The New Division

[worm]

Giroux just signed longterm for $8.2.

Kessel's not going to get that, let alone beat that.

good call

 

[Volcanologist]

Need to find people other than sensible or kb.

not really...

 

[zeke]

You act as though we lost prime Alfredsson, or like we ever had prime Gonchar.

Wiercioch and MacArthur easily pick up that slack. Then there is Corvo.

Conacher is going to surprise many this season.

We have plenty of depth up front.

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[JaysCyYoung]

Our team got better. We have a ton of young guys on the way...who knows what Pageau, Zibanejad and Conacher will do this coming season.

Nothing, Something, Nothing.

Nicely called, Mindz.

 

[worm]

When are you going to go for it? When your #1 C is 37?

You got elite goaltending last year, you have a #1 C and a Norris winner on the blueline. Now is the time to go for it.

oooooops

 

[worm]

johnny: who knows what Pageau, Zibanejad and Conacher will do this coming season.

Nothing, Something, Nothing.

 

[Habspatrol]

You act as though we lost prime Alfredsson, or like we ever had prime Gonchar.

Wiercioch and MacArthur easily pick up that slack. Then there is Corvo.

Conacher is going to surprise many this season.

We have plenty of depth up front.

I gotta admit Johnny was right. I think we're all surprised that Conacher was bad enough to end up on waivers.

 

[MindzEye]

You're using 2 small samples to make your argument though. Dude was posting .930sv%'s back when he was Vokouns backup in Florida too. Whenever he's been a starter and played a starter's workload, he slots in as an average starter. You even have the 11-12 season that the 2 small samples bookend that give you a good indication of what to expect from a healthy 50+ game Anderson and you're willfully ignoring it.

I'm willing to pursue an over/under bet here. .920%, minimum 50 starts.

Funny...no one wanted to take me up on that

 

[MindzEye]

Nicely called, Mindz.

Thank you sir

 

[worm]

PK loves the juice.

?

 

[worm]

Picked up the NHL Yearbook:

They have the Leafs 4th in the East, Canadiens 8th and Senators 9th. They see the Leafs as one of the top up and coming clubs and grant elite status to Lupul and Kessel.
Concerns for the Habs are "jam up front" and Price's play. The Senators had question marks around leadership with Alfredsson's departure and the mounting pressure of being near contender status, essentially that the #peskysens might not work with the spotlight on them a little more bright.

In their Top 50 NHLers, Phil Kessel placed 11th, Joffrey Lupul 20, PK Subban 33, Erik Karlsson 37 and James van Riemsdyk 47. Max Pacioretty came in 50.
Nazem Kadri and Brendan Gallagher came in 2 and 5 in their "Five to Watch" for pool sleepers.
Weirdly, in the top 50 Eric Staal came in #3 behind Sindey Crosby (1) and Steven Stamkos (2).

They had Anderson 8 and Reimer 10 in their top 10 goaltenders, no mention of Price...

some interesting stuff

 

[zeke]

Mirtle predicts 9-11 finish for the Leafs predicting drop in SV%, Shooting % and PK.

The drop in shooting % makes total sense, the other to are co-related at least.

Really? Kadri at almost 17%. Lupul at 26%. JVR at his career high.

Kessel, I would expect to maintain around his normal 12ish%.

So do you think Kadri will shoot at 17% next year?

Bozak 19.7 to 21.5
Kessel 12.4 to 13.6
Jvr 12.9 to 12.6

Kadri 16.8 to 14.8
Lupul 26.2 to 11.5
Raymond 12.7 to 12.1

Bolland 15.2 to 22.2
Kuly 9.7 to 13.6
Clarkson 8.3 to 5.1


SV% .917 to. 917

PK has dropped, but PP has improved to make up for it.

And if course, mirtle didn't consider our shootout recird last year, though he can't stop mentioning it this tear.

 

[worm]

Never go full koreaboy!

lol

 

[worm]

re: Subban
Originally Posted by MindzEye
I've got him at 58 points, so a similar 2 +/- spread (anything 55 points or under, I win, 61 points or over, you win...56-60 points would be a wash) would be acceptable to me.

 

[worm]

not really...

you will never improve if you do not challenge yourself

 

[JohnnyHolmes]

I gotta admit Johnny was right. I think we're all surprised that Conacher was bad enough to end up on waivers.

He wasn't.

I think that most of the problem with the team is coaching. MacLean has gone full moron.

Playing Kassian for 90 seconds a game.

Calling up guys like Da Costa and Hoffman or Pageau, playing them with Condra, Greening, Neil or Kassian and then sending them back down for not doing anything.

Insisting on playing Cowen, even putting him with HK.

Chris Neil getting more ice time than Bobby Ryan.

Greening is total shit, yet keeps playing.

It's a frustrating system. Our bottom 6 is absolute garbage outside of Zack Smith. Nobody can play with Spezza anymore. Our D is atrocious.

The team should be better than it is. They've quit on MacLean, that much is apparent.

 

[hockeylover]

Nice call.

Thanks. UWHabs and Corksens both predicted a regression for JVR and Bozak based on shooting percentage and they've both had the best seasons of their career.

 

[zeke]

So apparently the Sens can expect a massive decline in SV%, but the Leafs will maintain their shooting %.

expect a 1% decline in shooting percentage.

but, as a result, expect more shots.

OTT SV% .933 to. 907

TOR SH% 11.5 to 10.2
TOR SHTS 26.3 to 27.7

 

[zeke]

Yuck. I feel like mindzeye after that self pat.

 

[JohnnyHolmes]

So...

Guess that your team will be good, and that your rival team will be bad, then celebrate how smart you were for being right.

I believe that is called "self abuse".