Leafs. 2013 Short Season
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Like drugs there is a scientific/generic term for medical conditions and a brand or general term.
Thank you for the scientific term. The general term for your condition is called jealousy.
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Thanks for that. It lightened my morning.:caked:
Jealous of the Leafs? LMFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been to MLG, and ACC to see Leafs game, I prefer the old building for its "closeness" atmosphere, at the ACC it seems that the fans are not as involved nor vocal like MLG. Anyway, much prefer to watch it on TV for obvious reasons: feet-up, replay, multiple angle camera shot..but most importantly not losing an arm and a leg for beer and peanuts, then lining up for w/c and stand around waiting for a break before I can get back to my seat.
Being to the game is wonderful experience, but once you have been there and done that there is no REAL need to starve a whole week to buy ticket
.BTW, with live game on Fibe, you can pause then continue after the beer grabbing, beer dumping.
Cujo, Potvin and Eddie had to stand on their head often to get the Leafs in the playoffs ... This isn't something new ... What do we remember Leafs vs Red Wings 92/93 that we won or we were outshot in game seven ? Teams riding a hot goaltender maybe something new to Leaf fans (cause we haven't had that situation in ahwile ) but it does happen alot .
You LYAO? No joking? I will admit that I'm jealous of ANY LEAF
: player got to enjoy PLAYING the game he loves, gets paid to do it and quite handsomely in fact, have the whole Summer off...and the whole shebang. Who wouldn't be jealous?Just look at the number of people who play the sport in Canada-US and Europe, what is the percentage of them making it to this level? I'm truly jealous of their privilege.
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Shoot, even better than being a male porn star.I'm jealous of ANY LEAF
I use to go to MLG regularly. Had access to blues and greens when they only had 4 colors, (bet a lot of guys on here are going 4 COLORS, WTF) I agree being there is a great experience and if I were still in Toronto would probably go if the tickets were priced right.(Free preferably) At this point in my life the lazy boy and remote work well. If you got the dollars to squander go for it!I've been to MLG, and ACC to see Leafs game, I prefer the old building for its "closeness" atmosphere, at the ACC it seems that the fans are not as involved nor vocal like MLG. Anyway, much prefer to watch it on TV for obvious reasons: feet-up, replay, multiple angle camera shot..but most importantly not losing an arm and a leg for beer and peanuts, then lining up for w/c and stand around waiting for a break before I can get back to my seat.
Being to the game is wonderful experience, but once you have been there and done that there is no REAL need to starve a whole week to buy ticket
BTW, with live game on Fibe, you can pause then continue after the beer grabbing, beer dumping.
Must win tonight for any hope of moving up in the standings.
Leafs need a win coupled with a Montreal regulation loss to Winnipeg, then a Saturday night regulation win over Montreal
and the Canadiens can stay in town for games one and two of the playoffs.
Go LEAFS !
and for tonight only ... Go Jets !
Leafs need a win coupled with a Montreal regulation loss to Winnipeg, then a Saturday night regulation win over Montreal
and the Canadiens can stay in town for games one and two of the playoffs.
Go LEAFS !
and for tonight only ... Go Jets !
Why have the analytics experts been suggesting that the Leafs have very little business calling themselves a playoff team? It’s because shot differential is among a handful of stats that has shown impressive predictive power in separating good teams from not-so-good ones.
By the measure of shot differential, the Leafs are one of the worst playoff teams in recent memory. Consider that 45 games into the 48-game season, the Leafs are being outshot by an average of 5.8 shots a game. That makes them just the fourth NHL team in 20 years to earn entry into the post-season with a negative shot differential of five or more, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
There’s a bright side to all this number-based naysaying. The three other teams that scraped into the post-season while being so roundly outshot won their first-round series.
The ’95 Sharks (with a minus-7.6 regular-season shot differential) beat Calgary in an epic seven-gamer that included an overtime and a double-overtime game. The ’97 Sabres (minus-7.8) came back from a 3-2 series deficit to beat the Senators in a Game 7 overtime. And the ’02 Canadiens (minus-6.1) beat the Bruins in a memorable seven-gamer in which they were dominated at key moments. Though the Bruins outshot Montreal 79-31 in the final two games of the series, Canadiens goaltender Jose Theodore justified his sweep of the Hart and Vezina trophies by allowing just one goal in each contest to steal victory. All three teams lost in the second round.
