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Cannots Luvah
Mike Weaver jersey on order
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1126
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 Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject: Whats your Half Way Point Report Card? |
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Since Silverfox is on hiatus for indefinite time and I dont have the skills to do a half way report like he does. So what would your report card be for the team , players , or just some half way point thoughts?
My grading system is simple , veteran players are like higher course levels (grade 12 or 4th year University) , I expect more and the work is harder. Younger players are like freshman and first year courses , mickey mouse so the grades are friendlier from me. and I dont fail players caz of injuries.
Luongo C-... Im kidding ..A+
Sandford B .. again Im grading his role , job and his place on the team and he's very good so far.
Ohlund B ... but I requested to see his parents caz of his slash on Mikko Koivu.
Salo ...*I* incomplete.
Mitchell B- .. does all thankless work. Can never judge him by stats.
Bieksa *I* .. still in the nurses office.
Edler A ... example of my grading system , I dont think he's better than Ohlund right now but Ohlund is working on his PHD while Edler is making a spice Rack for home ec. Edler gets an A caz he's been dynamite for a 21 yr old rookie playing top 4 minutes.
Krajicek C+
Miller C+... veteran player but Miller is in special Ed. He's in the special building with the other students who have beer on their breathe in the morning.
Weaver C+ ...I would like him to join some extraciricular activities. * remember Im grading him on his job as a no.7-8 D*
H Sedin B+
D Sedin A- .. I wanted to give them different marks caz its driving me nuts how they get grouped together for everything!!! Henrik's mark is more what I woud give them both.
M Naslund C+.. Naslund is the equivalent to a guy working on his thesis and really struggling with it.
Morrison C+
Kesler ..A
Cooke C-
Pyatt C+
Isbuster C .. he and Miller hang out in the smoke pit together.
Burrows C+
Linden C
Ritchie C+
Brown *I*
Cowan *I* with Bieksa in the nurses office
Raymond *I*
Jaffray*I*
Rypkien *I*
Shannon A.. hey , I have a class favourite ... Im giving him a A. |
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Whistler
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
Posts: 31
Location: Whistler
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Not too bad a report card though I'd take exception to a few of those grades.
Sanford has turned in all his assignments and deserves and 'A'
He's played at, or above, expectations.
Burrows definitely deserves an 'A'.
Other than hands of stone when confronted by a goalie, he's done absolutely everything that could be expected in a checking line, PK role.
He brings his A game night in and night out.
If he had a goal scorer's touch to go along with his work ethic, passion and determination, he'd be a star.
But, the truth is, scoring goals isn't his job.
Chipping in once in a while is enough given his duties.
I'd give Cookie a 'B' on the same grounds and maybe gift Trevor with a 'B' because I like him for past deeds and he's our go-to guy on the shootout.
I'd also give Ohlund a second-hand ribbon for most-improved since he picked up his game after Sami and Bieksa went down.
But he needs to get it soon or he will no longer qualify. He too is beginning to slide back into his old ways.
Pretty much in agreement otherwise though.  |
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Cannots Luvah
Mike Weaver jersey on order
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1126
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yeah now that I think about it, Sanford and Burrows I would probably give them a notch up , Burrows has been the best out of that brat pack , Ritchie , Rypkien , Shannon , Brown , Cowan,..etc . I would probably give him a B/B- now , and Sanford pretty much has done everything he's been asked including filling in as a no.1 for a week . he should get A-/B+.
Cooke is my Kearny from the Simpsons , Ill be holding him back until his own kids are in the same grade as he! |
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Bosc Ulrich II
OTP Resident Historian
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 3437
Location: Sweetest lid in the league
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the New Cunning Linguist
Like a good neighbor, only better
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1912
Location: I'm here, aren't I?
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The Luongo Era, Year 2 vs. Year 1
I think given the personnel on this team, it’s reasonable to compare the midseason performance over the two years. I took data that was available on the ESPN.com site – I’m sure there are others, perhaps even more comprehensive ones, but this one was a good start. I tried to focus on the team performance first, and then the goalie performances since these were the easiest to look at. EDIT: I quickly checked the stats on TSN’s page and they do differ, but not enough to make a dramatic difference in the bigger picture.
Overall
First, let’s look at the obvious; at the Game 41 mark:
2006-07: 22-18-1, 45 points, 98 GF, 105 GA, 0.909 SV%
OT-W/L: 6-0
SO-W/L: 2-1
2007-08: 23-14-4, 50 points, 107 GF, 90 GA, 0.923 SV%
OT-W/L: 1-0
SO-W/L: 1-4
The team has given up 15 fewer goals, while the offense has also contributed, scoring 9 more this year compared to last season. Last year’s team received six more points from OT/SO victories than this year. This year’s team has given up slightly more shots on goal (1,165 vs. 1,150), while giving up fewer goals, so the team save percentage is already better (0.923 vs 0.909). Offensively, the Nucks aren’t taking nearly as many shots on goal as they did last season – 1,023 vs. 1,235 last season; a drop of nearly 18 percent. In terms of team discipline, this year’s team seems far more disciplined, taking 192 penalties vs. 243 last year, a drop of more than 20 percent.
I charted the team’s overall scoring over the first 41 games in 06-07 (blue) and in 07-08 (red). The thing bounces up a down so much that it’s hard to see general trends unless you do a rolling average – I found that a rolling 10 game average seemed to work best. Generally, the scoring is up this season (duh) and it seems the team has been scoring at a pace that is similar to their pace that they were on just after Christmas, 2006.
