go to the AHL.

ghost would have 3 more years in the ahl if it were up to you
- Crimsoninja

No, I said he should start this season in the AHL, not that he'd stay there long.

If the player earns it great if not spending time in the AHL or even back in juniors isn't always a bad thing to happen.

Coots to LW.
- hereticpride

it will kill his production

Man. Watched Jagr's goal that puts him fourth all-time

He just keeps going and going and going. His speed and endurance are below the bar, but his strength and puck control are still well above average and his hockey sense and passing are still world-class

What a player. If you know that he wants to play and understand that his shifts are going to be really short, you are going to get production. I honestly think he will be able to play the half-wall on the PP for years to come...I think Chelios was still playing in the minors at 48. Jagr's won't go to the minors, but I don't know that he can't play a limited offensive role in the NHL at that age

Simmonds beat Gudas to the punch.
- SuperSchennBros

Id be more afraid of L schenn then gudas. Gudas is just a hitter.

Congrats to Sanheim and Koneckny ....both have made the Canadian Junior team.

Probably not. When a guy sucks possession-wise despite favourable minutes for 20+ games then he's probably not that good.
- Nucker101


Yet, when I posted his GA60 on the other thread, you made the comment that it was too small of a sample size before deleting it. While Manning's possession numbers are not great for his usage and deployment, they're also not awful, at 49.10 at ES. Whatever metric we want to use, I view Manning as a 6/7 defenseman, and with all the other defenseman healthy, he should be at the bottom of the depth chart. I think he is a serviceable depth defenseman.

I agree I think Manning is a good fit at 6/7 with his low salary , giving a chance for our prospects to play and develop. I think he's better than we had in the past over the Hal Gill's ,Oskar Bartulis,Kent Huskins,Kurtis Foster, Bruno Gervais, Matt Walker, Andreas Lilja,Pavel Kubina. Hedy's just buying time till Hagg, Alt , Morin show there
ready . Even Manning had good numbers in the Ahl and having tough time putting up points here. Although he had a nice breakaway pass to Giroux against Van the other night and G hit crossbar . Not everyone can step in and contribute like Ghost . hopefully Sanheim and Provorov can be here soon .

You tell me, you decided that the sample size wasn't big enough to look at his GA60 stat. Certainly there are more shots attempted per game then there are goals. We're still talking about a player who is in his rookie season. Certainly there is a possibility that the player can get better.
- MJL

Thus you need more games for GA/60 to be a sufficient enough sample size compared to shot attempts.

The goalie's save percentage when he's been on the ice is simple unsustainable.

What does it say that he's been lucky yet still looked like a depth dman at best?

Thus you need more games for GA/60 to be a sufficient enough sample size compared to shot attempts.

The goalie's save percentage when he's been on the ice is simple unsustainable.

What does it say that he's been lucky yet still looked like a depth dman at best?
- Nucker101

As with any stat it requires analysis. Certainly you can apply a bias and discount a stat, if it doesn't fit a narrative. I think it simply shows that while Manning is not a player that will carry play, he can certainly hold his own, and not be a liability out there. Can also judge all defenseman by the same standard. I prefer to take into account that Manning is a limited player to begin with, is a rookie, and is a 6/7 caliber NHL defenseman. When looked at from that perspective, I'm comfortable with Manning as a depth defenseman. He's also inexpensive on the cap. While he certainly should not be immune from objective criticism, as an example, I thought he had a pretty poor game, last time he played, he also doesn't deserve a lot of the vitriol he receives.

Need a Jethro tull version of away in the manager

Dunno.
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