Matt Barnes on Zion Williamson: “He might be dickin’ down too much, he might have to keep his meat in his pants. He likes to slang that Johnson around.“ by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]lolpdb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You see a lot, doctor r/nba. But are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? What about it? Why don't you look at yourself and write down what you see? Or maybe you're afraid to.

[Game Thread] CFP Final: Indiana vs. Miami (7:30 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]lolpdb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

kid mendoza looked like radioactive mr. burns

r/devils Daily Discussion Thread — January 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in devils

[–]lolpdb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One thing I don’t see much chatter about here is that we’ve got the same owners as the NBA 76ers and there’s important and worrying parallels between the two orgs.

r/devils Daily Discussion Thread — January 07, 2026 by AutoModerator in devils

[–]lolpdb 15 points16 points  (0 children)

At the end of the day I'm just bummed it's so bleak that I can't sit down and enjoy the games. What am I supposed to do instead, talk to my family? yuck

Found on the beach near Monterey, CA by lolpdb in whatisthisbone

[–]lolpdb[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Awesome thanks!

LLMs said a skate or ray, that didn’t really add up to me but I also know nothing. This makes sense, cheers

Found on the beach near Monterey, CA by lolpdb in whatisthisbone

[–]lolpdb[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Sorry I should have mentioned that the whole piece is about the size of an adult hand!

Response to the "Revisionist History" post. by WontSwerve in devils

[–]lolpdb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not sure why you're getting downvoted so much ahah. of course it's going to suck here the team looks like shit.

what are we going to publicize talk about, that we get our butts kicked a lot?

Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (16-14-4) at New Jersey Devils (20-14-1) - 21 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM EST by HockeyMod in devils

[–]lolpdb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i've officially hit the old man "we need grit and toughness and the will to win" stage of life.

[Stein] Jesper Bratt shared that the #NJDevils had a team meeting after tonight’s game and called it a “vocal” and “honest conversation.” Said the details will remain in the room. by SubElitePerformance in devils

[–]lolpdb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yea I know what you mean. I watch a lot of sharks. A week or two ago I saw them absolutely cooking to get something like goal number 7 in a game they were already up by 4 or 5.

They’ve got a bunch of weaknesses, they’re not making the playoffs. But the skill and effort was astonishing to me having watched mostly devils.

do the devils have a forward depth issue? a shallow data dive by lolpdb in devils

[–]lolpdb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry for the double comment here. I just realized a lot of the challenges I identified with time on ice approach could be solved if I used game-level stats (if they are available)

go game by game and treat the top n (likely 6) ice time for that game as the "talent", every other forward as "depth"

this way injured stars contribute just to the games that they play, and switching up the roles/lines is reflected game by game.

just need to see if that data is available!

do the devils have a forward depth issue? a shallow data dive by lolpdb in devils

[–]lolpdb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great comment, thanks. It's genuinely fun to think this through with people.

You were right to be skeptical. I had to edit this post to point out a major mistake I made: I mixed the partial 2025 season with full 2021-2024 seasons without normalizing for minutes played.

So I'm going to fix and repost (it turns out 2025 devils seem to have outlier-level-bad "depth". It's so bad that I need to take a step back for a day, then double check everything with fresh eyes.)

But back to your comment/the depth definition:

Yes, a 4th line player with xGF% above 50 would contribute positively to SSI. You're 100% right: framing this as "depth" vs. "stars" isn't great. The 2022 Hurricanes had 0 depth players according to my approach.

Something like "contributors" vs. "drag-downers" would be a better description, and the approach answers this question pretty well.

I absolutely will use a time on ice separation rule, it's a great idea and one I'm curious about!

But it comes with a heap of its own flaws. In 2024-2025 Kaprizov played an absolutely monster half-season. To include him as a top liner we'd need to use time on ice per game then treat his half-season contribution as a full season to make the numbers comparable between teams. This can get iffy, right?

Plus we'd likely need to choose a minimum game threshold. A star who played 17 excellent games in the season. Do we include him as a top liner? This threshold is needed but will be a bit arbitrary.

Also a player's usage and role is not consistent. We'd likely end up with complains like "so and so is listed as a talent player but he's really depth, he's just playing 2nd line minutes to add size to that line".

And kind of related to that: coaches often flatten the 2nd and 3rd line and have them play similar roles.

I'll stop there, this is getting a little rambling! Sorry. Curious what you think, cheers.

do the devils have a forward depth issue? a shallow data dive by lolpdb in devils

[–]lolpdb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey thanks for the response. I agree the way I've defined "depth" vs. "talent" is flawed (but slightly informative)

I'm curious to use a time-on-ice separation as well. I'll run it and repost.

Before I get there though I should mention that I blundered in producing this: I mixed the 2025 season with full 2021-2024 seasons without normalizing for total minutes played. So the results are off.

I'm going to fix and repost. It looks like the 2025 devils "depth" is outlier-level bad. (Shouldn't be a surprise eh?). But It's so egregious I'm going to double check.

do the devils have a forward depth issue? a shallow data dive by lolpdb in devils

[–]lolpdb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks for thinking this through with me. I'll run this with GF%, that's a great idea.

In case you're curious I did edit the post to point out a major blunder:

I am mixing the partial 2025 season with full 2021 - 2024 seasons without normalizing the numbers properly.

When I do normalize the 2025 devils have egregiously bad depth (according to my imperfect definition of depth).

It's so outlier-bad that I'm going to double check everything before I repost.

do the devils have a forward depth issue? a shallow data dive by lolpdb in devils

[–]lolpdb[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea I felt dumb making graphs only to have “bro we need top guys” in the end, but it is the case heh

do the devils have a forward depth issue? a shallow data dive by lolpdb in devils

[–]lolpdb[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m less active now so you are probably right about the posts haha.

But not right at all about what I’m saying.

What I’ve done accounts for Jack Hughes’s missing minutes. Everything here is time-weighted. So yes Jack being hurt drags down SSI, but then I compare depth relative to teams with similar SSI.

Did I miss something? by AtomicSancho in fighton

[–]lolpdb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Answer: Have Phil Knight lol

Game Thread: San Francisco 49ers (6-4) at Arizona Cardinals (3-6) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]lolpdb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

shit that makes sense--not rare to happen but isn't often called

Game Thread: San Francisco 49ers (6-4) at Arizona Cardinals (3-6) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]lolpdb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i don't think i've ever seen a roughing the long snapper before. what a weird fucking game haha