This concludes 50 shades of Bushkorn

You still doing that fantasy hockey thing or nah
- Herzeleid

Nah, I had a few people ask me to join theirs (to try and save teams) and I was two short.

I left mom a gift by the washer
- homiedclown

Was it these line combinations?

Tonight's lineup (via WGR's Paul Hamilton):

Evander Kane, Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Ennis
Jamie McGinn, Sam Reinhart, Brian Gionta
Jerry D'Amigo, Eric Cornel, Nicholas Baptiste
Evan Rodrigues, David Legwand, Jason Akeson

Guhle, Josh Gorges,
Carlo Colaiacovo, Chad Ruhwedel
Jerome Leduc, Matt Donovan



Look again carefully at that. The only thing I can make any sense out of that for a preseason home opener is that it represents an effort to mange fan expectations.

Homie needs to be banned.

Gauthier-Leduc

Gauthier-Leduc
- Sabresfan-365

I don't follow analytics, can you explain?

I don't follow analytics, can you explain?
- stashu

Pretty self explanatory, closer the player is to "good" on that scale the better and vice versa.

x axis is shots for while player was on the ice, y axis shots against while player was on the ice.

Gauthier-Leduc
- Sabresfan-365

I am not understanding your conclusion on Leduc...he is not
The ice for high amount of shots for, and moderate amount of shots against.
The farther right and top you are the better, right?

Pretty self explanatory, closer the player is to "good" on that scale the better and vice versa.

x axis is shots for while player was on the ice, y axis shots against while player was on the ice.
- Sabresfan-365

I saw the labels, but just get distracted by the imagery I guess.

I am not understanding your conclusion on Leduc...he is not
The ice for high amount of shots for, and moderate amount of shots against.
The farther right and top you are the better, right?
- IonSabres

its all a bunch of crap that means very little.. the puck was shot a lot while he was on the ice.. what does it matter if 90% of them were dump in type plays that accidentally hit the net? or what if he just had a lot of PP time? or what if he had one skate on the ice getting off every time a shot was taken? granted i really have no clue what type of shots he took.

edit: but that is a lot of shots while he was on the ice. Guhle too (2, to)

edit 2: i see that it is only 5v5 shots so scratch the PP time comment

I am not understanding your conclusion on Leduc...he is not
The ice for high amount of shots for, and moderate amount of shots against.
The farther right and top you are the better, right?
- IonSabres

Wasn't a conclusion, was surprised

its all a bunch of crap that means very little.. the puck was shot a lot while he was on the ice.. what does it matter if 90% of them were dump in type plays that accidentally hit the net? or what if he just had a lot of PP time? or what if he had one skate on the ice getting off every time a shot was taken? granted i really have no clue what type of shots he took.

edit: but that is a lot of shots while he was on the ice. Guhle too (2, to)
- IndianaSabresFan

That chart is 5 on 5 only so this wouldn't matter. Im sure there are variables but not enough that would move him to the other side of the chart

Gauthier-Leduc
- Sabresfan-365

This simple analysis tells us Guhle will be good, and for some reason JGL was.. good? This of course doesn't tell the entire story, but this graphic tells us they both played well.

That chart is 5 on 5 only so this wouldn't matter. Im sure there are variables but not enough that would move him to the other side of the chart
- Sabresfan-365

yeah.. see edit #2..

I am not understanding your conclusion on Leduc...he is not
The ice for high amount of shots for, and moderate amount of shots against.
The farther right and top you are the better, right?
- IonSabres

You want to be top right. You don't want to be bottom left. Your high end talent should be top right and your 4th liners should be top left.

Fixed.

This simple analysis tells us Guhle will be good, and for some reason JGL was.. good? This of course doesn't tell the entire story, but this graphic tells us they both played well.
- TheSabresTaco

It tells us the team played well often when they were on the ice. That a looser correlation, and not necessarily causal.

You want to be bottom right. You don't want to be top left. Your high end talent should be bottom right and your 4th liners should be top right.
- TheSabresTaco

The y-axis is an inverted scale. I think you want to be top-right.

That's why bottom right is labeled "fun". It's basically end to end.

The y-axis is an inverted scale. I think you want to be top-right.

That's why bottom right is labeled "fun". It's basically end to end.
- buffalofan19

Fixed.

You want to be top right. You don't want to be bottom left. Your high end talent should be top right and your 4th liners should be top left.

Fixed.
- TheSabresTaco

you want all your players along the top..

but i see you edited. so i am going home

Pretty self explanatory, closer the player is to "good" on that scale the better and vice versa.

x axis is shots for while player was on the ice, y axis shots against while player was on the ice.
- Sabresfan-365

Can we define " good "

It's kind of funny to me that we lost the game 5-2, but had the first star of the game.

Can we define " good "
- SABRES 89

I love the fact that the bottom right is designated as "fun".

I love the fact that the bottom right is designated as "fun".
- buffalofan19

I noticed that also but i'm not a big numbers and charts guy.

Can we define " good "
- SABRES 89

1good
adjective \ˈgu̇d\
: of high quality

: of somewhat high but not excellent quality

: correct or proper

I noticed that also but i'm not a big numbers and charts guy.
- SABRES 89

"Good" pretty much means that you are on the ice for far more shots for than shots against.

"Bad" means the opposite.

"Dull" means that when you're on the ice, your team never shoots, nor gets shot against. In other words, nothing happens, good or bad.

"Fun" means that when you are on the ice, your team has a lot of shots for and shots against. It's basically either run-and-gun or a cluster(frank).