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From: [email protected] (Deepak Chhabra)
Subject: Re: NHL team leaders in +/-
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Roger Maynard) writes:
>The Jets use the "breakaway pass" scheme to create a scoring sensation
>in order to generate interest. If teams score as many or more goals
>against Winnipeg when Selanne is on the ice as Winnipeg scores when
>he is on the ice then I can't see how his contribution can be described
>as impressive.
Implicitly you are assuming that goals scored against Winnipeg with Selanne
on the ice can be blamed on him...Roger, he is a FORWARD. Winnipeg has a
lousy defensive record anyway. Let's put it another way. John Cullen's +/-
is terrible. What's your excuse for him? That his powerplay points don't
count? Neither do Selanne's...
>The object of the game is not to feed Selanne - it is
>to win. And feeding Selanne does not contribute in any meaningful way
>to winning.
Knowledgeable hockey observers the world over would agree that
feeding Selanne so he can score does contribute in a meaningful way to
winning.
>Pat Burns wouldn't have a goal suck like this on his team.
You're worried about Teemu when you have Glenn Anderson on your team?
>We DON'T KNOW what Selanne does best. We do know what Jet's management
>wants. And again, the object of the exercise is not to allow Selanne to
>do what he does best, it is to win hockey games.
What he does best is score...so I refer you to my comment above.
>As it is now, Selanne
>is a grandstanding goal suck. Did you see the way he parades around
>with his arms outstretched after scoring a goal? You would think the
>Messiah had returned...
Nope, didn't see it. I was too busy watching Foligno jump up and down after
_his_ goal....