mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:12 pm

https://twitter.com/TheHockeyNews/statu ... 5268208640
any metric that shows this for 60 min of even strength time?

Postby **LITT** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:17 pm

well done

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:50 pm

The first thing I noticed about that chart is Marchand's PK time. Whyyyyyyy are star players killing penalties. God I hate that.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:55 pm

He has a nose for killing penalties, though.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:48 pm

From what I've gathered, Sprong still needs some serious work on his defensive game. Serious work as in don't expect him to land a regular NHL job anytime soon.

Postby **shmenguin** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:36 pm

From what I've gathered, Sprong still needs some serious work on his defensive game. Serious work as in don't expect him to land a regular NHL job anytime soon.

i won't pretend that I know how to judge such things but I'm pretty sure Kessel (for instance) isn't exactly a Selke candidate. On one hand I know that a big part of our success comes from everyone buying in to a larger strategy. But I also know that you can insulate a wing from heavy lifting. To some extent at least.

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:40 pm

From what I've gathered, Sprong still needs some serious work on his defensive game. Serious work as in don't expect him to land a regular NHL job anytime soon.
i won't pretend that I know how to judge such things but I'm pretty sure Kessel (for instance) isn't exactly a Selke candidate. On one hand I know that a big part of our success comes from everyone buying in to a larger strategy. But I also know that you can insulate a wing from heavy lifting. To some extent at least.

Two quick points.
Kessel has more tools than Sprong
You can only insulate so many wingers and they are probably tickling that quota

Postby **columbia** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:41 pm

Given that he Played 18 games in 15-16, it seems odd that this would be such a pressing issue. He was ok to be on an NHL team then, but not now? Hmm.

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:44 pm

18 games that he had little business being in.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:50 pm

He ended up in the press box before he was sent back to juniors, so I guess he wasn't really ok.

Bear in mind I'm only relaying things I read here and there, but the consensus seems to be that he lacks defensive awareness bigly and, even worse, tends to give up on the play Ovie style. Based on that he would appear to be more of a project than I thought, but again, this is just second-hand interwebs wisdom, so maybe it isn't that bad at all.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:51 pm

Hagelin-McKegg-Sprong
ZAR-Blueger-Rust
Di Pauli-McClement-Archibald
Tiffels-Bellerive-Miletic

Maatta-Hunwick
Pouliot-Ruhwedel
Tinordi-Czuczman

Niemi

Postby **columbia** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:52 pm

Any of these games on tv?

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:54 pm

Only the final four, iirc.

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:54 pm

Forgot we retained Rudebeetle

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:58 pm

Stream available, apparently.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:14 pm

Stream available, apparently.

Nope.

Postby **shmenguin** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:36 pm

From what I've gathered, Sprong still needs some serious work on his defensive game. Serious work as in don't expect him to land a regular NHL job anytime soon.
i won't pretend that I know how to judge such things but I'm pretty sure Kessel (for instance) isn't exactly a Selke candidate. On one hand I know that a big part of our success comes from everyone buying in to a larger strategy. But I also know that you can insulate a wing from heavy lifting. To some extent at least.
Two quick points.
Kessel has more tools than Sprong
You can only insulate so many wingers and they are probably tickling that quota

I'm down with this. But if he can fill the net,there's an allowance for these shortcomings

Postby **columbia** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:45 pm

You can't custom order his kind of shot, so...yes.

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:11 pm

Yeah, that shot is bananas. I am not sold that he can get it off in this league, but hot damn he can fire the pill.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:20 pm

High Glove.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:50 pm

https://streamable.com/68lxe

Postby **nocera** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:05 pm

https://streamable.com/uzbx1

https://streamable.com/31iyw

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:29 pm

Were you pretending to be Darren McCord?

Postby **dodint** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:16 pm

Any of these games on tv?

First broadcast is Monday.

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:26 am

https://twitter.com/TheHockeyNews/statu ... 5268208640
any metric that shows this for 60 min of even strength time?

Sheary has the highest rate at ES...Never ever would've guessed that