I think that belongs to my guy who tends goal for my Providence College Friars! The kids name is Hayden Hawkey for (frank)s sake

Frozen Four baby!!! Wooo!
- RickJames77

nice one!

Moving up 5 spots was pretty amazing - should have known the Sens pick (or anything to do with that franchise this year) was jinxed. Should be an excellent player despite his name. Chicago did not too bad as well.


Habs?
- winsix

turns out the Sens probably made the right decision to keep last years 4th! who would've guessed that...

turns out the Sens probably made the right decision to keep last years 4th! who would've guessed that...
- 21peter

wait and see

turns out the Sens probably made the right decision to keep last years 4th! who would've guessed that...
- 21peter

Mathematically it actually was the right choice if you liked last years 4th pick more than what you projected to be available at this years 4th overall, which, admittedly, is definitely an imperfect science.

They had something like a 50.5% chance of picking 4th again.

Playoffs.

Start

Tonight

Mathematically it actually was the right choice if you liked last years 4th pick more than what you projected to be available at this years 4th overall, which, admittedly, is definitely an imperfect science.

They had something like a 50.5% chance of picking 4th again.
- RickJames77

yeah, but still many expected them to pick at the top2 this year...

yeah, but still many expected them to pick at the top2 this year...
- 21peter

Because they don't understand how math works


It was more likely that they'd pick 4th again this year, just like last year, if they had the worst record.

And the odds of them having the worst record were not 100% before the season started. So the odds of them picking in the top 3 at the draft last year probably much lower than 50%.

Because they don't understand how math works


It was more likely that they'd pick 4th again this year, just like last year, if they had the worst record.

And the odds of them having the worst record were not 100% before the season started. So the odds of them picking in the top 3 at the draft last year probably much lower than 50%.
- RickJames77

not many do...

not many do...
- 21peter

My last sentence was a bit confusing.

What I meant was at the time of last years draft, the chances of them picking in the top 3 at this years draft were much lower than 50%.

I think you knew what I meant though

My last sentence was a bit confusing.

What I meant was at the time of last years draft, the chances of them picking in the top 3 at this years draft were much lower than 50%.

I think you knew what I meant though
- RickJames77

I totally did!

I think that belongs to my guy who tends goal for my Providence College Friars! The kids name is Hayden Hawkey for (frank)s sake

Frozen Four baby!!! Wooo!
- RickJames77

I'm sure that it's actually "Hayden Hockey" and you guys with your (frank)ed up accents are butchering it...

Playoffs.

Start

Tonight


- Fakepartofme

Shame the Leafs are already eliminated

Because they don't understand how math works


It was more likely that they'd pick 4th again this year, just like last year, if they had the worst record.

And the odds of them having the worst record were not 100% before the season started. So the odds of them picking in the top 3 at the draft last year probably much lower than 50%.
- RickJames77

Closer than you think! its a coin flip. Avs had a 50.6% chance of picking 4th and 49.4% chance of pick 3rd or better. They got it up the hoop!

Shame the Leafs are already eliminated
- lumlums

...by the refs

Shame the Leafs are already eliminated
- lumlums

Yes they are, no hope at all

...by the refs
- 21peter

...by the refs
- 21peter

Yes sir, Marner will lead the round in penalty minutes and Backes and Chara will have Lady Byngesque type playoffs.

Shame the Leafs are already eliminated
- lumlums

It was a fun playoff though wasn't it.. We got to see a whole bunch of media folk trash the Maple Leafs..
Well, except for Craig Button, which is weird.. I thought he would pick the Booins too, but he actually thinks Leafs will win the series. I fully expect TSN to fire him tomorrow morning

Closer than you think! its a coin flip. Avs had a 50.6% chance of picking 4th and 49.4% chance of pick 3rd or better. They got it up the hoop!
- winsix

No it’s not closer than I thought. I literally said a few post before that they had something like a 50.5% chance of picking 4th.

If at last years draft you expected them to have a 50.6% chance of picking 4th, you’re assuming Ottawa was going to finish last, which is a huge assumption (especially in the NHL). I’ll grant you that assumption for one second. In that case, it was still likely they pick 4th so if they like Tkachuk over what they expected to be at 4 this year, then it was the right choice to make regardless. But, at last years draft, you’d have to factor in the chances of them finishing last in the league. There were some truly terrible teams. You’d have to take that in to account, which would bring the 50.6% chance of picking 4th (or even lower ala LA last night) up quite a bit. You can’t assume st last years draft that Ottawa was going to finish last. It doesn’t work that way.

It was a fun playoff though wasn't it.. We got to see a whole bunch of media folk trash the Maple Leafs..
Well, except for Craig Button, which is weird.. I thought he would pick the Booins too, but he actually thinks Leafs will win the series. I fully expect TSN to fire him tomorrow morning
- PatC80

No no no, don't you know that all the media is pro-Toronto? That's why they invent stories about McDavid being unhappy in Edmonton. It's all just a MSM deep-state plot to get McDavid playing in Toronto...

what's the main argument going on this morning

i want in

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Start

Tonight


- Fakepartofme

It feels like its been a really long wait since they played on Saturday. Its crazy that the NBA starts like a month after the NHL, and the playoff start only a couple days later. The NHL really knows how to elongate their season

It was a fun playoff though wasn't it.. We got to see a whole bunch of media folk trash the Maple Leafs..
Well, except for Craig Button, which is weird.. I thought he would pick the Booins too, but he actually thinks Leafs will win the series. I fully expect TSN to fire him tomorrow morning
- PatC80

The only concern with that is, has he ever been right about anything?


Also, apparently Cassidy is going with his faster lineup against the Leafs, not his tougher one. Weird, but good for the Leafs.

It feels like its been a really long wait since they played on Saturday. Its crazy that the NBA starts like a month after the NHL, and the playoff start only a couple days later. The NHL really knows how to elongate their season
- Archaic

It has to do in part to the physicality of hockey over basketball. Does Basketball have a players' union mandated bye week? I have no clue on that.

Edit: The bold, although stated as a fact, was meant as more of a question

It has to do in part to the physicality of hockey over basketball. Does Basketball have a players' union mandated bye week? I have no clue on that.
- RickJames77

They dont have the Union bye week no, but its also they play games more frequently through the holiday season too, like games on christmas. I hate the bye week in hockey.