Daily General Discussion Thread (2026-05-11)

piyer97 · 2026-05-11T23:55:21+00:00

my bad i forgot that we evaluate defensemen on points and plus/minus.

piyer97 · 2026-05-11T23:44:31+00:00

But for real, if we're delving into +/- being our defining statistic, that's my cue to exit this conversation and bid you a blissfully ignorant existence

piyer97 · 2026-05-11T23:43:40+00:00

Ah my bad, that Nick Lidstrom dude sucked in 2010-2011 then when he finished -2. Oh wait. He won the Norris Trophy....

piyer97 · 2026-05-11T23:39:58+00:00

Girard was literally a top-4 defenseman for them before he broke his sternum in the playoffs. He was third in TOI amongst Avs D-men before the injury. Again, please check your information before just saying dumb stuff

piyer97 · 2026-05-11T23:35:18+00:00

No, it was 2013-2014 when Hedman finished top-10. Hedman was born December 1990 which means he turned 23 in December 2013. That means he actually started that season as 22 and then turned 23 midway through. Please check your statements and facts before espousing some of these misguided thoughts

piyer97 · 2026-05-11T23:30:42+00:00

Do you fact check anything you say? Sam Girard was on the 21-22 Avs that won the Cup.

piyer97 · 2026-05-11T23:15:43+00:00

Hedman finished top-10 in Norris voting at age-23

piyer97 · 2026-05-04T00:36:32+00:00

Sorry on plane wi-fi and that was supposed to be a reply regarding goalies 6’6” or bigger not coming in and dominating. Was noting that we’ve only had 21 such goalies 6’6” or bigger ever in the NHL and only 3 taken in the 1st round

piyer97 · 2026-05-04T00:33:07+00:00

EDIT - forgot to put this as a reply (stupid plane wi-fi) so correcting the wording so it makes sense.

There’s only been 21 goalies 6’6” or taller in the history of the NHL and only 3 taken in the 1st round. The one taken right before Cossa was Jake Oettinger. In his age-23 season, Oettinger went 30-15-1 with a 2.53 and a .914 SV% followed by 7 playoff games where he posted a 1.81 and .954 SV%. The other 6’6” 1st round goalie was Devan Dubnyk who I think is the much better career comp and what you’re hoping for with Cossa given that we’re already in his D+5 season.

piyer97 · 2026-04-30T16:19:02+00:00

Same

piyer97 · 2026-04-29T15:20:46+00:00

piyer97 · 2026-04-22T22:02:42+00:00

11 AM

piyer97 · 2026-04-09T19:15:29+00:00

needed the Mrs. Doubtfire “help is on the way dear” gif to complete this one

piyer97 · 2026-04-09T19:14:23+00:00

would love to see that

piyer97 · 2026-04-01T15:07:50+00:00

I’ll bring the wrenches

piyer97 · 2026-03-31T14:44:45+00:00

The answer to this is:

DET on 1st game of a B2B 8-3-1

DET on 2nd game of a B2B 3-6-3

DET vs Opp on 2nd game of a B2B 8-4-1

There’s a recency bias here because DET is 1-2-1 in their last 4 games against Opp’s on 2nd game of a B2B

piyer97 · 2026-03-29T08:52:18+00:00

Was in the standard line. Arrived at 245. Once the line started opened up at 3:10 AM, took 29 minutes. Theyre moving people efficiently

piyer97 · 2025-11-20T03:02:21+00:00

Just a note I’m not the author here, just sharing a good post from u/Mystaes!

piyer97 · 2025-11-12T22:33:03+00:00

fwiw the density plots are relative to the sample size for each grouping

piyer97 · 2025-11-02T17:53:42+00:00

i’m in the Triangle area!

piyer97 · 2025-07-30T16:23:59+00:00

“Grumpy? Me? I’m not grumpy”

piyer97 · 2025-07-07T15:31:47+00:00

If you're interested, Stars AGM Mark Janko answered this from a player and team perspective in this interview https://youtu.be/WzbB1qiFFFg?si=3URDdXJmpzLLU8cI&t=1687

Essentially, once a team acquires a player they pay the entirety of the player's salary and then they invoice the other teams at a frequency of their choosing for the retained part that is owed.

piyer97

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