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The New Division

Habspatrol said:
Which part of my statement is incorrect or funny?
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Funny:

1) that a 6 foot tall, 200 pound guy is somehow "too small" to fight Cowen.
2) that a guy isn't too injured to run around slashing people, but is too injured to answer for it.

Heh and heh.

Plus, I have read that it was a body shot from Cowen that did the lung damage, though I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on tv.
 
TheMightyIgor said:
I'm curious what magic was it that gave Ottawa such a high save percentage? To be that high it can't just be luck.
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of course it can be just luck.

St.Louis SV %:

2010-11: .900
2011-12: .929
2012-13: .902

and that STL anomoly was over a full 82gm season, not just a 48gm season like Ottawa's.


Clearly they've got good goalies but Bishop's save % went up .13 from his first season in Ottawa and then down .05 when he went to Tampa. Could it be the system and/or personnel in Ottawa that made the difference in addition to a little luck?
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the fact that Bishop went from the top sv% team in the league to one of the worst, and posted virtually the same sv% (i.e. at that sample size, the difference between .922 and .917 is literally one single save), actually goes against what you're trying to argue.
 
JohnnyHolmes said:
Funny:

1) that a 6 foot tall, 200 pound guy is somehow "too small" to fight Cowen.
2) that a guy isn't too injured to run around slashing people, but is too injured to answer for it.

Heh and heh.

Plus, I have read that it was a body shot from Cowen that did the lung damage, though I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on tv.
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Have you recently suffered from a lack of oxygen? There was no body shot, let alone one that would puncture a lung. You don't need to be a doctor to see that. The only qualification you need is having eyes.
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And again, I never said he's "too small" but when you beat a guy that is 5 inches and 30 pounds lighter who is not much of a fighter and has a punctured lung it's just not impressive. Cowen should win that fight. In fact he probably should have done even better.
 
zeke said:
of course it can be just luck.

St.Louis SV %:

2010-11: .900
2011-12: .929
2012-13: .902

and that STL anomoly was over a full 82gm season, not just a 48gm season like Ottawa's.




the fact that Bishop went from the top sv% team in the league to one of the worst, and posted virtually the same sv% (i.e. at that sample size, the difference between .922 and .917 is literally one single save), actually goes against what you're trying to argue.
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Feel free to take a look at Anderson's full body of work as a Senator.
 
That was a wonderful game to be at. Screamed myself horse.

Ran the Habs fans out of the building in grand fashion.
 
JohnnyHolmes said:
We can't expect automatic improvements to our shooting percentage, but we CAN expect an automatic reduction in our save percentage.

Ok.
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Ottawa Team SH%:

2008-09: 8.86 (22nd)
2009-10: 9.03 (15th)
2010-11: 7.98 (28th)
2011-12: 9.44 (11th)
2012-13: 7.04 (30th)

Toronto Team SH%

2008-09: 9.37 (18th)
2009-10: 7.86 (29th)
2010-11: 9.03 (17th)
2011-12: 9.78 (6th)
2012-13: 11.47 (1st)

I'd guess that while the gap may close, the Leafs will once again post a better SH% than the Sens next year, like they do most every year.
 
You can do whatever you'd like.

But I don't feel like it's a stretch to expect a .925% season out of our goaltenders next year.
 
zeke said:
of course it can be just luck.

St.Louis SV %:

2010-11: .900
2011-12: .929
2012-13: .902

and that STL anomoly was over a full 82gm season, not just a 48gm season like Ottawa's.
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Why do you want to believe that the anomoly was 2011-12 and not 2013? The 2010-11 season was pre-Hitchcock and AP's emergence and should be discounted.
 
I think the leafs GF and GA will both improve. the sens should score more but they will also allow more GA than last year.

don't think we'll see much of a gap in the standings in the top 5 slots of the Atlantic.
 
It's not about wanting to believe, it's about two middling goalies like Halak and Elliott posting super elite numbers for a season. The anomaly is obvious.
 
Craig Anderson w/ Ottawa

2010-2011 - 18GP - .939%
2011-2012 - 63GP - .914% (playoffs - 7GP - .933%)
2012-2013 - 24GP - .941% (playoffs - 10GP - .918%)

Total weighted SV% over 122GP = .924%.

That's what I expect from Anderson.
 
corksens said:
Craig Anderson w/ Ottawa

2010-2011 - 18GP - .939%
2011-2012 - 63GP - .914% (playoffs - 7GP - .933%)
2012-2013 - 24GP - .941% (playoffs - 10GP - .918%)

Total weighted SV% over 122GP = .924%.

That's what I expect from Anderson.
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anderson hasn't been able to produce a save percentage like that unless he is quite limited in the number of starts he plays. The results when given a true starter workload don't reflect your conclusion.
 
So you're setting your expectations bar at a level that he's never in his career been able to sustain for more than 30gms.
 
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