tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post6730941154407826604..comments2023-10-30T01:46:52.730-06:00Comments on hit the post: calgary v. dallas: excuseswalkinvisiblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-59726278579503216542009-04-02T23:39:00.000-06:002009-04-02T23:39:00.000-06:00cheers to that, my friend.cheers to that, my friend.walkinvisiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-61154727960359664212009-04-02T23:23:00.000-06:002009-04-02T23:23:00.000-06:00It's disappointing but for most of the year I've b...It's disappointing but for most of the year I've been nervous whenever Jarmoe's been on the ice. Here is hoping he turns it around, like, tomrrow.R Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-65503669740675620342009-04-02T23:17:00.000-06:002009-04-02T23:17:00.000-06:00hey, R O welcome to hitthepost !!! :)i totally see...hey, R O welcome to hitthepost !!! :)<BR/><BR/>i totally see the value in the corsi numbers, and other advanced statistics such as GFON (which explains precisely the reason why i don't get nervous when conroy is on the ice, vs. when bertuzzi is). it's essentially +/- but more betterer. <BR/>;)<BR/><BR/>shot clock is pretty basic but not useless. obviously it counts actual scoring opportunities but it also counts those tricklers from the opposition blue line that happen to end up in the blue paint. so you have to take those numbers with a grain of salt.<BR/><BR/>i'm thinking about developping my own stat. it would be based on the guys i like vs. the guys i hate. i haven't put a lot of thought into it (i really just thought of it now), but it would somehow describe the level of excitement vs. the level of panic i get when they take the ice.<BR/><BR/>vandermeer would score high on the panic level, while glencross would top the charts on the excitement level.<BR/><BR/>;)walkinvisiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-65494614955080662402009-04-02T23:07:00.000-06:002009-04-02T23:07:00.000-06:00Hi WI. There are two reasons that I like to look a...Hi WI. There are two reasons that I like to look at things like corsi and shots +/-.<BR/><BR/>1.) It's a measurable and fairly repeatable representation of how the team's playing. It is easy for me as a Flames fan to say "we play well because we outshoot the opposition". When I talk to a Canucks fan about their team getting outshot, they feed me BS lines like "well Vancouver's system is to create fewer high-quality scoring chances in the slot by cycling down low and bla bla bla". Yeah. Ok. But if they were playing well they'd still shoot more often no matter what system they were using.<BR/><BR/>2.) For the most part, the shot clock reflects how I feel the game is going. For instance, I felt we carried the play all night long against San Jose. The shot clock reflected this. The score did not. I was watching Anaheim's 4-3 loss to Edmonton recently, where they took 54 shots against Roloson. Anaheim dominated. We dominated Detroit on the road trip (once we got out of that penalty parade) but they dominated us at home - both times the shot clock reflected this.R Onoreply@blogger.com