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What made him a nightmare?

No. Come on at least be fair. Hodgson sometimes gets to play with D'agostini on his wing

The Pens have two of the best centres of this generation and they have lost every year but one

Minnesota - Charlie Coyle Tampa Bay - Tyler Johnson Anaheim - Mathieu Perreault St Louis - Patrik Berglund Chicago - Bandon Pirri So 5 out of top 10 teams. The other five teams are rare, and possess unusually good centremen. Pens - Crosby and Malkin Boston - Krejci and Bergeron San Jose - Thornton and Marleau Colorado - Duchenne and Mackinnon LA - Kopitar and Richards It is also of note that 80% of those centres who are better than Hodgson are also older than him by a few years

I honestly don't know if you're playing along or being serious. I will, however, point out that CoHo is in the top 60 centres for points THIS year. On a team this bad he is still ranks as a top 2 centerman league-wide. For those who struggle at maths, there are 30 teams, therefore by definition there are 30 first line centres and another 30 second line centres. I appreciate that points doesn't show the whole story, but he has been much better in his own zone than people give him credit for. He has improved and historically he has possessed a two-way game.

Ah yes. This mythical team with a 60 point third line centre returns. As we all know, the first line centre should be putting up a 100 point campaign, the second an 80 pointer, Hodgson can then hold down the third line role and then we hope to sign someone for the fourth line. Perhaps Backes.

Scrivens is elite When I saw this, the thing i noticed more than his puck skills was his skates not touching the other pucks. Very impressive control

If Hecht is in your line-up, he must be a centre. It seems only fair seeing as his whipping boy status came largely from having to fill the centre position as a LW

10 points in last 9 games

Naivety really is quaint :P

That's where the real elite elite live, yes. DO I think Rask, Quick, Rinne, Bishop or whoever is a slam dunk for the HOF? No I don't. Ergo no goalies are elite

If a team's collective goal output drops below one, it isn't the goalies fault if they lose I agree, i don't think it is a good indicator. There are 18 other guys on the ice, any of whom can influence it one way or another.

I think that is a fairly arbitrary distinction. Forwards block shots for example or tie up a man. And what to defence count as? I think it is an offensive-centric view point of hockey

Why do you care si much about shutouts? They are meaningless. Most teams get shutouts by allowing around 20 shots in that game. They are a team stat. Brodeur, all-history leader in them described them as a team effort and not an individual one.

Miller + Environment = Enroth? (see how many get this joke :P)

The two goals we let in are unacceptable mistakes by the defence. It should be 0-0

Goal 1 - Backhand thrown on net. Soft goal Goal 2 - Straight shot on net from out high. Soft goal Goal 3 - Ott should have had his man. Saveable shot (as if he was a little taller it would hit his shoulder). But not his fault Goal 4 - Point shot that slid along the ice. Soft goal 3/4 goals were very preventable

Bennet reminds me of Toews

From TSN: Scouts do not believe this year's draft class has the same high-end sizzle and overall depth as last year's group that was headed by Nathan MacKinnon, Seth Jones, Jonathan Drouin and Aleksandr Barkov. And it would be fair to say there's more anticipation for the 2015 draft class, headed by highly-touted Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, amongst others, than this year. But the scouts also cautioned that the top-end prospects this year are still excellent talents, just not necessarily potential stars.

My impression, having not listened or watched any of those things :P, was that Miller's point has been enough words, i want to see action. So rather than saying they will build up a young core and trade picks and prospects for young promising guys, go and do it. The fact is that the only trade in the last 11 months was getting rid of Vanek and bringing in Omark. We haven't done anything to make me think we won't be in last place next year. So I don't think Miller is more inclined to resign now than he was 11 months ago And for those wanting to tank next year. At best we have a 75% chance of not getting McDavid. There is no point hoping we suck as there is a very good chance we suck and don't get the next Crosby. I don't want a Taylor Hall, I want a Toews or Kane or Crosby.

Are you one of those low number purists? Or do you just dislike 84? Personally, I like it when players use the full range, it makes it more interesting, the numbers often have stories behind them and it is easier to identify players on the ice

Yeah probably not. To become a decent defensive player he would probably have to read the play really well and be able to intercept passes and generally use his stick to disrupt the game. But if he just backchecked a little harder and made sure not to lose his man in the defensive zone I think it would be surprisingly effective. Great defensive is a skill. Decent defence is a discipline

Gerbe is on pace for 36 points. He is an upper end 3rd line player who is a defensive liability that is easily abused on the ice with average speed. I still remember the Staal brothers trapping the Sabres in our end for about 2 minutes because anytime Gerbe got the puck they would just knock him over and continue to cycle it

If we trade Miller and he wins the cup this year - I could see him resigning with us If we trade Miller and he wins a cup sometime in the future - I don't think he resigns as the Sabres will have moved on (hopefully) so he wouldn't really fit

Twice? Random question