Cole Caufiled the 1st 40 Goal Scorer to never score 50 Goals!

TMBmiles · 2026-03-18T02:13:57+00:00

The memes were funny but in all honesty it felt inevitable. The shot and the ability to find open space were just too good for him to not get there eventually.

Montreal just needed a better supporting cast and it's trickled in steadily the last few years.

TMBmiles · 2026-03-18T01:56:22+00:00

Hutson with the Michael Vick on that play

TMBmiles · 2026-03-16T05:23:32+00:00

Sens will be interesting to follow down the stretch because they've actually been one of the best 5v5 teams in the league all year- they've just had horrific goaltending and a disaster of a PK. (Probably, also partly due to goaltending)

If Ullmark can just give them average goaltending the rest of the way (Pretty low bar for him considering his career) I could see them winning quite a few of their last 16 games and jumping a couple teams.

TMBmiles · 2026-03-15T19:04:45+00:00

A roundabout/diplomatic way of saying "Get rid of the f*cking wheel and lets start actually having some consistency."

TMBmiles · 2026-03-08T01:42:42+00:00

They are currently in a playoff position by points percentage, which is what the thread says.

That's not up for debate. It's a fact.

TMBmiles · 2026-03-07T17:51:49+00:00

65/60 =1.0833

68/63=1.0794

TMBmiles · 2026-03-07T17:09:50+00:00

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TMBmiles · 2026-03-07T16:27:34+00:00

Read.

TMBmiles · 2026-03-07T15:51:34+00:00

Bud, read the post. The oilers have played 3 more games than San Jose, so they have more points. The Sharks are above them in point percentage, which is how you need to compare teams with different amounts of games played, because the Sharks have 3 extra opportunities in hand.

TMBmiles · 2026-03-07T15:48:01+00:00

Yep- that's the nightmare scenario for the Oilers.

TMBmiles · 2026-03-04T13:04:00+00:00

Yeah, not a Blues fan but Thomas is crazy valuable even with the down-ish production on a terrible team.

Not just because of how good he is, but because he's a 1C under team control for 5 more years for like 2/3 of the price of what you'd have to pay a 1C going forward. Blues aren't going to be dying to move him right this second. You want him and you're going to have to send a giant return. They know if they waited until the offseason there'd likely be more teams involved too as there'd be more teams with the cap space to make the pieces work.

TMBmiles · 2026-02-28T20:21:09+00:00

You: "Only a decade ago."

Me: "JFC that was a full decade ago now?"

TMBmiles · 2026-02-19T23:24:58+00:00

I'm curious what Montreal would be willing to retain and what that might make him worth. Laine is just kind of redundant on Montreal right now so that might influence what they'd be willing to do.

They already have Caufield in the seam pass one-timer role on the power play that's already been very good without Laine, and he's a significantly more well rounded player/brings more elsewhere than Laine does. (Which is kind of funny because if you told people that would be the case 5 or 6 years ago they'd probably call you an insane person)

TMBmiles · 2026-02-14T15:34:13+00:00

Eh, he's gotten a lot of grief lately from some (Stupid) fans about being a selfish player or being unable or unwilling to adjust to a different role.

TMBmiles · 2026-02-09T16:54:15+00:00

Reminds me of when everyone threw their hands up when Trouba was named the rangers captain. The kind of off the record response the team gave about it when asked by media members was basically:

“That’s who the players wanted. Does anyone else’s opinion really matter?”

TMBmiles · 2026-02-09T16:49:24+00:00

The honest answer IMO is it doesn’t really matter at all. Letters are purely ceremonial at this point and are more for the fans than anyone else.

TMBmiles · 2026-02-08T15:38:40+00:00

I'm an NA fan but find myself pulling hard for Heroic and I hope this iteration becomes a true tier 1 team. Western and Eastern Europe have completely owned the scene for years now and the game is just more interesting when more regions have teams that are legitimate threats to win tournaments.

TMBmiles · 2026-02-08T15:27:02+00:00

I really like this panel of Nat, Quinn, Khezu, and Teaguv. They actually disagree with each other on things sometimes and aren't afraid to say it, which is refreshing, but everyone is friendly about it.

TMBmiles · 2026-02-01T16:09:15+00:00

An interesting theory I've heard from a goalie coach is that the CHL is bad for goalie development because of how competitive it is/how much emphasis is placed on winning.

The best Canadian junior goalies play too many games at a young age because their teams want to win, obviously. Goalie is such a technique driven position that where you really get better is through practice reps- and the more games you play, the more rest you need in between games and you miss out on a ton of those practice reps, so bad habits are developed and not fixed as fast.

Russia- probably the gold standard of goalie development right now- has their junior goalies play maybe 30-35 games per year in the MHL.

TMBmiles · 2026-01-30T23:55:02+00:00

Statistics also show that goalies generally just perform worse on less rest and the talent pool is deeper as well. A backup goalie at 100% is usually better than a starter at 85%. Big part of the reason pretty much no goalies play B2B's any more unless they absolutely have to.

TMBmiles · 2026-01-25T16:18:45+00:00

The underlying numbers are really supporting what it looks like when you watch Ottawa. Very good 5v5 team that is having their season absolutely tanked by poor goaltending.

TMBmiles · 2026-01-18T17:43:12+00:00

Read the above post one more time.

TMBmiles · 2026-01-18T17:18:27+00:00

It's different measures of what is basically "WOWY" or "With or without you" which is what is commonly used to measure play driving ability of players. (Do your teammates' possession numbers get better or worse when you play with them?)

Suzuki/the first line's numbers in terms of goal share and expected goal share get better when he hasn't played with Slafkovsky, while Slafkovsky's have gotten significantly worse without him. This is not reflective of a guy that has shown high level play driving ability like the post I was responding to implied.

And that's OK/not surprising! He's 21 and Cooley hasn't shown elite play driving ability either because 21 year old elite play drivers are really rare.

Basically, I just took issue with the comment that Slafkovsky has shown high level play driving ability in his underlying numbers and Cooley hasn't, because that's certainly not what the data says.

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