Wow, that is the best bio out there for Ron Stewart? That's too bad. It is ok, but there is definitely more info out there. My book collection was still fairly small when I made mine.
Why "sorry seventieslord"? I am confused.
Last edited by seventieslord: 03-10-2012 at 01:12 PM.
I just wanted to say that I love the G Percy LeSeur pick. He gets very underated i think.
Thanks, I am now under that impression as well, he was a cornerstone in the NHA, a team actually recruited him after they beat him in a playoff series! I've found some very convincing information on him, almost as impressive as what I found on a goalie I drafted in a lower draft last year.
Thanks, I am now under that impression as well, he was a cornerstone in the NHA, a team actually recruited him after they beat him in a playoff series! I've found some very convincing information on him, almost as impressive as what I found on a goalie I drafted in a lower draft last year.
Heh, that made it sound like your mld goalie is better than lesueur.
Because I know how much you love EagleBelfour's bio style.
It's the top-scoring system he mostly dislike (I think). Since Ron Stewart doesn't have any to speak of, I'm sure 70's will be able to sleep well tonight!
It's the top-scoring system he mostly dislike (I think). Since Ron Stewart doesn't have any to speak of, I'm sure 70's will be able to sleep well tonight!
Yeah, there is nothing wrong with that one.
Actually, the guys you drafted on the blueline aren't guys that can really have garbage stats posted for them (like insignificant playoff totals)
The one exception is Taffy Abel, whose one goal in one playoff was probably 2nd among defensemen, and same with his one assist another year, but thankfully you resisted pointing that out.
Heh, that made it sound like your mld goalie is better than lesueur.
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and not that he was better, just that I found information on a player who was initially perceived as a goaltender of lesser value, but I think I somewhat proved he was superior to what most people saw him as.
I think Keats should be effective at defending the transition game by sitting back and letting the much faster Lindsay and Selanne go hard on offense. It's basically what Sid Abel did for the Production Line. Abel was an aging superstar losing his ability to skate, so Tommy Ivan put two really fast rookies named Lindsay and Howe on either side to extend his career. And it worked.. And then some. I don't think Abel is slow in the ATD, but by the time the Production Line was put together, he was a slug.
I don't think Keats' defense will be useful as a backchecker because of speed. In the offensive zone, his physical play will be very useful but I see Lindsay as the one effective back checker on the line.
(Kariya-Rucchin-Selanne was also a line with a slow power center as the defensive conscience in transition. I like the look of Lindsay-Keats-Selanne because it sort of mimics the set up of the lines that Lindsay and Selanne both had their most success on, though with varying quality of linemates of course (Lindsay gets worse ones; Selanne gets better ones)
I understand what you are saying. If Lindsay/Selanne cough up the puck in transition, Keats will be useful in stopping the counterattack. Yes, I agree. My question is: was Lindsay particularly good defensively?
I’m also concerned it might give a little too much credit to seasons spent outside the top league of the time. But I imagine it is based on a relativity formula derived from real results, so maybe I’m out of line to say that.
I'd like to think so. I can't guarantee the values I use for leagues are spot-on, but I put a lot of work into it. I don't even simply 1.00 for the NHL (or whatever the top league is at the particular time), instead recognizing that the relative quality of the top league can vary from year to year, especially in this era.
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Originally Posted by seventieslord
In a system like his, if your goal is to assign an “all-time greatness” score to a player rather than just “career value accumulated” you do need to do something to credit them for their peak.
The system I'm using considers both a player's single best season, as well as a player's best five seasons, in calculating the rating. It's not all career totals.
Bob Davidson played his entire 12-year NHL career in a Toronto Maple Leafs' uniform, from 1934 to 1946. Known as one of the top defensive forwards in the NHL, that moniker was put to the test in the 1944 Stanley Cup semi-finals, when Davidson's assignment was to shadow Montreal's Maurice "The Rocket" Richard in game two of their best-of-seven series.
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Originally Posted by Montreal Gaztte: 3-24-1944
To Bob Davidson, one of the loop's leading back-checkers, was assigned the task of hobbling the rocketing Richard, and he did a good job of it in the first game. Last night, Irvin played 4 defencemen and only 8 forwards and Richard played on all 3 lines. Half the time he was out there, Davidson was sitting on the bench and Richard made a monkey of the younger Leafs who tried to take over the task of shadowing him.
BM67 posted this quote in 2008, but i don't know its source:
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Originally Posted by Milt Schmidt
I've known few men who exceeded Woody in his talent, both ways on the ice. The only comparison that comes readily to mind is Bob Davidson.
in this post in the dirt thread i posted 2 examples of fans in montreal grabbing davidson. once he was pulled off the ice and into the stands, and once his stick was stolen by fans.
Davidson also served as TML's captain when Apps was in WW2 (and for TML's '45 cup), and after retirement he became famous again as a scout.
I'm the next GM up so no need of a pm, I round out my goaltending corps and select Swedish Goalie Pekka Lindmark with Pick 668 of the 2012 ATD
Lindmark was a 2 time World Championship Best Goalie and will be a capable and able back up for Glenn Hall.
The next manager has been notified, and here's an updated list of recent picks:
651. Dreakmur & Hobnobs - Rogle BK - Bill Goldsworthy, RW
652. Mr Bugg - Kimberley Dynamiters - Yevgeni Babich, RW
653. markrander87 - Cincinnati Fireworks - Red Hamill, LW
654. Nalyd Psycho - Minnesota Fighting Saints - Ron Stewart, RW
655. Modo - Dawson City Nuggets - Dunc Munro, D
656. DaveG - Lada Togliatti - Vladimir Dzurilla, G
657. jkrx - Winnipeg Falcons - Miikka Kiprusoff, G
658. God Made Me & hungryhungryhippy - 1893 Montreal AAA - Evgeni Nabokov, G
659. nik jr - Ak Bars Kazan - Petr Svoboda, D
660. DoMakc - Atlanta Thrashers - Glenn "Chico" Resch, G
661. chaosrevolver - Seattle Metropolitans - Normie Smith, G
662. Dwight - West Island Lions - Joel Quenneville, Coach
663. Mr Bugg - Kimberley Dynamiters - Alexander Almetov, C
664. God Made Me & hungryhungryhippy - 1893 Montreal AAA - Mark Tinordi, D
665. monster_bertuzzi - Vancouver Millionaires: Kirk Maltby, LW
666. nik jr - Ak Bars Kazan: Bob Davidson, LW
667. JFA87-66-99 - Pittsburgh Bankers: Harry Sinden, Assistant Coach
668. tony d - Garnish Cougars: Pekka Lindmark, G
669. Stoneberg & raleh - Halifax Mooseheads-OTC until 12:06 EST
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Exhibit A as to how hockey doesn't matter on ESPN:
Last night an ESPN program was discussing how the Detroit Pistons needed a hero citing the heroes on the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions and no mention of the Detroit Red Wings. All this despite the Red Wings probably being the most succesful team in Detroit right now.
