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JR Ewing last won the day on October 9 2020
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2,119 ExcellentAbout JR Ewing
- Currently Viewing Topic: Goal of the Year?
- Birthday 05/01/1973
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@pilldoc Time has gone on since then, and Hall has accrued some more track in the rear view mirror. I don't think that Hall is a Dick Allen-type of player, who actively hurts his team's chances despite having a ton of talent, but he sure as hell doesn't seem to make his teams any better despite all of that talent. I don't want to be unfair towards him, but we now have former teammates saying some of these things, and even Hall himself admitting that he spent years ignoring coaches.
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A little philosophy in life which my father taught me: if the same things keep happening, but with different people, you have to ask what the odds are that it's *always* the other guy's fault or if, since you're the common denominator, you are the problem. A multitude of players, coaches and General Managers have come and gone in Pegula's time, with the same poor results. Bad ownership seems to be a problem in Buffalo.
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@WordsOfWisdom I know it's the history of the franchise, but yeah, I generally agree. The very best thing you could really say about the jersey is that it has nothing to do with Colorado Avalanche history. At worst, it's an insult to the fans who lost a team that was turning the corner and would win a Stanley Cup immediately in another market.
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Why would Flyers at Sabres next Friday be postponed?
JR Ewing replied to Hockey Junkie's topic in Buffalo Sabres
Yeah, people are more likely to feel unwell after the second dose. If anything, that's a good sign: indicates that your immune system is doing its job. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/second-vaccine-side-effects/617892/ -
Well that didn't take long ...... Laine Benched
JR Ewing replied to pilldoc's topic in Columbus Blue Jackets
Wendel Clark would have loved you. -
Well that didn't take long ...... Laine Benched
JR Ewing replied to pilldoc's topic in Columbus Blue Jackets
@WordsOfWisdom You're not going to pro-rate his usual 10-20 game injury period as well? -
One of my VERY subjective "did he have a good game?" things is a left-over from the days when far fewer games were on TV, and we had to rely on radio. If, during the course of play, you hear the player's name over and over, getting more touches, involved in the play, etc, odds are he's having a good game. As the games pile up, and and he has more and more of those sorts of games, we're talking about a good player.
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Matthews on Pace for back-to-back 50+ Goal (proj) Seasons!
JR Ewing replied to WordsOfWisdom's topic in Toronto Maple Leafs
Was that the one where he gave them sh|t because they would rather cheer for a fictional white boxer from Philly than an actual historically great (Joe Frazier) black boxer from Philly? -
Leafs vs Canucks: Toronto continues to destroy Vancouver!
JR Ewing replied to WordsOfWisdom's topic in Toronto Maple Leafs
Two things were going: a) The Leafs have some very high end guys (Matthews, Marner, etc), and b) The Canucks are a hot mess defensively, and have allowed (by far) allowed the most High Danger Chances Against in the league. -
The North Division is where the Firepower is
JR Ewing replied to WordsOfWisdom's topic in Around the NHL
Holtby is done, and the North division doesn't have a lot of great blueliners OR goaltenders, for that matter. -
Yes. There's a direct relationship between a team's goal differential and winning, but there's an important thing to remember: sample size. Even 82 games isn't enough to eliminate the noise and chance in a hockey game. In baseball, Bill James brought this relationship to light, and it's true in hockey when the games pile up. Adapting his work of Pythagorean Win% to hockey, we get: Pythagorean Win% = GF2 / (GF2 + GA2) The last column shows the difference between Pts% and PW%, and it definitely shows how, as the games pile up and random chance evens out, goal