In other words, history suggests hot goaltending and a bit of good fortune can give a fan base a brief thrill ride, even if it’s not likely to bring home a Cup. The Leafs certainly possess the hot goaltender part. In stopping 49 of Ottawa’s 50 shots on Saturday night, James Reimer became only the second Toronto goaltender in 20 years to win a game in which he faced at least 50 shots. The other Leaf to achieve the feat, Ed Belfour, currently resides in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The mathematical minded will tell you there are reasons other than Reimer that the Leafs are winning — one of them is yet another numerical anomaly. As Eric Tulsky, a statistical analyst who has done work for the Nashville Predators, points out, Toronto is scoring on about 11 per cent of its shots in 5-on-5 situations this season. Tulsky said that, over the past six seasons, no NHL team has been better.
By the measure of shot differential, the Leafs are one of the worst playoff teams in recent memory. Consider that 45 games into the 48-game season, the Leafs are being outshot by an average of 5.8 shots a game. That makes them just the fourth NHL team in 20 years to earn entry into the post-season with a negative shot differential of five or more, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
There’s a bright side to all this number-based naysaying. The three other teams that scraped into the post-season while being so roundly outshot won their first-round series.
The ’95 Sharks (with a minus-7.6 regular-season shot differential) beat Calgary in an epic seven-gamer that included an overtime and a double-overtime game. The ’97 Sabres (minus-7.8) came back from a 3-2 series deficit to beat the Senators in a Game 7 overtime. And the ’02 Canadiens (minus-6.1) beat the Bruins in a memorable seven-gamer in which they were dominated at key moments. Though the Bruins outshot Montreal 79-31 in the final two games of the series, Canadiens goaltender Jose Theodore justified his sweep of the Hart and Vezina trophies by allowing just one goal in each contest to steal victory. All three teams lost in the second round.
In other words, history suggests hot goaltending and a bit of good fortune can give a fan base a brief thrill ride, even if it’s not likely to bring home a Cup. The Leafs certainly possess the hot goaltender part. In stopping 49 of Ottawa’s 50 shots on Saturday night, James Reimer became only the second Toronto goaltender in 20 years to win a game in which he faced at least 50 shots. The other Leaf to achieve the feat, Ed Belfour, currently resides in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The mathematical minded will tell you there are reasons other than Reimer that the Leafs are winning — one of them is yet another numerical anomaly. As Eric Tulsky, a statistical analyst who has done work for the Nashville Predators, points out, Toronto is scoring on about 11 per cent of its shots in 5-on-5 situations this season. Tulsky said that, over the past six seasons, no NHL team has been better.
You figure that out all by yourself, Bargnani?
http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs...ot_doesnt_mean_buds_have_no_shot_feschuk.html
http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs...ot_doesnt_mean_buds_have_no_shot_feschuk.html
Stats and number crunching is for the media... Just look at the Bolts: they have how many top point earners? Where are they in the standing? This game is better measure with passion, with game-changers, with chemistry... rather than the cold hard "fact" of statistic.
I always chuckle when the TV commentators saying things like: the Leafs are winning xx% of game when they are leading in the first or open the scoring... as if the Stat God will come down and crunch the number and KNOW the outcome of every game :crazy:
I'm curious as to what the shot differential was when Montreal won the cup in Roy's rookie year. I suspect they were outshot biiig time. Shockingly, they still got their names engraved on the trophy.
Dave Feschuk is a shit disturbing, pot stirring little douche who likes to be provocative for no other reason than for people to notice him and make himself appear to be more knowledgeable than the people who are directly involved in the game.
NO, he is only doing it for money, gotta write something today eh, no matter what. And the thing is some people just believe sport columnist and stats :eyebrows:
BTW, I think I read some thing similar to DD's post on the Star, with the "funny" wording like "champion with an asterisk" and such. Talking about being educated and original :Eek:.
These 3 teams are famous because they are the rare exceptions. Just like the 2013 Leafs as we hoist the CUP while being outshot 10,000 to 20.