Special Teams – PP
This is where the story becomes a little more interesting. Last season, the PP started catching fire around the 28 game mark; the team didn’t benefit from it until Christmas, but we can see that this was when the team’s overall scoring started to trend upward. This season, the PP has been functioning pretty well, clicking along at a rate that is slightly higher than last year’s rate after 41 games. However, around the 28 game mark, the PP starts to trend slightly downward… It’s definitely something to watch over the next ten games...
Special Teams – PK
This is another interesting story… Last season, the PK was clicking along at a pretty reasonable rate – about 87% efficiency since the beginning of the season and around the game 27 mark, it starts to pick up; you can see it starts to trend upward very quickly at the game 37 mark but the improvement started around the game 27 mark. This season, the PK starts out much lower, averaging around 77% until the 3-0 loss in Nashville. Since that point, it seemed to steadily improve. In the last 10 or 15 games, the PK appears to be finally be on par with last season’s 41 game average of 87%; it also seems to have reached a plateau – I wonder if that reflects the loss of Salo and Ohlund to injury. It will be interesting to see if they can continue to improve on the PK.
Goaltending
I won’t belabor how much Luongo has meant to this team; clearly his stats show that he hasn’t slowed down – at this point last season, he was 22-15-1 (45 points in 38 games, for a .592 win percentage), with two SO, and 0.912 save percentage. This season, he is 19-12-3 (41 points in 35 games, for a .585 win percentage), with six SO, and a 0.930 save percentage, and a 1.97GAA.
Where the most noticeable difference has been in the #2 goaltending position: last season, Dany Sabourin was 0-3-0, with an 0.851 save percentage. This season, Curtis Sanford is 4-2-1 (9 points in 7 games, for a .642 win percentage), with 0.907 save percentage, and a 2.62 GAA. So in hindsight, it appears that Sanford has been a signficant upgrade on Sabourin.
So what does this all mean?
I think the coaching has to be given a ton of credit – AV & Co. managed to turn things around at the game 13 mark (07-0 rather than at the game 37 mark (06-07). The team seems to be trending the right way as far as the PK goes; the PP continues to be streaky and they’ll of course need it to get better since the last 41 games will only get tougher… Their record against their divisional rivals is also a terrific accomplishment - if they can split the remaining games, I wouldn't complain, so long as they improve their record against other teams.
Where I'd like to see them improve is of course on the PK and PP - that goes without saying. I'd also love for them to at least get more points in games that go into OT - they were pretty much lights out in the OT (8-1 last season; this year, they've only won one game in OT and one in the SO, while losing 4. They don't seem to be shooting as much as they did last season, but I don't see this as too much of a problem since they've actually scored more with the chances they have.
Coaching: B+
Luongo: A
Sanford: A
I’ll give the skaters more thought, and I'd like to use the links that Bosc shared to do that; nevertheless, I think Luvah covered it well. Except of course his boy Shannon needs to pick it up several notches. At this point, I’d say Isbister is outplaying him. Several games ago, I thought Naslund was out of his funk but lately it seems, he’s just along for the ride with Pinky and the Brain.
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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1972
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Very impressive Linger, thanks for that!
Extremely informative, and extremely nerdy. 
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the New Cunning Linguist
Like a good neighbor, only better
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1912
Location: I'm here, aren't I?
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Jyrki21 wrote: |
| Extremely informative, and extremely nerdy. |
Beats workin'...
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Cannots Luvah
Mike Weaver jersey on order
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1126
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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ah yes... I should've graded the coaching
Head Coach: A- ... I could've gave him a B+ but the injuries actually help him here.
Asst Coaches: B+ |
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the New Cunning Linguist
Like a good neighbor, only better
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1912
Location: I'm here, aren't I?
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Luc Bourdon: B, looked terrific in a limited role in his last stint with the big club
Alex Edler: A+, this year's BXA, doing everything including winning SO for the team...
Henrik Sedin: B, would still like to see him shoot more - doing so can only give his linemates more space
Daniel Sedin: B+, doing most of the scoring when this team wins...
Markus Naslund: C+, inconsistent and we need to see him catch fire down the stretch otherwise this team will continue to struggle offensively
Mike Weaver: C, still prone to the Sopelian brain-fart but his heart is in the right place
Taylor Pyatt: B-, love seeing him power his way to the net, which he seems to be doing more of in each game
Ryan Kesler: A-, what can I say? He's been everything he's been asked to be anchoring the shutdown unit with Cooke, Burrows, Edler and Mitchell
Brad Isbister: C-, would like to see him use his size more
Sami Salo: C, miss his offence from the blueline - needs to be the Man with BXA out
Mattias Ohlund: C+, still steady but lately has been taking some bad penalties
Alex Burrows: B, great performance out of a 3rd line agitator - would love to see more scoring from him
Willie Mitchell: B+, nothing but love for the pride of Port McNeill, BC
Matt Cooke: C, perhaps its unfair but I expect more from Cooke than what we've seen this season.
Aaron Miller: B, steady, solid d
Brendan Morrison: C+, he seemed to be starting to contribute offensively just before he got injured
Lukas Krajicek: C-, he's struggled at times and has been overshadowed and passed by Edler
Kevin Bieksa: Incomplete; looked lost on d, but then in the first ten games, so did the rest of the team
Ryan Shannon: Incomplete; who?
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