Tony Fresco
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Here's an except of a write up on David Gustafsson from Scott Wheeler of the Athletic. This was written pre-draft when previewing potential targets for the Leafs ... (There were also some GIFs in the article if some of the comments seem a little out of context.
Again, one man's opinion, so we will have to wait to see how Mr's Gustafsson projects down the road.
QuoteDavid Gustafsson – C, HV71, 6-foot-1
My ranking: No. 19I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I believe David Gustafsson, widely ranked outside of the first round by most I’ve spoken to, is the most underrated player in this class — or close to it.
Dominated the under-18 level as a 16-year-old? Check. Briefly torched the under-20 level as a 17-year-old? Check. Finished one-goal shy of Rasmus Dahlin for the most by an under-19 player in the SHL, in a tie with first-round lock Isac Lundestrom? Check. Contributed offensively while showing he was capable defensively in just 11:12 average ice-time a night over the course of 45 games as a rookie? Check. Big, strong centre? Check. Strong showings offensively against his peers at under-17 and under-18 worlds, including three assists in this year’s bronze medal win over the Czechs? Check.
The Leafs haven’t shied away from taking Swedes for the better part of the last decade now, and there’s a lot to like about Gustafsson package. They’ll be familiar with him too, after he played on a line with prospect Pierre Engvall for parts of this season.
He does most of his damage around the net with little chip plays like this off of his backhand in tight.
But there’s a lot more skill in his game as a passer, and particularly as a shooter than he’s given credit for.
He uses his core strength to turn on pucks and score across his body really effectively.
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Adarius Bowman
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8 hours ago, Mark H. said:
Hellebucyk faced for more situations where he was one on one with a shooter. Fleury usually had support in front of him; when he didn't, the Jets scored most of the time.
That's part of the < .900 SP%
Agreed, I wasn't berating Hellebuyck for the less than .900, he faced far more high danger scoring chances, and there weren't too many soft goals. But Fleury's .940 or whatever it was against the Jets was a significant difference in the series.
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7 hours ago, Mark H. said:
That’s rather over-simplified.
While it is oversimplified, I tend to agree. Not accounting for momentum swings and a whole slew of other intangibles (hence the oversimplification), that would amount to 9 extra goals for the Jets in the 4 games the Jets lose. Jets likely win at least 2 of those 4 and force a game 7 at a minimum.
Unfortunately, it was the Jets who had sub .900 SP% for the series.
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Rumours are the Jets are getting a third jersey next year .... and, if true, it won't be the Heritage Classic retro style. Sounds like Atlanta-style baby blue (sorry Aviator blue) as the main colour.
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2 hours ago, Atomic said:
I think there is an element of interpretation here... while the players were not technically acquired by trade, there were trades involved rather than just a straight-up expansion draft pick. The tweet is somewhat deceptive in that way... but it captures the fact that McPhee basically fleeced Minnesota, Columbus, and Florida. There was good GM work involved in building the team, it wasn't just a gift.
Exactly, those were deals to either expose a certain player so as not to lose another or deals to take on salary. Marchessault specifically was left exposed on the condition the Knights took on Smith’s contract. Same with Karlsson. Columbus exposed home so the Knights wouldn’t take Josh Anderson. McPhee navigated the expansion waters very well in hindsight. I admit at the time there were other players exposed that seemingly could have made the team even stronger but who knows if there were side deals to leave them alone.
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This was interesting too. McPhee debatedly may have had the best individual season by a GM ever. Midas touch.
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Logan Stanley named co-winner as his team's MVP for the playoffs. Have to say this has been a positive year for him in his development so good for him to get some recognition. Will be interesting to see whether that continues with the Moose next year.
http://www.570news.com/2018/05/04/logan-stanley-mario-culina-share-playoff-mvp-kitchener-rangers/
QuoteDefenseman Logan Stanley and Goaltender Mario Culina have been named co-winners of the Charles Chalkin Memorial Award as Playoff MVP.
Head Coach of the Kitchener Rangers Jay McKee made the announcement Wednesday at team’s end of season reception.
Stanley, a Waterloo native, had 16 points (4G,12A) in 19 playoff games. The Winnipeg Jets draft pick also scored the series clinching goal in round 2 against the Sarnia Sting.
Culina was acquired by the Rangers at the trade deadline. In 19 starts in the playoffs for Kitchener, he had one shutout.
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4 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
Looking at this goalie interference call in Nashville, originally I thought it was a good call (no goal) because the Preds player stuck his stick into the goalie and physically moved him, thus allowing the puck to spring free. Watching it again, Im not so sure. The stick was into the "leg" area (where the puck was) and was an attempt to dig at the puck. The fact the goalie moved is because the puck was under his pad and that was the area the Preds player was "digging at". He wasnt trying to shove the goalie out of the way.
So if the rule is "ANY contact = interference", okay but thats going to result in a lot of calls (and penalties). If you use common sense (ie. deciding intent) thats a good goal. Plus, is the ref not supposed to whistle the play dead when he loses sight of the puck? Clearly he lost sight since it was UNDER the goalie. So the ref let it go. Why? Because its a scrum with players digging at it. Happens all the time, puck comes free, goal voila.
Ref should have whistled the play dead. Because he didn't and because there was no evidence of intentional interference, its a good goal.
