Short of seeing him traded to the Flyers, nothing would make me happier than seeing the Leafs trade away parts of their "vaunted" youth for an anchor like Nash.
Using your own criteria, the Bruins aren't as good as you say. Their forwards are very good, but I'll take the Nucks, Wings and Pens groups over the Bruins forward core, and one of their most important forwards is out with a serious injury (Horton). They're without an integral role player in Peverly, as well.
You underrate Jimmy Howard, as well as the Red Wings defense.
Haha. Leafs having vaunted youth. Haha. Leaf fans are hilarious.
__________________
"Of course giving Sather cap space is like giving teenagers whiskey and car keys." - SBOB "Watching Sather build a team is like watching a blind man with no fingers trying to put together an elaborate puzzle." - Shadowtron
Sestito still on the make a wish tour. - rholt168
thenyrangers Brandon Dubinsky on trade rumors: "I am getting ready to play the Devils tonight...I am not worrying about it" about 1 minute ago · reply · retweet · favorite
The East is 93-87-28 against their Western rivals while the West boasts a 115-64-29 head-to-head record. Once again the advantage seems to go to the West.
Quote:
The top five teams in the East are Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Boston, Pittsburgh and Washington. These five teams are a combined 27-27-9 against the Western Conference.
The top five teams in the West are Vancouver, Detroit, Dallas, Anaheim and Nashville. These five teams are a combined 45-19-9 against the East.
So, the top of the Western conference has fared better against the east than the top five of the East have. Advantage West.
How have the top five in each conference fared against the other top five? The East's top five are 11-10-3 against the West while the West are 13-7-4 against the East. Anaheim has the best record of them all going 6-0 against the East so far.
The West again appears to be stronger.
More of the best teams in the league are in the West, and more of the worst teams in the league are in the East, and that has been true for quite some time.
Short of seeing him traded to the Flyers, nothing would make me happier than seeing the Leafs trade away parts of their "vaunted" youth for an anchor like Nash.
Eh, can't say I agree. If the Leafs managed to flip their overrated young players for a guy of Nash's caliber, I'd be pretty disappointed about it.
Vancouver is the best team. They were the best team last season. Boston won the Cup without scoring a PPG in the finals. You never know. Marchand played out of his mind and Boston won the Cup.
Vancouver shouldn't move Schneider. Compliance buyout Luongo in the new CBA. Its like $31M after the 2/3 and its paid over 10 years. They should keep Schneider and dump Luongo in a trade/compliance buyout.
That's one of the more ridiculous things anyone has said today.
The Western Conference's record vs. the Eastern Conference this season: 114-73-35
The Eastern Conference's record vs. the Western Conference this season: 108-81-33
The aggregated overall record against each other is not a valid way to judge the relative strength of the conferences. It would only be valid if every team played each other the same number of times, which they don't. Even if it was valid, you're really using a difference of 6 games over 222 to demonstrate that one conference is better than the other? The west is 6 games above .500. The east is 6 games below. Ooooooooh....
The aggregated overall record against each other is not a valid way to judge the relative strength of the conferences. It would only be valid if every team played each other the same number of times, which they don't. Even if it was valid, you're really using a difference of 6 games over 222 to demonstrate that one conference is better than the other? The west is 6 games above .500. The east is 6 games below. Ooooooooh....
No doubt, it is not a perfect way to evaluate the argument, but it's better than what you have provided to counter it, which is nothing.
There is at least some statistical evidence to suggest that the West features a higher portion of the league's best teams, other than the fact that it seems pretty obvious to most careful observers of the league. There is no evidence to suggest the opposite.
No doubt, it is not a perfect way to evaluate the argument, but it's better than what you have provided to counter it, which is nothing.
There is at least some statistical evidence to suggest that the West features a higher portion of the league's best teams, other than the fact that it seems pretty obvious to most careful observers of the league. There is no evidence to suggest the opposite.
That statistical evidence you offer is not "imperfect." It isnt valid at all. There's a big difference. I didn't provide any evidence because there is no valid objective evidence either way. What I stated was my opinion based on watching games, nothing more or less and I won't claim it to be otherwise.
This gets me really excited. Hopefully he's like Anisimov last year, and breathes a sigh of relief when this is all done, and gets back to the way he's always played.
That statistical evidence you offer is not "imperfect." It isnt valid at all. There's a big difference. I didn't provide any evidence because there is no valid objective evidence either way. What I stated was my opinion based on watching games, nothing more or less and I won't claim it to be otherwise.
Agree to disagree. I think the measure of their validity can be argued, but not cast aside, because the story is the same every season. Those more in-depth stats from 2010-11, particularly the records of the top teams against the opposite conference's top teams, are very telling.
