Now it's Alex Tuch or Eichel.There was lots of talk about who would be better, Eichel or Matthews. Question answered.
Next, McDavid.
BTW, the salary cap really sucks. Trade deadline broadcast will be James Duthie staring at you for 8 hours.
points are a very noisy stat.
which is extra funny because the people that hate the analytics nerds the most for some reason think raw total points mean everything and end all debate.
Yeah, raw point totals aren’t the best argument in a “who’s the best player” debate. But it’s the only one I can think of that might clearly favour McDavid vs. Matthews.
Though not anymore this season.
McDavid might also be suffering from a bit of McPout face.McDavid also suffering a bit of bad luck this year. His oish% is down to 7.4 from his typical 11
points are a very noisy stat.
which is extra funny because the people that hate the analytics nerds the most for some reason think raw total points mean everything and end all debate.
sigh
you keep trying to bait me on this, like it's supposed to upset me that Matthews is doing what he's doing. are you insane?
once a points gap reaches a certain level, it isn't "noise" anymore.
if we're talking about a 150 point scorer vs a 100 point scorer, no, it's not "noise". sorry man.
that is what I said, which apparently wounded you deeply, earlier this season when that was the case.
let's not pretend the run McDavid was on last year into this one didn't happen. it was absolutely nuts.
Eh, makes the sport more dull.Salary cap is fine
Eh, makes the sport more dull.
The issue is even if you don't but draft well you are punished. It was tolerable before. With COVID near flatlining the cap it's bad.Dull absolutely
NHL has the least flexibility of the big 4
Simple solution ....stop handing out shit contracts
Marner > Eichelas it turns out it was....
Matthews >>>
Marner = Eichel
W.Nylander = Reinhart
Zaitsev = Ristolainen
Timashov = A.Nylander