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eva unit zero

Member Since 17 Sep 2003
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#1919572 3/19 GDT: Red Wings 2 at Oilers 3 (SO)

Posted by eva unit zero on 19 March 2010 - 11:28 PM

Let's take a look here...the top shootout shooters dressed tonight were, just based on my opinion:

Datsyuk
Zetterberg
Williams
Franzen
Lidstrom
Cleary
Bertuzzi
Rafalski
Eaves
Filppula
Kronwall
Miller
Holmstrom
Helm
Ericsson
Draper
Stuart
Lilja

Now, that's just my opinion...but Flip is in the bottom half of that list. He's behind two defensemen and seven forwards. Why the hell was he out there? The guy can pass. Who is he passing to on the shootout, Mike? Maybe Babcock is confused and forgot that it was Hudler who was really good at shootouts, not Filppula.


#1917652 Red Wings GM Ken Holland hasn't given up on wandering Jiri Hudler

Posted by eva unit zero on 17 March 2010 - 02:48 PM

Last year Hudler and Filppula had the exact same "points per minute" at even strength. (ie if you gave Hudler Filppula's ES minutes last year, he would have scored a whopping .1 point more than Filppula). I think Filppula would have a higher points per minute at even strength if Filppula didn't play in all situations.

I'm sick of the "hudler did so well with so little minutes" gig. If you gave Filppula Hudler's PP time last year, Filppula scores over 50 points and Hudler doesn't even break 40. All his points came from the massive amount of PP time he got. Only Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Holmstrom got more.

I'll even go further. Last year, Hudler had .113 PPM on the PP. This year Filppula has .083. BUT, compare the linemates they had on the PP.

http://www.dobberhoc...nations&sent=go
http://www.dobberhoc...nations&sent=go

It's black and white.


Big difference? Hudler was playing with guys like Draper and Maltby. Give Filppula those linemates, and see what it does to his PPG. And btw, Hudler scored more at even strength than on the power play. He also scored more at even strength than Teemu Selanne, who had the same number of power play points. Hudler and Selanne played comparable total time on ice in each situation. Does this make Hudler a comparable player to Teemu Selanne in offensive capability? His offensive numbers in all situations were very similar in 2008-09.

The simple facts are, Hudler was always a threat to score, and produced a ton of offense for the Wings in 08-09. Filppula has been OK offensively, but has never been as much of an offensive powerhouse for the Wings, in terms of creating offense on his own out of nothing, playmaking ability, or simply finishing skills. Stats can be manipulated to show whatever you want, but Filppula is not as good offensively as Hudler, and has not been.

If Hudler were given the top-six scoring role he deserved, he'd be a 70 or 80 point player. Add 40% to his ES production in 08-09 to give him 1st/2nd line type ES time, and he gets another 11 points. That's a 68 point winger-assuming his point production isn't increased further by better players. Certainly worth $2.875m.


#1917132 Lebda leaving Detroit?

Posted by eva unit zero on 16 March 2010 - 10:06 AM

Lebda will be an Unrestricted Free Agent at seasons end. Meech will be a Restricted Free Agent at seasons end. Jakub Kindl is out of minor league options and will be up with the big club next year. With Lidstrom and Lilja most likely set to return and Kronwall, Stuart, Rafalski, and Ericsson coming back there simply isn't room for Lebda. He'll walk as an unrestricted free agent and the Wings will not be compensated in any form. Some team around the league will place some value on his speed and I wouldn't be surprised to see him get overpaid with a salary in the 750k-$1M/yr as insane as that sounds.


1) Rafalski, Kronwall, Stuart, Ericsson, and Kindl are signed and will be up.
2) Lidstrom will probably be returning.
3) The Wings will not be sticking Kindl or Ericsson in a 7th defenseman slot.

So here's what we have:
The top four defensemen (Nick/Nik/Raffi/Stu) are pretty obvious. Combine that with Ericsson and Kindl and you have your likely top six. Lilja is a solid defensive defenseman, but I think simply the fact that he'd be a defenseman who would, at best, be rotating in on the third pair while making better than $1m leads me to believe that he's probably not coming back.
RFA Meech will be the #7 guy, for a cap hit of less than $600k. He's cheap, versatile, developing well defensively and offensively, and very quick. If Kindl had another year in Grand Rapids, Lilja would be back. But he doesn't. Basically, Kindl's lack of waiver options pushes Lilja out of Detroit.


#1915717 New All Star Game format

Posted by eva unit zero on 14 March 2010 - 01:30 PM

I've always thought divisional all-stars would be cool. With the current 6-division setup, it would require a three-round tournament.

So figure it works like this:

Division teams are ranked 1-6 based on out-of-division winning percentages from all five teams' records combined.

Teams 1 and 2 get byes into round two. Team 3 plays team 6, and 4 plays 5. Teams are reseeded in Round 2.

Rounds 1 and 2 follow the following rules:
Rosters have 9 forwards, 5 defensemen, and 2 goalies. Teams play two 20 minute periods (with goalie swap each period if there are no injuries), followed by a standard OT and shootout if necessary.

Once teams reach round 3, they may name an additional 3 forwards, 1 defensemen, and 1 goalie. Teams play a standard 3 20 minute periods (with goalie swap each period if there are no injuries), followed by a standard OT and shootout if necessary.

The All-Star break would proceed as follows:

Last game before break is on Tuesday. Skills competition is on Thursday evening. Round 1 is Friday evening. Round 2 is Saturday evening. Round 3 is Sunday evening.

Obviously, some adjustments could be made to this format, but this could work out as far as the 'tournament' idea.


