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Forum: Armchair-GM8 hours ago
Thread: best and worst contracts on each team
I mentioned this in another thread but I'll bring it up here as well.

The Selke trophy is an opinion based award from a select group of people. If the PHWA was comprised of people who put all their faith in analytics, the award WOULD go to guys like ZAR/Copp for example...... and who would we be to argue otherwise? They are ones that choose. You can disagree but that doesn't mean your right either.

Judging by previous nominees and winners though, its painfully clear they are not people who use analytics to completely form their opinion so how can anyone claim to say a player like ZAR/Copp should win the Selke based on analytics that not everyone in a position of authority even agree upon as a standard?

If the argument was if ZAR/Copp are having a very good defensive seasons this year, would anyone disagree that they aren't? I don't think so. That has no bearing on how many minutes they've played or better yet you could use any level factor we could agree upon just to say a player is having a good season in any particular category and it be fine. I haven't personally watched enough of them this season to form my opinion but based on what the analytics show, i wouldn't discredit it either. but that's not what we're all talking about, is it? Its whether ZAR/Copp would win the Selke and I've already addressed why that isn't probable.

As for the AGM in particular, most of them are pretty valid, I mean there is no eye test nor analytic that could say Seabrook is <strong>not </strong>a huge anchor for his team right now but some of them others are hard to agree with. Especially (mainly) without knowing how you are value weighing what makes a contract good or bad based on the players on ice and off ice performance overall.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 hours ago
Thread: SELKE Finalist
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AFOX10900</b></div><div>and <strong>i'm saying</strong> why they aren't good stats to judge a players defensive ability</div></div>

At the end of the day you are not the one deciding what makes a player good defensively enough to win the Selke or not, the PHWA are and they clearly are not just looking at one single factor like xGA for example, to base their conclusions.....

It is perfectly reasonable to say a player could be very good defensively but still would not win the Selke at the same time. The award is subject to personal opinion of a select group.

If you choose to disagree on how they base their opinion, that's your prerogative but its also not wrong to say ZAR will not win the Selke based on the standards of measuring a players defensive ability that are currently in use. (or at least on how we've seen it been awarded previously)
Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 12:03 pm
Thread: Trade with WPG
Regardless of whether whose "better", not sure if I agree even with the premise.... Habs need a little more size so they go get Roslovic? WPG needs a speedy winger so they drop Roslovic for Lehkonen? Both guys are not robust nor slow. The difference they may have is hardly palpable.

Both players need a change of scenery? Lehkonen is doing just fine here in Montreal, not sure why he needs a change of scenery? If people are expecting him to be a top line producer, he never will be but what he does do is still important and respected by the coach. I don't think they're looking at his numbers and saying he needs to produce more. Can't blame him for the PK this year. That is a group effort.

As for Roslovic, not sure why WPG thinks he needs a change of scenery at 22? Came off his most productive season last year and this year is getting more ice time and is producing at a higher rate than last year.....
Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 11:44 am
Thread: cgy D
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>connorthehun</b></div><div>CGY passes hard. We need Hanifin back there and we aren't trading him for another middle-6 center (which we have enough of) and a guy we put on waivers multiple times.</div></div>

Geez selling Poehling a little short don't you think? Lol Maybe the trade doesn't make sense for the Flames fine but Poehlings been in virtually every projected top 50 prospect list the past year but you make him sound like he's 3rd string Pk'er pretty much.


39th - <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/nhl-prospect-rankings-top-50-players-nhl-pipelines-2019-20/13r9rli1wj33i1pfrie5hud5zh" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/nhl-prospect-rankings-top-50-players-nhl-pipelines-2019-20/13r9rli1wj33i1pfrie5hud5zh</a>
66th - <a href="https://lastwordonhockey.com/2019/09/22/2019-top-nhl-prospects-80-61/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://lastwordonhockey.com/2019/09/22/2019-top-nhl-prospects-80-61/</a>
49th - <a href="https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-top-100-prospects-ranking/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-top-100-prospects-ranking/</a>

Led the WJHC is scoring. Scored a hatrick in his first game. What more does this guy got to do?