Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL Joined: 03.10.2013
Oct 3 @ 6:40 AM ET
I’m not worried at all I know it will get done ..
But i’m just taking a guess here I’m thinking that Jack is the one that doesn’t want to sign the contract because he wants to prove to everyone that he’s wants the Connor McDavid money which is fine - GERBE!!!75PTS
I hope you are right nothin better than a motivated player.
Personally I'd love for teams to go with one or two year contracts for everyone.
I forgot that we couldn't claim Subban and then send him down. There's no way the Sabres hold 3 goalies on their roster. That was a disaster for the isles last year. Oh well, c'est la vie
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY Joined: 07.26.2008
Oct 3 @ 8:42 AM ET
I forgot that we couldn't claim Subban and then send him down. There's no way the Sabres hold 3 goalies on their roster. That was a disaster for the isles last year. Oh well, c'est la vie - jcragcrumple
I'm not sure he's going to pan out the way they expected.
I get that he only has 2 games of NHL experience, but neither appear to have been a good showing by him.
Ullmark has actually produced decently at the NHL level, and the majority of that was coming off of double hip surgery.
I think we have a good one already in the pipe that will be ready to make the jump at least to backup next year.
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY Joined: 07.26.2008
Oct 3 @ 9:40 AM ET
Smoke em if you got them.
I was actually surprised Ullmark was assigned to ROC - 51_Killer
If Murray was still here, I don't think he would have been. I don't think Johnson would have been signed either. They would have gone with Ullmark as the backup.
But JBotts wants Rochester to be a playoff team this year. I think it's also part of why Guhle was sent back as early during training camp as he was.
Ullmark is better off taking this last year in Rochester and being the #1 with a team in front of him that should be much more competitive than it was the last 2 years. Should be interesting to see what kind of stats he has at the end of the year.
For my choices on the blueline, we have two players with (a) a ton of draft pedigree as former first-round picks; and (b) a bunch of ice-time on generally underwhelming defence groups. There’s no doubt that both Cody Ceci and Rasmus Ristolainen have played some pretty tough minutes for their respective teams – Ceci in a shutdown role behind the Karlsson pairing in Ottawa, and Ristolainen trying to carry a series of underwhelming partners to decency.
The biggest objection that you can levy with both of these players is that neither is showing any sign that they’ll be the first-pairing talents they were once projected to be. I’ve made this argument before, but one of the easiest ways to spot a first pairing defender is to see how on-ice numbers move when they’re on the ice. This is true for Corsi% but it’s also true for things like Expected Goals% – which is essentially just Corsi% adjusted for shot quality and location – and, in longer-term, goals.
Below is a table – the same table from the Slavin and Lindholm series – showing the percentiles Ceci and Ristolainen compare against other defenders across the league. Again, keep in mind that most ‘first pairing’ guys by minutes played are consistently out-performing 75 per cent or more of their peers at each level.
For my choices on the blueline, we have two players with (a) a ton of draft pedigree as former first-round picks; and (b) a bunch of ice-time on generally underwhelming defence groups. There’s no doubt that both Cody Ceci and Rasmus Ristolainen have played some pretty tough minutes for their respective teams – Ceci in a shutdown role behind the Karlsson pairing in Ottawa, and Ristolainen trying to carry a series of underwhelming partners to decency.
The biggest objection that you can levy with both of these players is that neither is showing any sign that they’ll be the first-pairing talents they were once projected to be. I’ve made this argument before, but one of the easiest ways to spot a first pairing defender is to see how on-ice numbers move when they’re on the ice. This is true for Corsi% but it’s also true for things like Expected Goals% – which is essentially just Corsi% adjusted for shot quality and location – and, in longer-term, goals.
Below is a table – the same table from the Slavin and Lindholm series – showing the percentiles Ceci and Ristolainen compare against other defenders across the league. Again, keep in mind that most ‘first pairing’ guys by minutes played are consistently out-performing 75 per cent or more of their peers at each level. - sbroads24
Mashed Potatoes!
Watch the (frank)ing games and not the stat line.
(this was not directed at you...just the analytics community in general)
