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For advanced stats geeks:

 

when I am looking at ranking players based on advanced stats, whats the most important stat i am looking at?

 

Icorsi , Ifenwick..Or something else

 

Are you ranking from a fantasy perspective or from real life?

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Taking Jin to his first NHL game Sunday. Seats close to the glass and I get to see McDavid. Probably the last game I see at The Joe.

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Vancouver isn't surprising to me. They have a similar team to the one that dominated. I think it's just clear now that Torts sucked a big one.

 

Montreal probably a playoff team. Leafs probably a 6-10 type team, so 50% or better in the playoffs... Ottawa is trash. Edmonton is trash. Calgary, yeah, really surprising... didn't they start hot last year too, though? Winnipeg has been a decent team in a tough division getting awful goaltending. Not surprised good goaltending has made them slightly above decent.

 

Calgary surprised me, but honestly, Im not "shocked" with Winnipeg.

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I always thought Pavelec was a good goalie, I cant figure out why his sv% and other stats have been so bad. I was a real believer of his during his Atlanta time.

 

If Winnipeg played in the East, they would be a playoff team, no doubt. The difference between the 2 conferences is staggering.

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Has anyone ever seen an ending quite like the Pens/Rangers game tonight? Goes to shoot-out, looks like Boyle puts the winner in, and the teams all leave the ice after the Rangers celebrate. It later turns out that he hit the puck into the post, then double tapped it back into the net so the goal is no good. The teams have to come back out on the ice, Sutter puts one in in the 4th round, and Fleury stops Nash to take the win away.

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casual mention today that Harding is on waivers.

 

Am i the only one who thinks he shouldn't make it all the way through, unless there is sort of an agreement to not claim him for other personal reasons.

like, why wouldnt Edmonton put him in over their two?

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ya, could be.

 

I was reading about how he should easily clear waivers, and I just thought I would take a chance on him if I was some other teams. Im guessing the MS scares them off, though I had forgotten about the fight/whatever with the teammate that got him hurt+suspended. Never heard what really happened there.

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Happy for Dubey. Stuck it to the Oilers last night. Undefeated in regulation.

 

Welcome back to the NHL

 

I think he's in the best place he could be right now with Sean Burke coaching him.

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and the worst hockey parents award goes to

 

http://bluejacketsxt...rce=twitterfeed

 

The problem is the parents of course, but I'm sure serge, myself and others cringed at the lenders. How can you sue someone a month after signing a long-term loan? Obviously you didn't do your diligence to make sure they actually had the capacity to pay it. I wonder how lenders like that are even allowed to operate with such an obvious bad-faith intent.

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Thats insane..

 

Its a really bad idea to borrow against future earnings..With those interest rates etc..

 

The only time I would recommend something like that is if you won that CASH FOR LIFE lottery.

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Its a terrible story...

 

Apparently the dad is known for being a cartoon character..he is crazy..When Jack Johnson went to college, he went with him..

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why are they borrowing at 12%/24%?

 

I'm assuming the 24 is because they were already screwed, but why start off at 12%?

 

I dont know about the lending rules in the States, but I am assuming these are private lenders..

 

There is no security really..No property..No colateral..

 

Not sure how its even done...

 

Sure the contract is guaranteed, but there really isnt a way for the lender to "own" anything like we would in conventional real estate, or collateral secured lending..

 

Its still an unsecured loan..I dont think banks, especially the large ones in Canada, would do it at good rates.

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why are they borrowing at 12%/24%?

 

I'm assuming the 24 is because they were already screwed, but why start off at 12%?

 

Heh, we're all wondering about the lending parameters. First loan is for $1.5 million, at 12%, with a million due in a month...fishy is an understatement.

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Heh, we're all wondering about the lending parameters. First loan is for $1.5 million, at 12%, with a million due in a month...fishy is an understatement.

 

Sounds like a good way to finance a drug deal or something equally shady

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I am not judging here, and I am sure Jack Johnson might be oblivious..

 

But come on..Its fishy....How out of it do you have to be, to not know that $18 million has been squandered away without your knowledge?

 

He has to take some responsibility..After all he fired one of the most reputable agents in the NHL...

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Ever since he was drafted practically, there was this aura around Jack Johnson in Carolina that there was something wrong with him. Most of it seemed to be about him having an attitude, just thinks he's better than he is, usual enigma stuff.

Frankly, I loved the guy from his days of playing WJC with the US and taking on the Canadians, and his hard hitting/fast skating style. But something soured with him+Carolina really fast.

When they dealt him away, it seemed like a "we're just trying to get rid of a headache" kind of thing. There were reports about him wanting more money or whatever, but really, if you read between the lines, you knew JR wanted him out, fast+bad. Getting any type of assets at all in return was a bonus.

 

I'm sort of with Serge. Is it really possible he was so blind to all this? Maybe. I suppose if its your parents, you might either trust blindly, or even if you think something is going wrong, just turn a blind eye to it and hope it fixes itself.

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Ever since he was drafted practically, there was this aura around Jack Johnson in Carolina that there was something wrong with him. Most of it seemed to be about him having an attitude, just thinks he's better than he is, usual enigma stuff.

Frankly, I loved the guy from his days of playing WJC with the US and taking on the Canadians, and his hard hitting/fast skating style. But something soured with him+Carolina really fast.

When they dealt him away, it seemed like a "we're just trying to get rid of a headache" kind of thing. There were reports about him wanting more money or whatever, but really, if you read between the lines, you knew JR wanted him out, fast+bad. Getting any type of assets at all in return was a bonus.

 

I'm sort of with Serge. Is it really possible he was so blind to all this? Maybe. I suppose if its your parents, you might either trust blindly, or even if you think something is going wrong, just turn a blind eye to it and hope it fixes itself.

 

I think the parents make Bonnie Lindros look normal..

 

Imagine your kid goes to college and you rent an apartment(buy a house ) a block away from the school?? Isnt that just weird.

 

ALso the dad is pretty famous and he dances at the games.

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