pi2000

Interesting read. My 13yo just had his profiled (QUAD-0) and switched from 1/2' to 5/8'... he loves the profile. My 15yo still uses 1/2", might have him try 5/8". We have a Sparx sharpener.

Dahlin as QB is so deceptive... doesn't telegraph his passes.

Johansson is shooting at 75%, Olofsson at 33%... Eichel 13%

Kotalikesque?

Outshot 12-3 in the third. Scored 2 goals, gave up none. Progress.

To keep things in perspective they've only played one team (PIT) inside the top 15 in the league. They are playing better but I'm not sure they can compete night in night out against the likes of BOS, TBL, TOR, CAR, WSH, etc...

This 3rd period is where I want to see them play better all around than in years past.

Reinhart. He still around?

I woulda gone with Ullmark, thought he played really well last game, but whatever.

In the land of the blind... Risto gets heavy minutes.

Doesn't mean they're all right.

Yeah, not sure I trust the source on that one. Seems like an odd thing to tell somebody outside the organization... and there have been very few leaks under JBOT.

Menatl fatigue? Mentors? This is hockey not medical school.

What are your dimensions?

Why would they trade him? JBOT had been targeting him for a few years before he finally acquired him.

He's been great. Don't notice him too much out there, which means he's playing well.... he plays like a veteran and he's still only 20. Still can't believe they got him for Nylander. What a steal.

They're shooting at 13% right now. Last season they finished at 8%. It's such a tight league... drop that shooting% from 13 to 10% and thats probably the difference between a winning and losing record right now. They'll need to play better than these last two games to stay in the hunt.

These last couple games remind me of the streak last season. They could've easily been in a big hole the first 10min but goaltending bailed them out. Then just good and lucky enough to win in OT/SO. A win is better than loss, but they need better starts and finishes... which plagued them last year as well.

James Neal has as many goals this season as he had all of last season with CGY. Laine having his All-Star month early? TIppett doing his thing with EDM... wanted him in BUF.

I have no expectations for this game whatsoever. Hoping for some entertainment.

He looks like Risto, nothing has changed IMO. Some good plays and big hits mixed in with some much too frequent "what the hell was that!?" plays.

Wrong. This is the NHL. You have to be stronger on the puck than that, especially in your own zone. That was a weak play by Risto and it was costly.

I added some stuff to my script to try and explain it better.... "exp+/-" is what the player's +/- should be based on the team's even strength goal differential, the % of minutes played by the player, and the number of games they've played eg, if the team has a +4 even strength goal differential in a game, and the player played 25% of the game... their exp+/- would be +1. "%min" is average percentage of minutes played per game... atoi/60. Looking at Sam Reinhart, he's played just about 1/3 of all minutes... the team has played 3 games, and the team averages a +1 ES goal diff per game. So Samson's expected +/- is +1.02 (The .02 is because he's played 34.1% of minutes instead of 33.3%), his actual +/- is +1. So his TRpm is -0.02. pi2000@sfo-lvswy:~$ ./trpm_2019_min.py BUF =========================================================== BUF even strength goal differential through 3 games = 3 BUF average even strength goal differential per game = 1.0 =========================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min BUF Colin Miller 3.14 3 4 0.86 28.8 BUF Rasmus Dahlin 3.06 3 4 0.94 31.4 BUF Casey Mittelstadt 1.47 3 2 0.53 17.6 BUF Jimmy Vesey 1.37 3 2 0.63 21.0 BUF Kyle Okposo 0.51 3 1 0.49 16.5 BUF Conor Sheary 0.44 3 1 0.56 18.5 BUF Zemgus Girgensons 0.34 3 1 0.66 21.9 BUF Johan Larsson 0.29 3 1 0.71 23.6 BUF Vladimir Sobotka 0.26 3 1 0.74 24.7 BUF Marcus Johansson 0.22 3 1 0.78 25.9 BUF Jeff Skinner 0.16 3 1 0.84 28.2 BUF Sam Reinhart -0.02 3 1 1.02 34.1 BUF Marco Scandella -0.95 3 0 0.95 31.6 BUF Jake McCabe -1.07 3 0 1.07 35.8 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen -1.20 3 0 1.20 40.0 BUF Henri Jokiharju -1.86 3 -1 0.86 28.6 BUF Victor Olofsson -1.95 3 -1 0.95 31.8 BUF Jack Eichel -2.08 3 -1 1.07 35.8 ===========================================================

Some way too early TRpm numbers.... Risto near the bottom again ?, trade him already Can Dahlin get more minutes? Vesey, Mittlestadt and Okposo doing well at even strength. Trade Eichel immediately! haha. Seriously tho, his line needs to be better defensively at even strength. That said, it's way way way early to take anything away from these numbers. One good game could put Eichel at the top of the list. After about 15-20 games we'll have a better idea of who is helping or hurting the team at even strength. p2000@sfo-lvswy:~$ ./trpm_2019.py BUF BUF Colin Miller 3.14 BUF Rasmus Dahlin 3.06 BUF Casey Mittelstadt 1.47 BUF Jimmy Vesey 1.37 BUF Kyle Okposo 0.51 BUF Conor Sheary 0.44 BUF Zemgus Girgensons 0.34 BUF Johan Larsson 0.29 BUF Vladimir Sobotka 0.26 BUF Marcus Johansson 0.22 BUF Jeff Skinner 0.16 BUF Sam Reinhart -0.02 BUF Marco Scandella -0.95 BUF Jake McCabe -1.07 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen -1.20 BUF Henri Jokiharju -1.86 BUF Victor Olofsson -1.95 BUF Jack Eichel -2.08

This says otherwise.