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| Are some players born losers?, Paging Brian Leeds... |
 Mar 9 2012, 12:36 PM
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 Can't Quit Avery  Posts: 7,880 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Carroll Gardens I Like: 3rd line players  |
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Mar 9 2012, 01:47 PM
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 Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,606 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
Heh.
QUOTE Let's face it — the Stanley Cup is a really difficult trophy to win. An 82-game schedule and four hard fought post-season series, complicated by officiating, schedules, opposition, line mates, goaltending, injuries, variance — a lot has to go right for even great players to win a cup (particularly in the modern, 30-team league). Wayne Gretzky played another 11 seasons after he was traded out of Edmonton. He never won another championship. Ray Bourque would have retired without a cup ring if had not been dealt to the juggernaut Colorado Avalanche at the end of his career. Being an outrageously good player is clearly no guarantee of anything. Even being surrounded by a great team doesn't make winning the cup a certainty: JLikens of Objective NHL once calculated that the best team in the NHL actually wins the cup around 22% of the time — roughly once every five seasons. This pretty much encapsulates why I don't spend much time freaking out over the Rangers performance right now. Winning the Stanley Cup is something that requires plenty of luck (good bounces, few injuries, being hot at the right time) beyond simply being an excellent team. -------------------- |
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Mar 9 2012, 01:53 PM
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 The Dude Posts: 16,130 Joined: 31-March 07 From: West Tennessee I Like: Bowling I Don't Like: Marmots |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 9 2012, 12:47 PM)  Heh. QUOTE Let's face it — the Stanley Cup is a really difficult trophy to win. An 82-game schedule and four hard fought post-season series, complicated by officiating, schedules, opposition, line mates, goaltending, injuries, variance — a lot has to go right for even great players to win a cup (particularly in the modern, 30-team league). Wayne Gretzky played another 11 seasons after he was traded out of Edmonton. He never won another championship. Ray Bourque would have retired without a cup ring if had not been dealt to the juggernaut Colorado Avalanche at the end of his career. Being an outrageously good player is clearly no guarantee of anything. Even being surrounded by a great team doesn't make winning the cup a certainty: JLikens of Objective NHL once calculated that the best team in the NHL actually wins the cup around 22% of the time — roughly once every five seasons. This pretty much encapsulates why I don't spend much time freaking out over the Rangers performance right now. Winning the Stanley Cup is something that requires plenty of luck (good bounces, few injuries, being hot at the right time) beyond simply being an excellent team. But teams that rely on their goaltenders to bail them out every single game usually don't get very far. You're not going to win the Cup if you struggle to score more than two goals per game. This post has been edited by Knight of Dight: Mar 9 2012, 01:54 PM -------------------- QUOTE(Dunc @ Dec 10 2008, 06:15 PM) It's Ned's fetish of choice. Some folks like to f#%$ with latex, Ned likes to f#%$ with his lineup.  |
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Mar 9 2012, 05:06 PM
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 I stole Ron Duguay's hair! Posts: 10,515 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Texas, there be dragons here. I Like: ado I Don't Like: adieu |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 9 2012, 12:47 PM) being hot at the right time too bad Brad couldn't have started dating Olivia Munn now... She's hot at the right time. 
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Mar 9 2012, 10:13 PM
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 Member Posts: 636 Joined: 22-July 09 From: big blue marble I Like: cold pizza and warm beer I Don't Like: watching train wrecks.... |
QUOTE(Tex @ Mar 9 2012, 05:06 PM) QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 9 2012, 12:47 PM) being hot at the right time too bad Brad couldn't have started dating Olivia Munn now... She's hot at the right time. last i checked, she was hot ALL of the time... |
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Mar 10 2012, 09:49 AM
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I stole Ron Duguay's hair! Posts: 10,515 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Texas, there be dragons here. I Like: ado I Don't Like: adieu |
QUOTE(scott03 @ Mar 9 2012, 09:13 PM) QUOTE(Tex @ Mar 9 2012, 05:06 PM) QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 9 2012, 12:47 PM) being hot at the right time too bad Brad couldn't have started dating Olivia Munn now... She's hot at the right time. last i checked, she was hot ALL of the time... the defense rests, yer honor! 
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