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4 Caps:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Monday January 07, 2019, 04:05:37 PM Eastern ---OH THATS IT!!! My god, i guess the 84 Oilers, I mean 18 Caps are last in the league in offense then. Or that the TBL just have the hottest goalie?
Have you watched any of of either of thier games?? Or are the NHLs ratings that bad that you don’t want to?
I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t. I mean you can watch woman’s rules hockey at any local skating rink with out having to deal with the few real men that are in the NHL
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What the hell are you talking about. Your response has nothing to do with the point I made that TB’s and the Caps have the same GAA and that defensively TB was therefore not any better defensively than the Caps.
I have only watched TB play once this season but what does that have to do with this discussion. I understand that you don’t like the way hockey is being played today but that is the reality and your complaining about it is not going to change it.
Mickstix:
Holy shit! +52??? With that +/- goal differential, DC would literally birth a cow, if he was a Lightning fan.. :uh-huh: They'd have to change their name to the "Tampa Bay Pond Jockeys".. :rofl: :snicker: :rofl:
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Monday January 07, 2019, 09:45:57 AM Eastern ---Well you know me well enough to know that’s bullshit.
But, to answer your question, The Wings are in a full rebuild, so bad games are more understandable. But their drafts will show you that not only are they stocking up with big and strong players, they are addressing their weakness. Also, next year, The Captain will be GM or even President. So in a couple years, they’ll be a juggernaut with a smart and strong team.
But this year, Boston is certainly doing it, TB, Nashville, Calgary is also close, (i can’t beleive I’m saying this), The Hens and SJS will we deadly. However, goalie is a wildcard for all except SJS and Boston. All of these play defensive system with rosteres stocked with Selke and/or Norris caliber players.
What your not realizing or understanding is that the ebb of this Woman’s Rules trend is staring to flow back and correct itself. Teams are drafting bigger players, the likes of Wilson are becoming more and
more valuable then euro-figureskaters who are over paid for their 15 goals.
Also look at the ratings, the national ratings are dropping each year with NBCs contract ending in 2021. This maybe the biggest case the Woman’s Rules don’t work, or belong in the NHL.
So if the Caps stick with what they have and how they do things. the teams that are ahead of the curve will do i ate them.
I have no desire to point at sole SC Banner and say, “Well we did it once”
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You quote this stat frequently (decreasing market share), but I wonder....Are you taking into account the fact that there is SO MANY MORE viewing options these days? I mean with Netflix and cable and satellite and so on, there is a HUGE difference in market share to be shared these days. Sure, the NHL wants to increase it's share, but with so much to choose from..and the population density ever increasing, maybe a 10 share today is actually BETTER than a 15 share 10-15 years ago.
I mean I know your an anal lytics guy and all, but maybe you are just posting a meaningless stat. I'm not accusing you of this but stats and statistics can be manipulated. (4 out of 5 Dentists recommend sugarless gum....what they don't tell you is they polled 24 dentists and chose the 4 out of 5 they wanted)
I mean if we ask Maako....he'll tell you that Carlson is a great D man and has the stats to prove it. :snicker:
Not really trying to pick if fight with either of you, and I'm on the same side of the fence as far as the direction of the NHL, but the tide IS TURNING. You can preach bigger, stronger, meaner, more physical all you want, but tell me how effective these big strong mean tough SOB's that we love (Wilson) are when they are suspended for 20 games for being bigger and stronger than the Euro trash that is scoring whilst ye be sitting at home counting the dollars you lost for being stronger than them?
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: 4 Caps on Monday January 07, 2019, 05:00:01 PM Eastern ---What the hell are you talking about. Your response has nothing to do with the point I made that TB’s and the Caps have the same GAA and that defensively TB was therefore not any better defensively than the Caps.
I have only watched TB play once this season but what does that have to do with this discussion. I understand that you don’t like the way hockey is being played today but that is the reality and your complaining about it is not going to change it.
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I’m talking about you dodging my answers to your question and trying to frame it like so don’t know what talking about just because you don’t understand it.
All you did was look up layman stats and paint an amateur picture like one would a 12 and under league.
Hey I know you like Woman’s Rules, but this style is in its swan song, and praying for it isn’t gonna change it.
4 Caps:
Give me one example of where I dodged your answer to my guestion. You can’t.
You know why the NHL is changing, it is the same reason why the NFL is changing and that is fear of legal liability. Rules are being tweaked in both leagues for player safety and it is not going back to the old days despite what you think.
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