Also, the defense may have some 'soft' to it, but they've allowed the fewest shots against per game. I'll take that over being the toughest SOB's on the planet. See Morin last night as an example of toughness not being the answer.
Lol I guess it was easy just to pick out the guy who played his first game last night.Also, the defense may have some 'soft' to it, but they've allowed the fewest shots against per game. I'll take that over being the toughest SOB's on the planet. See Morin last night as an example of toughness not being the answer.
If nothing else, I think Morin's play last night shows that you cant have a young guy as your #7 dman and sitting out multiple games in a row. !st game he played in 10 games. He's in a tough spot.
If we were going to send him down at the risk he gets claimed why wouldn't we trade him and not lose him for nothing?I really do think they should take the risk and send him to the Phantoms. If he gets claimed, so be it. He's not going to get any better as the 7th dman. Considering the Flyers are trying to win and improve on last year, they can't waste the 6th dman spot on a guy just to get him experience. He's, at best, the 8th best dman eligible to play Flyers games.
Now that Stewart is playing we dont need his toughness and really the guy just came off of a 10 game layoffAlso, the defense may have some 'soft' to it, but they've allowed the fewest shots against per game. I'll take that over being the toughest SOB's on the planet. See Morin last night as an example of toughness not being the answer.
He definitely needs game time. After his injuries, I thought another AHL year would do him good. Still a problem with becomes #7. Bring Myers up and let him rotate in. Ghost and Sanheim could also use a night off after last night. Myers would have to join the top 6 or it's the same situation as Morin. Young guys can't sit that long and be expected to produce.I really do think they should take the risk and send him to the Phantoms. If he gets claimed, so be it. He's not going to get any better as the 7th dman. Considering the Flyers are trying to win and improve on last year, they can't waste the 6th dman spot on a guy just to get him experience. He's, at best, the 8th best dman eligible to play Flyers games.
IDK, maybe the advanced stat weenies can explain this, but I thought it was more how they shut down our offense, which led to their advantage in their offensive zone.
Whats up with Carter Hart?
Maybe if you took the time to understand them you would learn that those of us who truly understand them (such as one CAN truly understand them, haha) know best that they can never completely replace the eye test. They should supplement the eye test and nudge your (unbiased) opinions, but not drastically alter them, and can actually significantly enhance your enjoyment of watching the game (assuming you can ignore the commentator's weak attempts at providing said stats).
For example, I think you would agree that the Couturier/Konecny/Lindblom line appears to consistently dominate play when they're on the ice. And yet, they've also been on the ice for boatloads of goals against. Well, the advanced stats support that opinion, and also help you see that they're doing this despite drawing tougher-than-average defensive assignments. You would then see that the problem is that even though they're not giving up many shots, a high percentage of them are ending up in the net. Ok, so next game you can specifically watch them in the defensive zone to see if it's simply bad luck, poor defenseman or goalie play or perhaps, despite not allowing many shots against, the occasional complete breakdowns are allowing too many "high danger" scoring attempts against despite the overall shot volume being low. Well, at least I find that it enhances my enjoyment of the game....unless I'm at the bar, in which case it only enhances my enjoyment of the first period or period and a half...
All advanced stats in isolation are useless. For example, a commentator says that he doesn't understand the Ghost hate because Ghost has a (insert flavor of the month stat representing shot metrics) of some positive number. However, what the commentator doesn't know is that he has a zone start percentage of 61% and is rarely used against the opponents best players. It takes several key stats looked at TOGETHER to begin making an honest evaluation using stats:
Shot volumes
High danger scoring chances
Zone start %
Quality of linemates
Quality of competition
There might be others that I'm not thinking about at the moment. Use all of those in conjunction with the eye test and yes, it definitely paints a truer picture than does the eye test alone. However, if those stats say something completely different than what you're seeing on the ice, it's probably time to visit the eye doctor.
Apparently he started slow to start the season last year as well.Whats up with Carter Hart?