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# Kessel, So Hot Right Now
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-news-links-january-22-2014/
- Published: 2014-01-22T12:00:07.000Z
- Updated: 2014-01-22T12:00:07.000Z
- Description: Links glorious links!
- Author: Colin Odneal
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:43

**Links**

[Sportsfeld Episode 1 – Obey Your Thirst](http://sportsfeld.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/sportsfeld-episode-1-obey-your-thirst/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
This is Archi's new podcast. Listen to it because it'll be great and you want to say you were in on the ground floor

[How Much Does Hard Work Really Matter in the NHL?](http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2014/01/21/bearing-down-compete-level-and-effort-how-much-does-hard-work-really-matter-in-the-nhl/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Pretty great piece by Bourne on how "trying harder" is a pretty bad strategy for winning hockey games.

[NHLPA93 vs NHL94](http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nhlpa-93-vs-nhl-94-the-ultimate-showdown/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

DGB brings us the definitive breakdown. I was an NHLPA93 kid myself.

[LFR7 - Game 51](http://theleafsnation.com/2014/1/21/lfr7-game-51-rising-tor-4-phx-2?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The Phoenix game.

[The Plural of Anecdote is Not Data](http://wccollective.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-plural-of-anecdote-is-not-data.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?" - Oscar Wilde

[Can Kadri be the Superstar the Leafs Drafted?](http://thehockeywriters.com/can-nazem-kadri-superstar-maple-leafs-drafted/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The Leafs drafted a superstar?

[Steve Spott Updates Toronto Marlies Half-Season](http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2014/01/21/steve-spott-updates-toronto-marlies-half-season/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

An interview with the baby buds coach.

[Worth Watching For](http://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=6591&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Did Kassian duck Gadzic last night?

[Thoughts on Thoughts](http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2014/01/21/thoughts-on-thoughts-nothing-wrong-with-starting-fourth-line-in-nhl/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Bourne gives his taken on 30 Thoughts

[Ice Makers in LA Face New Challenges](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/nhl-twt/)

Yeah, like the fact that it's in Southern California.

[Murphy: Where are the critics of the critics of the critics of Dave Nonis now?](http://theleafsnation.com/2014/1/21/murphy-where-are-the-critics-of-the-critics-of-the-critics-of-dave-nonis-now?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
This was pretty funny (note: Julian wrote that)

[Comparing last season's Habs to this season's through 48 games](http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2014/1/22/5328948/comparing-last-seasons-habs-to-this-seasons-through-48-games?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The Montreal Canadiens aren't nearly the team that they were last year. Some haven't noticed this, so in this piece, we'll be delving into how much the results have changed, before going into why later in the week.

[The role coaching plays in save percentages](http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/how-coaches-can-effect-goalie-statistics/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
No one is arguing that Martin Brodeur has been a bad goalie during his career, but you can argue that he's been put in the best situations to post great numbers by his coaches.

[Quantifying the added importance of recent data](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/1/21/5329992/nhl-stats-projections-data?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Past history shouldn't affect our projections as much as the most recent results, but it's not meaningless either. Let's build a model for how we think the importance drops off with time.

[Jack Edwards Mocks Peter Gammons, Makes Fart Noise During Bruins Game](http://deadspin.com/jack-edwards-mocks-peter-gammons-makes-fart-noise-duri-1506199488?utm%5Fcampaign=socialflow%5Fdeadspin%5Ftwitter&utm%5Fsource=deadspin%5Ftwitter&utm%5Fmedium=socialflow)  
Ok, sometimes Jack Edwards is hilarious

[Robertson's Rant: On Accounting and Incentives](http://www.puckpodcast.com/robertsons-rant-on-accounting-and-incentives/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
And this piece looks at how the real change is in the incentives for the team going forward and not the backward looking standings

[Report: Growing appetite among general managers to change NHL's point system](http://beta.thescore.com/nhl/news/413568?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
As per Craig Custance, this would be a good change

[Thug Life](http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2014/01/thug-life?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com#.Ut%5FFfJIzztQ.twitter)  
Interesting piece on Tortorella, Hartley, and Burke and the idiocy from the other night