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TheBoyDuddus

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Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 2:36 pm
Thread: trading the best player PITTSBURGH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pensfan89</b></div><div>Except you’re wrong in every way as usual. He ended up taking Matheson’s spot on the powerplay getting a minute and half of powerplay time. So of course that would effect his even strength time. Fun fact: he only lost his even strength advantage over Ceci due to having to play on the Tom Wilson penalty he had at least the 4th most even strength ice time the whole game up until the last 5 minutes. Even when Matheson was in, MP had more ice time than he did. And MP was one of the dmen out there to end the game and hold the fort. Weird they’d let the “number 5 or 6 dman” do that 🤔. I get it though. It’s a hard concept if you don’t understand hockey...or at least watch the pens and pick up on how Sully uses his defensemen in certain situations. I mean everybody that doesn’t jump on the pens need a whipping boy express, knows the pens are going to protect Letang, Dumo, and MP in expansion. Weird how they’d protect their number 6 dman over 2 “better” dmen 🤔</div></div>

You say he almost had the 4th most even strength Ice time like that’s a good thing. Meanwhile there were only 5 defencemen playing the game... if he’s getting extra time on the power play that would put him even with everyone else you say gets special teams time over him, meaning there should be as even of a playing as you’re probably going to get. Yet he’s still last 🤔 Ceci didn’t have a partner and Sully still managed to give him more ice time even strength and overall than Pettersson.

If you think that’s how protection lists work then that’s all I need to know haha. Enjoy your day and your 5th defenceman (until Matheson gets back and bumps him down again).
Forum: Armchair-GMSun at 12:12 pm
Thread: Next Year vol 3 Chill tf Out
1. True
2. Also true
3. Dorion please listen to #3
4. Can the team win a cup with Norris as the 1C? We can cross that bridge when we get there but there’s no reason Norris can’t be the 1C going into next season.
5. His contract dictates he’s the 1G so Dorion and DJ will play him as such, hopefully he can turn it around tho!
6. 100% confident with Gus and Dac as the 2&amp;3. I think I heard someone say the taxi squad isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. No reason there can’t be fluidity between the press box and the bench l.
7. Ive noticed Paul being left off some protections lists as well. I just chalk it up to a bit of ignorance. In a lot of cases it is their job but we can’t expect experts to be on top of every team all the time. Paul will be protected and I’m sure as we get closer to the expansion draft we’ll see him on more “expert” protection list projections.

Loved the breakdown, gave me a great little read over lunch!!
Forum: Armchair-GMApr 30 at 3:16
Thread: trading the best player PITTSBURGH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pensfan89</b></div><div>That’s easy...because that’s not factual at all. 4/20/21 vs the devils he had the 4th most even strength ice time among dmen, 4/22/21 vs the devils he had the 3rd most even strength ice time among dmen, 4/24/21 vs the devils he had the 5th most even strength ice time among dmen, 4/25/21 vs Boston and 4/27/21 vs Boston he had the least even strength ice time among defensemen. Fun fact 4/22/21 vs the devils, Matheson had the most even strength ice time and Letang had the 4th most even strength ice time. Do you really think Matheson is better than Letang or even played better than Letang in that game specifically? No. The thing with Sully is there are a lot of factors that go into players ice time. Score, matchups, etc</div></div>

Dude YOU'RE the one that was trying to use even strength ice time to justify his value. Everyone and their mother knows Letang is more valuable than Matheson and the TOI reflects that. It does the opposite for Pettersson. You can't have it both ways. When the game is on the line he's the one not getting played. Do these look like numbers that say top 4?

Tonight he played 12:32, least out of anyone even at even strength and no special teams time.
On the 27th against Boston he played 14:13, least out of anyone at even strength and no special teams time.
On the 25th against Boston he played 15:24, least out of anyone at even strength and no special teams time.
Before that against Jersey he played 14:18 which put him a whopping 7 seconds above last at even strength and the last overall with no special teams time.

