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Around the League: 2019-2020 Regular Season

Sal_Butera said:
MB has to find a way to fleece Dubas - IMO high probability “save my a*s” desperation will set it
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Gord Miller said it best this afternoon, the mistake Dubas made was signing Tavares. They had the 3rd best offense in the NHL, they had good depth and had capsoace to address their real weaknesses on D.

plus, that contract set the bar for the better star players on the team.
 
I suspect this will be the analytics end game for the NHL, and will be heavily monitored by the other 30-teams.

It’ll either pave the way for a new generation of analytics friendly GMs or banish them to the netherworld.

Will be interesting to watch play out...
 
Sal_Butera said:
I suspect this will be the analytics end game for the NHL, and will be heavily monitored by the other 30-teams.

It’ll either pave the way for a new generation of analytics friendly GMs or banish them to the netherworld.

Will be interesting to watch play out...
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Yeah, no, that's not happening. Analytics aren't going anywhere, regardless of what happens in Toronto.
 
Analytics is just a tool among others. Ignoring them completely is just as useful as using them exclusively.

Some teams might have over-indexed on it while others are doing the opposite.
 
The most adorable thing on right now is Mike Commodore's petty rant about Mike Babcock.



Mike Babcock will be remember as one of the (if not the) best coaches of this era. Opened the door to coaches getting big contracts with his $50M deal. When his time is done, he'll be in the HHOF. His name will be mentioned for decades to come.

Mike Commodore will be remembered as a depth NHLer who had a big ginger afro and for hating Mike Babcock.

Good job, Mike Commodore. You really showed him!
 
DonKay said:
Gord Miller said it best this afternoon, the mistake Dubas made was signing Tavares. They had the 3rd best offense in the NHL, they had good depth and had capsoace to address their real weaknesses on D.

plus, that contract set the bar for the better star players on the team.
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Bingo
 
GGpX said:
The most adorable thing on right now is Mike Commodore's petty rant about Mike Babcock.



Mike Babcock will be remember as one of the (if not the) best coaches of this era. Opened the door to coaches getting big contracts with his $50M deal. When his time is done, he'll be in the HHOF. His name will be mentioned for decades to come.

Mike Commodore will be remembered as a depth NHLer who had a big ginger afro and for hating Mike Babcock.

Good job, Mike Commodore. You really showed him!
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No doubt he is a great coach, but he treats players like shit. Chelios hated him, the Modano 1 game short of 1500 due to Babcock ego comes to mind. If you spur hatred in others, modern day social media will allow an avenue for haters to express their anger.
 
GGpX said:
Yeah, no, that's not happening. Analytics aren't going anywhere, regardless of what happens in Toronto.
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I should’ve been more specific - it’s the over indexation Waz referred to that’ll be closely watched IMO. Dubas’ version of team building vs variations of traditional methods
 
GEEMAN said:
Dubas forgot the give a shit meter ingredient
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We’ll see how new school vs old school plays itself out.

Dubas may just become to NHL what Dave Dombrowski was to MLB in 1988 - paving the way to Dan Duquette and later on Theo Epstein etc.. #trailblazer

Ownership are always looking at ways to improve profitability, with highest cost coming from hockey ops/salaries, they’re definitely rooting for Dubas’ success as it would be low cost option at least at get go.

Really fascinating IMO.
 
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DonKay said:
Gord Miller said it best this afternoon, the mistake Dubas made was signing Tavares. They had the 3rd best offense in the NHL, they had good depth and had capsoace to address their real weaknesses on D.

plus, that contract set the bar for the better star players on the team.
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Miller has been repeating this since the day Tavares signed. The big argument against his views and what he conviently leaves out is guys like Bozak and JVR were UFAs and got big pay increases the same summer Tavares signed. JVR and Bozak combined make 12.5 million. Would you honestly take them at that hit over Tavares? I know I would not. JVR is ridiculously one-dimensional and getting older and so slow. Leafs never had any interest in keeping JVR. They tried to trade him.
Overpaying supporting guys is not the answer.
 
GEEMAN said:
Spread sheets unfortunately don’t win hockey games
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Neither do coaches that play their team in the wrong system.
I know Hab fans would go crazy if Tyson Barrie had yet to be used on the 1st PP unit once 23 games in. That's a joke. If you can add Barrie to your hockey pools now, do it.
 
GGpX said:
The most adorable thing on right now is Mike Commodore's petty rant about Mike Babcock.



Mike Babcock will be remember as one of the (if not the) best coaches of this era. Opened the door to coaches getting big contracts with his $50M deal. When his time is done, he'll be in the HHOF. His name will be mentioned for decades to come.

Mike Commodore will be remembered as a depth NHLer who had a big ginger afro and for hating Mike Babcock.

Good job, Mike Commodore. You really showed him!
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This was amusing at first and Commodore likes the attention. Now he's looking like a stalker.
 
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