TheAud

You're one of my favorite posters here and I actually noticed you being an A-hole and figured something must be wrong. Usually a good thing to purge the soul and admit wrong-doing. Good on ya.

He's been a pretty good goal scorer for a while who has continually struggled with in-season injuries. That said, his 26% shooting percentage won't hold up. Meanwhile I've been riding him in Fantasy Hockey 🙂

Buffalo pro sports have me too beaten down at the moment. I am taking this one off tonight. Good luck to the team, and to the poor souls who watch it.

Interesting. I would have thought there would be a bigger spread. Jokiharju surprises me. Based on Granato's recent decisions it seems like he has him 7th, but based on at least these two data points, he should be ahead of Clifton (which to me is obvious) and E. Johnson (less obvious to my eyeballs) and maybe even Samuelsson (who has sucked this year but demonstrated better in the past).

I wonder about the sample size and context relative to this metric. Power doesn't get sheltered minutes so far as I can tell but he's well ahead of Dahlin. Seems like you'd have to consider zone starts as well. Just from watching I don't get the sense that E. Johnson gets 'protected' relative to matchups, but I don't have any data on that either (and I'm not looking it up). But it would stand to reason that if E. Johnson is used much more often than say, Jokiharu, for defensive zone starts, he would have a lower number here. But the reason he's even in that position is because the coaching staff is more comfortable with there (rightly or wrongly). I guess it would be good to have a more holistic argument as to why Johnson sucks but it's a fan forum, not a Stats II homework assignment, so I get it. Yeah, I get it. Sometimes it's fun to see if the OP gets it though.

What is "Relative Expected Goals %"? Is it telling me that Dahlin is the Sabres 5th best defenseman? Because if it is, it's BS.

Goodnight folks

Who’s backing up Comrie tonight?

Now I have to turn off the game next time they’re down two going into the third. It’s a burden I’m willing to bear.

I’m not coming back for the third. Looks like another year of suffering…I mean ‘development.’

Dahlin polishing his Norris credentials there.

UPL has been solid tonight

Krebs will get his butt kicked every time but don’t engage him in debate!

I guess they feel the need to pause before shooting each time to give the goalie a fair shot at stopping it It’s inexcusable.

Muel didn’t get his job done…back of the net

He’s hoping it will deter Tom Wilson from picking on him.

You’re lucky

Good lord, shoot it Cozens

Please send Levi to Rochester

Joki has 3-4 icings this period

Don’t have to fight him. Put his head through the boards, that works too.