#1915695 Samuelsson highest scoring swede as of today

Posted by eva unit zero on 14 March 2010 - 12:52 PM

He has barely played with the Sedins all year, they just put him on that line tonight to try and get the Sedins going as they have been slumping, turns out Sammy has a hat trick :yowza: Burrows has been playing with the Sedins for the majority of the season. Love him or hate him Sammy could always score, he was a 20 + goal scorer on the Wings playing 3rd line minutes and 2nd pp unit !


Sammy is a good player, and I have always liked him for his two-way and all-around play, but...

In Detroit the past couple seasons he was rarely on a line that did not include one of Zetterberg, Filppula, or Hudler. Underrated shot, definitely, but the guy is overacheiving this season.


#1911397 Another goalie thread...

Posted by eva unit zero on 08 March 2010 - 11:25 AM

If we just break down the four games since the Olympic break, I don't think he's been awful or anything close. The Stewart goal in Colorado was bad, but it was just one softy; when you give up only two goals you give your team a good chance to win and they did. Vancouver was a disaster but that was one of those games where nothing hit the goalie -- pucks were flying in through screens and everything, it happens. Nothing to complain about from Nashville. Yesterday's game he was shaky and got scored on a lot, but the Hawks are no pushovers; the Wings really sat back and let the Hawks take it to them at the end, and the Wings wouldn't be the only team hanging on for dear life in that situation.

He kicks out rebounds from everywhere and he's a bit inconsistent, but he's only a rookie after all. He's given the Wings a chance to win basically every night, and although I love Oz, I don't think if he were the guy starting every game the Wings would be in any better position than they are now.


Howard has let in a lot of "it was just one softie, nothing to worry about" goals this season. People seem not to have noticed this. Yes, he's outplayed Osgood, but he's not nearly the brick wall or perfect tender the Howard slappies have been acting like.


#1911392 Another goalie thread...

Posted by eva unit zero on 08 March 2010 - 11:21 AM

You do realize Howard is 8th in GAA and 5th in SV% right?

Not to mention he is winning games.

One bad game happens, he's the future and he's playing well. There is no reason to change things up.


One bad game?

Here's Howard's numbers over his past ten games.
575:38 Mins, 291 SA, 264 Sv, 30.3 SAPG, 27 GA, 2.81 GAA, .907 sv%

That doesn't really come close to the top of the league, does it? Granted, Howard did have the Olympic break in the middle of that stretch, but his performance was only slightly affected by the break.

Now, let's compare to Osgood's last ten games, which include two relief appearances, and no appearances within seven games of each other since the games of November 23rd and November 27th. The earliest game included is November 20th, for those of you who were wondering.

Osgood's numbers over his past ten:
537:56 Mins, 229 SA, 200 Sv, 25.5 SAPG, 29 GA, 3.23 GAA, .873 sv%

Yes, Ozzie's numbers have been worse; but given the lack of consistent playing time and the fact that the Wings have been playing FAR better recently than they from November through January...Howard's numbers don't really look so good.

Either Howard needs to step it up, or Ozzie needs to get more of a look. Give the guy some consistent playing time and see what he puts on the ice.


#1894851 IIHF vs. NHL.

Posted by eva unit zero on 16 February 2010 - 10:10 AM

And yet another thread goes by with things people don't like being blamed as "Bettman's opinions" rather than Bettman representing the will of the NHL's BoG, which is what the real deal is.

So many ignorant asses. How come none of you realize that Bettman is little more than a figurehead, who occasionally serves as a mediator between the Board members and his main job is to represent the interests of the League. Commissioner is not the same as President; league President, which came before Bettman, had the power you think Bettman has. The Commissioner's position does not have nearly that kind of power because the Board felt that the President was too powerful.

Bettman's primary duties are to serve as a negotiator for the league, representing league positions. He cannot actually agree or disagree to a deal with the NHLPA or another organization; he can merely negotiate concessions for a deal and make recommendations to the BoG regarding a proposal. Part of the reason he was able to push back with such force against the NHLPA in 2004 is that the BoG voted to give Bettman the power to veto any deal the players proposed with the backing of just eight owners, or 26.7%. Ultimately this gave Bettman the ability to push forward the owners' agenda with strength, but only due to BoG solidarity.

Look for negotiations involving the NHL, KHL, and IIHF between now and 2014 because that is likely what it will take for the NHL to show up in Sochi. If it doesn't happen, the NHL is not there in 2014, and then comes back in 2018.


#1864954 if the wings made a deal who would you want gone and who would you wan

Posted by eva unit zero on 18 January 2010 - 04:37 PM

QUOTE (DangleDangleBeach @ January 18, 2010 - 04:02PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i would like to see the wings get thomas fleischmann back from washington or maybe james neal or loui erikkson from dallas... someone at a reasonable price who can put the puck in net which is why fleischmann would be ideal (******* traded him + a draftpick that ended up being MIKE GREEN for LANGGGGG f***KKKKK)


Yep, trade our fifth or sixth best forward prospect (which Fleischmann was) and a draft pick for the league's leading scorer. Dumb trade right?


#1822200 Habs ship Latendresse to Wild for Puliot

Posted by eva unit zero on 23 November 2009 - 11:41 PM

Man, I sure am glad we used the 42nd overall pick in 2005 to draft Latendresse instead of Abdelkader just like everyone here except me was saying!


#1800936 Most "Irritating" Poster

Posted by eva unit zero on 24 October 2009 - 05:41 PM

So how exactly is the decision made? Is it going to use a point system (such as 5-3-1 like the Vezina) or is it most 1st place votes wins 1st, and then 2nd place votes wins 2nd, with 1st place ineligible, and so on for 3rd?




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