Do you have any hispanic decent? I get advertisements for Jdate. I've never even visited the website. It's like they somehow find out your background and throw that particular singles site to you.
- PhillySportsGuy

i am a married straight white woman who takes the subway and is very pro-mass transit... but this site thinks i like puerto rican girls and jeeps.

i am a married straight white woman who takes the subway and is very pro-mass transit... but tjis site thinks i like puerto rican girls and jeeps.
- -davies-

i am a married straight white woman who takes the subway and is very pro-mass transit... but tjis site thinks i like puerto rican girls and jeeps.
- -davies-

Hell, I had no clue you were a woman until you mentioned it

They seem to be doing better in the later round recently though. There was a stretch where they got very little after round 1. At least now they have guys like Stolarz, Ghost, Hagg, Vasiliev, Lauridson who all have NHL potential.
- PhillySportsGuy

I think they hit a 3 bagger with this pick. I hope hes in our top4 within the next 3 years

I intended to bold Vasilev, if it didnt work, im referring to him

Hell, I had no clue you were a woman until you mentioned it
- AllInForFlyers

it's true but apparently i've got you and the hb big brother app fooled

I think they hit a 3 bagger with this pick. I hope hes in our top4 within the next 3 years

I intended to bold Vasilev, if it didnt work, im referring to him
- KINGKENZO

I like him too, but he's similar to several other guys they have in the system.

it's true but apparently i've got you and the hb big brother app fooled
- -davies-

i am a married straight white woman who takes the subway and is very pro-mass transit... but tjis site thinks i like puerto rican girls and jeeps.
- -davies-

Go on.....

I like him too, but he's similar to several other guys they have in the system.
- PhillySportsGuy

OB- what have you heard out of the KHL regarding VV since he returned from the WJC?

Thanks

No comment.

I don't run to advanced stats but they are valid to support things with players & a teams play.

So much so teams employee people to help them as a team & to determine who the re-sign, sign, & even draft.

To go a step further junior teams are even using them to determine who they draft from minor midget programs into their respective leagues. Like it or not they are here to stay so either you understand them or you continue to go against the grain of what the rest of the sport is moving towards if not at that point already.
- ob18

"The ones that analytics left behind..."

I'm sure they are in the market right now looking for one.
- ob18

Should we be happy our top pick throws broken sticks into crowds? What's he need to work on on the ice?

very interesting articles concerning advanced stats and their use.

http://blogs.edmontonjour...-wrong-with-some-players/

http://www.cardiachill.co...s-kenpom-sports-reference

http://www.thepensblog.co...the-need-for-context.html

http://www.rawcharge.com/...4331/oh-god-not-the-stats

And interesting tidbit from the above article

"Second, don't draw conclusions beyond what the data is designed to measure. Corsi does not equal performance. Neither does any other stat. In fact, puck possession doesn't equal performance."

http://www.arcticicehocke...-advance-hockey-analytics


From the above article

"In any event, keeping this sort of framework in mind when using Corsi data is probably something that could be helpful to people. Corsi’s not the only thing in the world and sometimes players with negative Corsi are good in their roles while guys with positive Corsi aren’t really."

Should we be happy our top pick throws broken sticks into crowds? What's he need to work on on the ice?
- Just5

He's hoping to make the Olympic javelin team in the future.

I thought it was Rafflehaus.

- MBFlyerfan

Well done.

I disagree completely. The cause of why the numbers are why they are is open to interpretation. Hockey is a team game, and cannot isolate Grossmann as the only variable. And that can be proven out by simply discussing the scenarios. The numbers don't and cannot eliminate the other players from the equation. Simply can't be done.
I have not at anytime disputed that the Flyers face 2.5 shots against for every shot they take when Grossmann is on the ice. I'm disputing that Grossmann is the sole reason for that. And how the stats are being used out of context and used improperly when looking at Grossmann and his play. And that can be proven out with video and the aptly named "eyeball" test.
- MJL

So, in a few of your recent post you have been explaining why even posting stats are just "opinion"... if that is the case, then how come you demand stats from other people when they simply share a raw opinion?

You basically call them out for not using factual stats to back up their own opinions, while in another argument stating stats are useless and the eyes are what truly determine a players worth...

I'm just so confused.

Should we be happy our top pick throws broken sticks into crowds? What's he need to work on on the ice?
- Just5

a more controlled toss, like so

http://makeagif.com/qt_QFX

So, in a few of your recent post you have been explaining why even posting stats are just "opinion"... if that is the case, then how come you demand stats from other people when they simply share a raw opinion?

You basically call them out for not using factual stats to back up their own opinions, while in another argument stating stats are useless and the eyes are what truly determine a players worth...

I'm just so confused.
- mikel33

I didn't call anyone out for not using factual stats. I simply asked for a stat that shows that that Grossmann's blocked shots are the result of his own blown coverages. Which is a stat that as far as I know does not exist. It was rhetorical to prove a point. And I've never stated that stats are useless. The interpretations of the stat and what they tell us is where the opinion comes in, and where confirmation bias is an issue.

JfC.

Manon Rheaume’s son following in her goaltending footprints

http://www.thehockeynews....r-goaltending-footprints/

Manon Rheaume’s son following in her goaltending footprints

http://www.thehockeynews....r-goaltending-footprints/
- ob18

nice article. thanks for posting it. good read.

very interesting articles concerning advanced stats and their use.

http://blogs.edmontonjour...-wrong-with-some-players/

http://www.cardiachill.co...s-kenpom-sports-reference

http://www.thepensblog.co...the-need-for-context.html

http://www.rawcharge.com/...4331/oh-god-not-the-stats

And interesting tidbit from the above article

"Second, don't draw conclusions beyond what the data is designed to measure. Corsi does not equal performance. Neither does any other stat. In fact, puck possession doesn't equal performance."
- MJL

well no poop statistics only show you past history and dont' guarantee future performance

JfC.
- hammarby31

That is about where the impressive numbers end. In the analytics and advanced-stats world, Simmonds would not be lauded as an MVP-caliber player. He is the 247th ranked player in the NHL in relative Corsi percentage - the Flyers get 0.6 percent fewer shot attempts when he is on the ice compared to when he is on the bench, according to ExtraSkater.com.

Corsi is used as a way to help simply explain puck possession - a valuable stat since you can't attempt to shoot when you don't have it, and you can't win without shooting. He also starts more of his shifts than not already in the offensive zone, and the quality of competition he is facing is about average for the league.


Read more at http://www.philly.com/phi....html#YQf8bvgsUx277fhP.99

JfC.
- hammarby31

sup mate

How much will Niskanen get in free agency this summer? I wonder if it will be north of what Carle got from the Lightning.