Comments on Five Hole Fanatics: Gameday: Mile high re-match

I've also heard the phrase "shots directed at net"...

2008-11-20T21:30:00.000-07:00

I've also heard the phrase "shots directed at net" on the radio a couple of times recently.

It may be a case of the guys hanging around the sphere and lifting interesting stuff, or maybe it's one of those "awareness being raised" things and the info is making its way to them via indirect means.

I've heard Rogers seemingly poach info from both h...

2008-11-20T21:04:00.000-07:00

I've heard Rogers seemingly poach info from both here and BoA. Talking about EV goal differential and whatnot. Far too high level for any MSM guy.

That's certainly possible. I know JL from the Hera...

2008-11-20T20:50:00.000-07:00

That's certainly possible. I know JL from the Herald drops by every so often.

Iginla and Bert look absolutely ghastly tonight. That first line is a clunker, especially with the man advantage.

haha...apparently they gave jarome an assist on the Langkow goal. He "touched" the puck during the clearing attempt.

From Mike Rogers: "When that first powerplay is s...

2008-11-20T20:06:00.000-07:00

From Mike Rogers: "When that first powerplay is struggling, it's often because of Bertuzzi, he likes to slow things down, and often hangs on to the puck too long. He's doing that tonight."

Holy crap, he's actually paying attention!

And, miracle of miracles, he just did the math on Iginla's goals and noticed only 2 EV goals. Maybe he's been reading blogs . . .

For sure.

Seems to be something with the A...

2008-11-20T19:43:00.000-07:00

For sure.

Seems to be something with the Avs this year. Looks like Calgary "has their number". Kinda like Vancouver does with the Flames.

For all the things worth critcising about this yea...

2008-11-20T19:31:00.000-07:00

For all the things worth critcising about this year's Flames, one thing I'm really happy about: when we dominate a game, we really dominate. 13 minutes in and the shots, including missed and blocked is sitting at 19-5 for us. We've won 77% of the faceoffs. Those efforts will pay off without having to rely on lucky bounces or bad mistakes by our opponents.

Yeah, that's something Im likely to look at in the...

2008-11-20T16:33:00.000-07:00

Yeah, that's something Im likely to look at in the quarter-mark post.

Although the home/away split looks bad, I think th...

2008-11-20T16:16:00.000-07:00

Although the home/away split looks bad, I think the playoff team/non-playoff team looks even worse. Of course, that will likely change over time, but still, it's 2-6-1 vs. 8-2-0. The GD is even worse: +7/-14 home and away, but +11/-18 PO/NPO.

I wonder how accurate it I would be if went through and added it all up: 2 points for a home game vs. non-playoff team, 0 points for an away game vs. playoff team, and 1 point for all the rest.

"Sore Thumb" is going to be fixture in the top ...

2008-11-20T11:42:00.000-07:00
"Sore Thumb" is going to be fixture in the top 6 until he hets hurt.

texting from tuesday night:

duncan : "I just want Bert to get hurt at this point. Cleanest way outta this mess."

me : "the cleanest way would atually be if he suddnely developed the speed of gabby and the hands of forsberg."

*sigh*