I can't understand how that was interference (which is now called by the war room in Toronto) when the Neal homerun swing to Helle's head was not interference. I'd like to cue up those two plays side by side and let non-hockey fans decide which one they thought should be called interference.
I honestly think they roll a dice to determine the outcome.
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Re: Foster. Westwood retweeted this earlier ... End the career with a bang!
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10 hours ago, Floyd said:
Maurice ruining comrie same way he did hutch
I didn't see Maurice on the ice last night. Not sure why this is on him. Jets did not have their head's in this game from puck drop. Comrie's teammates let him down, not Maurice.
Chicago is a team 30 points behind us in the standings. When else do you play your back-up?
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23 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
#1 team in league just called in their Vesalainen from overseas.
30th in 2017 draft. 6 behind our guy. Hmmm....
You'll find that most pundits have held Tolvanen's season in very high regard, with many polls/articles having Tolvanen and Vancouver's Elias Pettersson (drafted 5th overall) as the best prospects outside the NHL among forwards. I'll leave Pettersson out of the discussion as he has just had an historic year for a teenager in the SHL, but if you compare Tolvanen's and Vesalainen's seasons, the numbers are pretty interesting:
Tolvanen Player Vesalainen Nashville Team Winnipeg 2018 - 30th Overall Drafted 2018 - 24th Overall KHL 17-18 League Liiga (Finland) Jokerit 17-18 Team HPK / Karpat 49 GP - 19G - 17A - 36 pts 17-18 Stats 49 GP - 22G - 21A - 43 pts 0.73 17-18 Pts / game 0.88 5 GP - 1G - 5A - 6 pts 17-18 WJC stats 5 GP - 2G - 4A - 6 pts Now, the KHL is generally regarded as a higher calibre league, so while Vesalainen's regular season stats are better on the surface, Tolvanen's season would be viewed as stronger. Small sample size but their World Junior tournament stats are pretty much a wash. The thing that is interesting to me is that Tolvanen burst out of the gates, scoring 4 pts in his first game, 30 points in his first 31 games, but only 7 pts in his last 20. Vesalainen's season was the opposite, starting slowly and gaining momentum as the season went on. In any event, I'm not going to claim Vesalainen is a better prospect. It is way too early to make that kind of statement, but there are lots of reasons to be pretty excited about another Jets prospect.
Oh yeah, one other thing, Tolvanen is 5'10, 180 lbs, while KV is 6'3, 210.
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Nice assist from Berdin. Now up to 1G and 3A on the season. Not bad for a keeper ...
https://twitter.com/jets_prospects/status/970008096755060736
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10 hours ago, Jpan85 said:
Somebody with the knowledge in such endeavours should take the graphics on a Brock Lesnar Suplex City shirt and change into a Laine Snipe City shirt.
How's this?
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11 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:
It was a smelly old barn way past its best before date. Can't blame people for not wanting to buy tickets for up in the rafters when you can only see half the ice...
Actually you could see all the ice. Just not the scoreboard without looking at a 13” tv in the rafters in front of each section.
I’ll agree it was smelly.
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5 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
Who was Columbus trying to protect from being taken in the expansion draft?
I believe they wanted to protect against losing Josh Anderson. Young physical winger, but I'm guessing he tops out as a 3rd liner. No logic at all.
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Nice company for Patrik
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12 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
Reimer shot by a sniper.
This dive warrants a fine ...
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46 minutes ago, Goalie said:
Plus Minus is as irrelevant as it gets.
Heres an example.
Random player lets say Dano goes to change.. While thats happening the other team comes down the ice.. Dano steps off... Roslo steps on.. Other team scores half second later.. Roslo = -1 eventho he just literally stepped on the ice for half a second.
I disagree that it is irrelevant. I do feel +/- is imperfect specifically for the reasons you point out, but those examples are more the exception than the norm. +/- again is also less useful over small sample sizes, again for the same reasons, but using it over larger samples, and using it as a measure say in relative terms to one's teammates, can provide some insight to one's play. As with all stats, +/- can be used in conjunction with many other stats and observations to assess a player's overall performance.
Now, when it comes to using +/- as a scoring category for fantasy hockey, I would completely agree, it has no value.
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Chris Tsangarides, producer of the Hip's Fully Completely, and other artists, has passed.
Fully Completely was a significant part of the soundtrack of my youth.
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6 hours ago, Goalie said:
Bowman and Arbor have about 10 cups between them.
Exactly, and yet they are #2 and #3 in all-time losses. I'm not saying Maurice is anywhere near those 2 as a coach as they are HOF'ers, but continuously tying the loss record to Maurice's shortcomings is ridiculous. There are far worse coaches out there that only stayed in the show for a season or two. They will be nowhere near the top of the loss column.
Tie Maurice's shortcomings to things that are relevant, like loyalty to the vets, PP and line combinations, offensive or defensive structures, etc. Anything other than the loss record. The fact he holds the record only proves he has been good enough to coach for about 20 seasons, and started at a very young age.
Jets Trade Mason & Armia to Montreal
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Posted · Edited by Tony Fresco
Don't know much about Bourque. LHD - 6'0, 185 lbs This was his draft year scouting report courtesy of Future Considerations:
Haven't watched him at all, but had a rough year stats wise in Laval lat year. Both he and Luke Green spent parts of 2016-17 in Saint John. Not sure if there was overlap, but perhaps Jets would have had opportunity to get familiar with?