Stayin' Alive

pretty much. If you took all the shots he was aiming upper corner on, and counted the number that have actually gone in the net this season? it’d be pretty effing small.

To me that implies his “skill” level doesn’t have much to do wit hit.

although he actually hit Cam Ward on the shoulder on one of the shots… so that likely had to do with increased power… not taking something off.

They were both delicious.

and if scoring in the NHL was in any way comparable to flipping a coin, I wonder how many players would practice their shot.

I don’t think it has to do with nuance at all. I think the fact that Steve can’t admit he has the “i’m right you’re wrong” is exactly proving the point that he has the “I’m right you’re wrong” attitude.

It’s march break dude, take some time off from teaching.

I’m arguing on the basis of data… other people are using anecdotal evidence.

I’m not a fan of the latter… it doesn’t tend to give a clear picture.

I would argue that if you want to make an argument, finding data to support it is a good idea.

you aren’t the 1st to accuse me of it… probably won’t be the last… I also don’t know if there’s much point to it.

It’s right up there with people telling me how much they appreciate it when they don’t think I’m being arrogant and condescending.

I find all the paternalistic advice on how to conduct myself more than a tad hypocritical for the record. It’s weird to have a bunch of people attempt to constructively criticize how you communicate out of frustration with it by telling you how to modify your behaviour… particularly when what they’re bothered by is the other person’s attempts to modify their behaviour?

Reimer has helped that last point quite a bit.

I’m looking over Event sheets from the past few games, and on the subject of Dion shooting better… in the game against TB he had 5 of his shot attempts blocked, and 2 on net, against Buffalo he had 2 blocked to 1 on net, in Philly he had 4 on net and 1 blocked.

Also his hit numbers are up, not down… to me that means he might be taking more risks to make the physical play… but yeah I dunno… I just don’t think I’ve seen a significant shift in HIS play… just in the results.

Yikes, I can’t imagine they make those stats available, if they’re even collected.

were slap shots… so… doesn’t that sort of mean we can’t attribute THOSE to his new shot selection (that nobody is backing up with anything other than “my eyes have shown me”)?

espn’s game casts have shot type… and distance.

Fun, Fun, Fun, Fun

I’d expect any changes an athlete makes would result in more chances not higher percentage ones.

I’d say it’s more luck than anything… I haven’t seen a significant change… I also don’t see how taking something off his shot would result in a lot more goals. More pucks on net perhaps? but not goals.

In the last 2 games prior to the ‘Canes game, he played against TB and Buffalo, and he fired 11 shots that were either blocked or missed the net, and a grand total of 3 shots that hit the net. Does that seem like he’s made some drastic long term shift in style of play?

It was too short, I agree. If only he wasn’t all “If you fire Doug, I’m leaving too.” Sigh…

exact value: average of 1011 pdo over 2001-2010.

Of course a 1011 pdo isn’t as useful when you’re outshot by 3 shots a game.