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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 25, 2019 at 3:02 p.m.
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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.
Thread: If Perron is out longer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Chopper02</b></div><div>I don’t look at shot attempts as a stat rather than looking at them in conjunction with what happens during the game. And yeah, those advanced stats look great for the entire game, but not for time spent of the defensive zone. I’m not huge on advanced stats as a whole because people rely on them too much and not the eye test. The stats look fantastic for the Blues for the whole game, but seriously use your eyes to judge what’s happening in the game. Look specifically towards the end of the game in both. Yes Blues still get scoring chances in the third, but take note at time within our defensive zone, how often the opposing team is able to get into our zone and force turnovers in the third. We may not have the most turnovers in the game because of a dominant first 30 minutes, but in the latter part of the game we slow down big time.
I don’t think advanced stats are completely useless, don’t get that twisted, but don’t rely solely on advanced stats to tell the story.</div></div>

I watch every game so I'm supplementing what I'm seeing with the advanced stats. I don't just sit on a computer and look at the xGs to see where we're at lol. I get what you're saying, I just think you're overblowing the other team's push. that always happens in every game. It's hockey. We weather their pushes and then still manage to get opportunities. It happens and we also have one of the most packed schedules over this run.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.
Thread: If Perron is out longer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Chopper02</b></div><div>If you use Corsi as a legit stat I pity you. Corsi is just as reliable as plus/minus. Go back and watch the games. You'll notice some trends in the game during the last period and half. Blues are almost always dominant out of the gate, but look at defensive zone faceoffs, shot attempts, and other stats as the game goes on. Blues may end up comong on top of those categories for the game as a whole, but when you look at tgose periods without the advanced stats you'll notice some things.</div></div>

I generally use xG differential for games, but I've seen on here you aren't a huge fan of analytics. I mean we dominated every period here: <a href="http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2018020844" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2018020844</a>

And here: <a href="http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2018020831" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2018020831</a>

And here: <a href="http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2018020921" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2018020921</a>

Here's the wild game: <a href="http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2018020905" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2018020905</a>

Looking at any stat there (and you can check out evolving-hockey too) we have soundly dominated most of the games. I think you're wrong and looking at shot attempts (literally Corsi lol), and DZone face-offs (what?) isn't going to paint a different picture).
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2019 at 2:57 p.m.
Thread: If Perron is out longer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Chopper02</b></div><div>The first game against Nashville it was fairly even after 1, Blues played the best in 2nd, and Nashville dominated the 3rd. Game 2 Nashville dominated much of the game, but Blues capitalized on their opportunities.
In Tampa, not sure what game you watched, but the last half of the second and the third were dominated by Tampa. Binnington was even more impressive than Vasy. Granted Blues defense blocked a lot of shots, but Tampa was in our zone most of the 3rd.
And yeah, both Toronto goals were fluky, but you can't tell me that the Blues were even close to dominant in the last half of that game. If it wasn't for the Blues sitting back Toronto wouldn't have had a chance to get those bad bounces. Again, the Blues defense blocked a ton of shots which is great, but they can't keep it up. Heck, even against Minnesota the Blues gave up 17 shots in the 3rd!</div></div>

We were up 4-0 against Minnesota lol. By most advanced measures (xG, Corsi, etc) we dominated most games. We're playing like a legit top 5 team in the NHL. So I'm not sure what games you were watching either. I don't really need to have a big argument on CapFriendly about it though.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2019 at 1:17 p.m.
Thread: If Perron is out longer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Chopper02</b></div><div>Personally, I think we need some speed and slightly more skill. This run is great and everything thankfully in part because of great goaltending, but if Armstrong wants and feels like we have a shot at the cup this season he needs to get more speed into that lineup. Even though we beat both Tampa and Toronto, even though we beat Nashville in back to back, it's clear that other teams' speed is going to be hard for the Blues to contend with over the course of 7 games. Blues looked tired especially in that second period and the speed factor of the other team's led to some bad decisions with the puck in our own zone. We sat back on our heels, blocked a lot of shots still, but we have Toronto the opportunity to come back. Not sure what Armstrong will do, but we need to get in a second line center, hopefully Thomas can take that spot, but assuming Perron comes back and Thomas is not ready, we need someone other than Bozak in that 2nd line center slot.</div></div>

To be fair it was our 4th game in 6 days.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.