apuszczalowski Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 On 7/25/2018 at 4:39 PM, Hoss said: That was two years ago. He didn’t play hockey this season. I forgot about that. Thought he went from Calgary to Boston at the deadline then signed with the Avs for last season. Then I saw yesterday that it was Pittsburgh who got him at the deadline, then Boston, then Colorado. Then I seemed to recall no one signing him last year and he had worked out for the Olympic team because he wasnt in the NHL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Did I really just read that Tom #### Wilson just scored a six-year $31 million contract? The same Tom #### Wilson who has scored 35 career goals? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 8 hours ago, dudacek said: Did I really just read that Tom #### Wilson just scored a six-year $31 million contract? The same Tom #### Wilson who has scored 35 career goals? Hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 The Canucks announced Quinn Hughes will be returning to Michigan for his Sophomore Season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, dudacek said: Did I really just read that Tom #### Wilson just scored a six-year $31 million contract? The same Tom #### Wilson who has scored 35 career goals? I like that contract for Washington. I don't think you understand how hard it is to find someone who can score 35 points skating almost exclusively with Backstrom, Ovechkin, and Kuznetsov. Edited July 28, 2018 by TrueBlueGED 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAud Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 9 hours ago, dudacek said: Did I really just read that Tom #### Wilson just scored a six-year $31 million contract? The same Tom #### Wilson who has scored 35 career goals? Just this week my eldest daughter is studying for the GRE's and was complaining to me about the vocabulary section. She said "Did you know that the word 'albatross' is not just a bird?" I know that Washington Capitals fans will know the secondary meaning of that word in 2-3 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Sakman said: Just this week my eldest daughter is studying for the GRE's and was complaining to me about the vocabulary section. She said "Did you know that the word 'albatross' is not just a bird?" I know that Washington Capitals fans will know the secondary meaning of that word in 2-3 years. He now makes more than the average first-line winger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Yep, the Capitals are realllllly stupid. They should be smarter, like Terry and his braintrust. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 39 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: Yep, the Capitals are realllllly stupid. They should be smarter, like Terry and his braintrust. I'll bet there was someone on a Caps fan board somewhere who was just as harsh on non-hockey-guy Ted Leonsis for the last two decades who is silent now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Tom Wilson was everyone’s darling during the playoffs. He spent most of the season on the 3rd line IIRC, but spent time with Ovie in the playoffs and everyone raved about him. Those here that didn’t complain about his questionable hits wanted him or a guy just like him on our team. Now he’s just another 3rd liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Tom Wilson is worth what he is. He deserves to be paid fairly. The Capitals value him more than what we see on the ice, which they have every right to do. Value contract? No. Bad contract? Maybe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Weave said: Tom Wilson was everyone’s darling during the playoffs. He spent most of the season on the 3rd line IIRC, but spent time with Ovie in the playoffs and everyone raved about him. Those here that didn’t complain about his questionable hits wanted him or a guy just like him on our team. Now he’s just another 3rd liner. Liking tbing sthat someone does it not complaining about things they do doesn’t mean people want to pay him over $5 mill a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Eleven said: I'll bet there was someone on a Caps fan board somewhere who was just as harsh on non-hockey-guy Ted Leonsis for the last two decades who is silent now. 1 hour ago, Weave said: Tom Wilson was everyone’s darling during the playoffs. He spent most of the season on the 3rd line IIRC, but spent time with Ovie in the playoffs and everyone raved about him. Those here that didn’t complain about his questionable hits wanted him or a guy just like him on our team. Now he’s just another 3rd liner. Had never heard of the Pens Wilson. Was REALLY happy when the Sabres picked him up from Detroit, 'cause thought he was the Caps Wilson. Those are the guys you need in the trenches. Loved Varada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 12 hours ago, Taro T said: Had never heard of the Pens Wilson. Was REALLY happy when the Sabres picked him up from Detroit, 'cause thought he was the Caps Wilson. Those are the guys you need in the trenches. Loved Varada. I loved Varada too, but there's a limit to what I'd pay him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 On 7/28/2018 at 10:52 AM, Sakman said: Just this week my eldest daughter is studying for the GRE's and was complaining to me about the vocabulary section. She said "Did you know that the word 'albatross' is not just a bird?" I know that Washington Capitals fans will know the secondary meaning of that word in 2-3 years. It's also a happy term word in golf and a scary one as a sailor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 17 hours ago, PASabreFan said: Yep, the Capitals are realllllly stupid. They should be smarter, like Terry and his braintrust. Smart teams do stupid things all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said: Smart teams do stupid things all the time. Such as losing Barry Trotz to the Islanders? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said: Smart teams do stupid things all the time. Are they viewed as the smart team now? They massively underachieved for over a decade and now finally broke through. I need to see more consistency from them before I hand them that label. Then again, I guess I did just describe consistency with a one year aberration. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 minute ago, shrader said: Are they viewed as the smart team now? They massively underachieved for over a decade and now finally broke through. I need to see more consistency from them before I hand them that label. Then again, I guess I did just describe consistency with a one year aberration. Perfectly stated. Took 'em 16 years with the best goal-scorer we've seen in decades just to get out of the second round. But they're geniuses now! They're the model! Fire Terry and Kim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/29/2018 at 6:47 PM, pi2000 said: Tom Wilson is worth what he is. He deserves to be paid fairly. The Capitals value him more than what we see on the ice, which they have every right to do. Value contract? No. Bad contract? Maybe. I think it is a bad contract. His sh% for last year is 4% higher than his average. He got the most playing time of his life which explains his points last year. He got hot during the playoffs which he hadn't really done before. Outlier following an outlier following an outlier, not what you want to pay a guy on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) Wilson’s young enough for that to be a breakout year as opposed to an outlier. He’s also a useful player and among the best in the league at what he does. And they bought 4 UFA years before he turns 30. Doesnt change the fact that they will be likely be paying him top six or even first-line money to put up 25 to 30 points a year. Edited July 31, 2018 by dudacek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 1 hour ago, LGR4GM said: I think it is a bad contract. His sh% for last year is 4% higher than his average. He got the most playing time of his life which explains his points last year. He got hot during the playoffs which he hadn't really done before. Outlier following an outlier following an outlier, not what you want to pay a guy on. I would like to know what the average (standard?) deviation for a player's shooting percentage is from year to year. I would assume somewhere less than 2% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 23 minutes ago, WildCard said: I would like to know what the average (standard?) deviation for a player's shooting percentage is from year to year. I would assume somewhere less than 2% Wilson's is roughly 2.401 for a standard deviation. So 5.2 - 10.0 falls within 1 standard deviation of his average. 11.4% falls well outside that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 2 hours ago, LGR4GM said: I think it is a bad contract. His sh% for last year is 4% higher than his average. He got the most playing time of his life which explains his points last year. He got hot during the playoffs which he hadn't really done before. Outlier following an outlier following an outlier, not what you want to pay a guy on. Do you think you know more and better than the Washington GM? Others can answer too. It kind of boils down to that. Oddly, our own GMs get the benefit of the doubt almost every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Just now, PASabreFan said: Do you think you know more and better than the Washington GM? Others can answer too. It kind of boils down to that. Oddly, our own GMs get the benefit of the doubt almost every time. I always hate this response. "That person is paid millions, they must know what they're doing!" For someone who continuously questions authoritative figures, it amazes me that you hold this stance PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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