You tried to say that he averages the 4th most even strength ice time and that's what makes him your 4th defenceman. I gave you the season averages which have him dead last and you tried to refute that by saying injuries skewed the numbers earlier in the season. Yet here we are looking at his most recent games and he's bottom of the barrel. So much so that he has averaged the least amount of total toi and even strength toi in the last 5 games to go along with his abysmal season averages. Keep in mind that the that he doesn't get minutes when the game actually matters or when matchups are taken into account is actually what should be jumping out at you the most. If him getting phased out was a one off then the numbers would reflect that when averaged, whether over the last 5 games or over the season.... but they dont.

Also fun fact: Ceci and Matheson are listed pretty much everywhere as your second pair.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr 29 at 7:33
Thread: trading the best player PITTSBURGH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pensfan89</b></div><div>Except you’re wrong. That does make him the 4th defenseman. If Marino is the 3rd defenseman, then his partner is also a top 4 D, which makes him the 4th defenseman. And you’re using total season average time on ice which is skewed due to injuries when Matheson was early on in the season paired with Marino playing over 20 minutes per game. Sully has since ended that clusterf*ck of an idea. Now with everyone healthy, Matheson plays 15-18 minutes per night including 2-3 minutes of powerplay time.
The reason MP doesn’t get special teams time and doesn’t have high point totals is because he is one of 3 defensive defensemen. Of course he won’t score as many points as offensive and two way dmen. And of course he isn’t going to get powerplay time. Letang and Marino are the biggest investments and get both PP and PK time. That leaves the only other offensive option (Matheson) to get the remaining PP time as the pens don’t use 2 dmen on both units. Dumoulin and Ceci get the bulk of the PK time. So obviously no room for MP. That doesn’t make him any less of a defenseman. Just makes the pens deeper.</div></div>

If youre making excuses about injuries and the stats over the whole season then explain the last 5 games. Why has be played he played the least in even strength and total toi every single game?
Forum: Armchair-GMApr 29 at 12:43
Thread: trading the best player PITTSBURGH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pensfan89</b></div><div>He plays the 4th most even strength minutes. Matheson consistently gets 2-4 minutes of power play time. Ceci consistently get 3-6 minutes of short handed time. Pettersson gets no special teams time. So yes he is the number 4 defenseman. John Marino, his partner gets the 3rd most minutes among the defensemen. Therefore, Pettersson would have to be the number 4 defenseman. You can say he is the 6th d but that doesn’t make it true.</div></div>

Except the difference is you're straight up wrong haha. Just because Pettersson's most common partner is Marino doesn't mean he's your 4th defenceman. Since apparently you don't have time or want to give the effort to actually look at the even strength toi I'll give it to you here.

Letang 19:47
Dumoulin 19:21
Matheson 17:45
Marino 17:30
Ceci 15:52
Pettersson 15:19

He averages the least toi even strength and you said yourself that he doesn't get special teams time. He's also the least productive defenceman on the team at 0.15 points per game. That's your 6th defenceman. The stats are what makes that true.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr 28 at 8:06
Forum: Armchair-GMApr 26 at 5:38
Thread: Guenther and Turcotte
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>Right, because why would anyone give up a top 5 pick for a guy drafted at #5 overall and is now 2 years closer to being in the NHL?

Counteroffer: Kupari for Sanderson</div></div>

To your first point, no one is giving a top 5 pick this year for Turcotte because he hasn't performed the way you would hope a top 5 pick would up until now. So no, you're not getting a top 5 pick from anyone for Turcotte. Beniers, Power, Guenther, Clarke, Edvinsson, Hughes, Eklund, Wallstedt.... I don't think any team drafting those players will be willing to give them up for Turcotte 1 for 1. He hasnt excelled at Wisconsin, the world juniors or in the AHL and realistically he's already been passed by people drafted after him.

To your second point, Sanderson has excelled this past year, he was the best defenceman for the USA at the world juniors and the best defenceman on the #1 ranked team in the NCAA. Could've turned pro this year as well but decided to go back for another year. He's done everything you'd expect from a 5th overall pick and has proven he belongs in his draft slot.

I never said Brannstrom was equal value for Turcotte but a top 5 pick sure as hell isn't. Brannstrom + makes sense but only if the plus isn't something worth more than either of them lol