data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.hockey.52569 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Roger Maynard)
Subject: Re: NHL team leaders in +/-
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
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In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Deepak Chhabra) writes:
>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...
Are you comparing Cullen to Salami? I would say that that is valid. If
Winnipeg is such a lousy defensive team then why the hell does Salami
stand around the other team's blueline when the puck is in his own end?
>>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.
Excuse me? Are the Jets playing .500 hockey? Let me check...yes - but just
barely. They have allowed more goals than they have scored. Sounds an
awful lot like Salami's +/- to me. Sounds like they would be just as well
off - or better - if he played the solid two-way game that our friends in
Finland claim he is capable of. But if he did that he wouldn't be chal-
lenging for the league lead in goals would he? The Bi-Planes might be
challenging for first however...
>You're worried about Teemu when you have Glenn Anderson on your team?
Now let's see...you have compared Timo to Anderson and Cullen. Who's
next? Mike Foligno?
>>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.
Some of our Finnish friends who have watched him play claim that he
can play a solid two-way game. I would have to say that this style
of contribution would be more conducive to winning. Or don't you
think so?
>>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....
I don't believe it! You did compare him to Foligno! (And I honestly hadn't
read this far).
It would help if you used a little discrimination in your thinking. Your
contributions would be more highly valued if we could see that you weren't
trying to be merely argumentative.
cordially, as always,
rm
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Roger Maynard
[email protected]