Radulov

[The Lake]

This guy sucks. Worse signing since Turgeon. I feel sorry for those who jumped the gun and bought a jersey before he even played a game.

[SaintAngerBH]

Wait. Are you being sarcastic?

[ToddM]

Advanced stats-wise, Radulov might be the worst forward on the team (now that Cracknell's gone):



The far right column is "expected goals/60", which is being hit out of the park for Seguin (who is insane right now) (average for an NHL forward is 0.65, so Tyler's twice as good as the average player). Radulov looks to be scoring about one goal every 9 or so games, at his current pace. Expected Goals takes into account the type of shot, the distance, etc etc. He's just not launching any threatening shots whatsoever.

But he skates around and hits a lot, so... fan favorite!

[B Kat]

I haven't made up my mind about Radulov yet. He plays a physical game, which is great, but he has been a bit off. Maybe it will take him a while to find his place, maybe he needs different line mates.

What were his fancy stats last season?

[Troy McClure]

Further proof advanced stats are bullshit. Three guys on the ice together with the exception of some PK time, and the advanced stats want to say they can measure that much meaningful difference between them? Total lies.

[slaps]

I don’t even know what the hell are those “stats” are supposed to be.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

I would actually experiment with him on the second to see if he can get tha going. Janmark has had a whole slew of amazing looks and so has Spezza, but neither have produced.

[ToddM]

Further proof advanced stats are bullshit. Three guys on the ice together with the exception of some PK time, and the advanced stats want to say they can measure that much meaningful difference between them? Total lies.

They pretty much mirror the eye test. Radulov skates around a lot and throws his body around, but his line doesn't produce anything because of it. He's been gifted open shots on net and flubbed them. He'll probably get better, but his first five games he's been a Glorified Garbutt: all flurry with no result.

[Troy McClure]

Radulov is also leading all forwards on the team in relative Corsi for, so obviously he is the best player since ever. Just gotta find the metric that suits your needs.

[ScubaSteve]

Advanced ScubaStats show that Jamie Benn leads the team in coasting and in lazy backhands straight into the goalie's pads on breakaways.

[SaintAngerBH]

As the great Darryl Reaugh once said, "Statistics are like bikinis. They show a lot, but they don't show everything."

[wonko80]

Benn has one big hit and the rest of the time he's been floating around. Maybe all the hardwork Radulov is doing is not being finished by his linemates.

[ToddM]

Radulov is also leading all forwards on the team in relative Corsi for, so obviously he is the best player since ever. Just gotta find the metric that suits your needs.

Wait, aren't I the Corsi guy, and you the Eyeball Test guy? We need to switch positions. Here:


Radulov is great! His corsi is off the charts, so the process is working, even if the results havent been there (yet).

[Knives Out]

As the great Darryl Reaugh once said, "Statistics are like bikinis. They show a lot, but they don't show everything."

[ScubaSteve]

We can all agree that Pitlick has been pretty good though, yes?

[Knives Out]

Sure.

[B Kat]

Yes. It might be the only time though.

[Troy McClure]

We can all agree that Pitlick has been pretty good though, yes?

Oilers fans seemed to like him a lot, but they had given up on him because he never could stay healthy. I love how he plays. His forecheck game is top notch.

[ToddM]

Warning: stats!



Basically what these graphs show is that since Hitch put Pitlick with Faksa and Roussel, that line has been absofuckinglutely amazing. They allow hardly any shots and no goals, while launching waves of shots on the opposing net.

[slaps]

Every time Todd posts some *fargin'* graph in hieroglyphics that gives absolutely no clue what information it is supposed to convey, I more clearly see why the NHL doesn't really do much with advanced stats.

[Troy McClure]

Take shift starts, for example. Those numbers don't tell the whole story about how a guy is used. Some percentage of shifts start with a line change while some additional percentage start with neutral zone faceoffs. Yet no one seems to published what all these various percentages are, but here we are breaking down how a guy is used without factoring in the other ways shifts start.

[SaintAngerBH]

Every time Todd posts some *fargin'* graph in hieroglyphics that gives absolutely no clue what information it is supposed to convey, I more clearly see why the NHL doesn't really do much with advanced stats.

I mean. I understand there are fans that are really into the stats *poo poo*. But, for me it totally takes away from the enjoyment of the game. I'd rather just watch an entertaining product.

I deal with statistical analyses all day in the lab. Hockey is my escape from it.

[Troy McClure]

Every time Todd posts some *fargin'* graph in hieroglyphics that gives absolutely no clue what information it is supposed to convey, I more clearly see why the NHL doesn't really do much with advanced stats.

I mean. I understand there are fans that are really into the stats *poo poo*. But, for me it totally takes away from the enjoyment of the game. I'd rather just watch an entertaining product.

I deal with statistical analyses all day in the lab. Hockey is my escape from it.

If you were to measure how much enjoyment it takes, would you do so in parsecs?

[SaintAngerBH]

Every time Todd posts some *fargin'* graph in hieroglyphics that gives absolutely no clue what information it is supposed to convey, I more clearly see why the NHL doesn't really do much with advanced stats.

I mean. I understand there are fans that are really into the stats *poo poo*. But, for me it totally takes away from the enjoyment of the game. I'd rather just watch an entertaining product.

I deal with statistical analyses all day in the lab. Hockey is my escape from it.

If you were to measure how much enjoyment it takes, would you do so in parsecs?

More like give-a-fucks. Every graph posted takes away one more.

[ToddM]

Take shift starts, for example. Those numbers don't tell the whole story about how a guy is used. Some percentage of shifts start with a line change while some additional percentage start with neutral zone faceoffs. Yet no one seems to published what all these various percentages are, but here we are breaking down how a guy is used without factoring in the other ways shifts start.

I'm pretty sure they track all that *poo poo* too, but since most line changes occur in the nuetral zone anyways, they can nix that data because it's meaningless. Zone starts are pretty good indicators of how your coach uses you. Every so often, a player comes along that takes most of their starts in the defensive zone, and drive insane offensive zone possession numbers anyways. Datsyuk was really good at that, as was Brad Richards-era Jamie Benn. But mostly they're just a number that tells you what a coach thinks about so-and-so.

[ToddM]

More like give-a-fucks. Every graph posted takes away one more.

I used to feel like that, but now I like them. Especially when they confirm that the players I like are good and the players I don't like are bad.

[SaintAngerBH]

Yeah. But they say that Radulov sucks and I like Radulov.

[ToddM]

I want to see the graph that shows how many Baltic drifters Radulov's knifed.

[#JTONTFJTGM]

[ToddM]