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Good catch man! I was wondering who would spot that. It's actually .6665 over the 6 seasons, so I could round it up but decided not to.
You don't round even fives up. You round them down. .6665 would be rounded to .666. .6675 would be rounded up to .668.
As a general rule, if one looks at the digit to the right, if it is 0-4, keep the desired digit the same, if it is 5-9 increase the digit by one.You don't round even fives up. You round them down. .6665 would be rounded to .666. .6675 would be rounded up to .668.
This was basically the only point I was making, goalies had smaller leg pads back then for one and played a more hybrid style generally speaking. It was just a different era that'd theoretically have to be adjusted for. Vanek certainly was a better scorer though I'm not questioning that by any means.
Coming into this season I kinda expected that CM would basically replace Kloos more or less. I think he did a decent enough job of that as a freshman but there was no way he was gonna equal Kloos's output from last year with the current dumpster fire of a power play that they run. It's just not possible and it basically explains a significant amount of Sheehy's point drop off this year (he had 12 more points on the PP last year). I think if they had a competent PP you'd see CM basically be close to Kloos's production last year and as a freshman that's really impressive. Expecting more than that says more about a person's expectations than anything (not you but others).
Comments from Sid Hartman and Mark Coyle on Lucia in this morning's Strib:
Lol, this is like the direct opposite of Lucia and it's refreshing to hear.
I could not agree more, trixR4kids. Despite all the emphasis on not turning the puck over, they've still committed way too many in the defensive zone, resulting in prime, uncontested scoring opportunities for the other team. Meanwhile, at the other end, with the over-emphasis on "getting pucks deep", the number of prime scoring opportunities (and goals for) have declined substantially.
I think the PP wasn't nearly as dysfunctional that year (20.1%, in the top 10) and he did have Stoa as a linemate. CM currently has Rem who is a good playmaker with a good shot but is also a sophomore rather than a JR and at least to this point isn't as good of a shooter as Stoa. Look at Stoa's sh% that year compared to Rem's this year and that probably explains much of the difference in assists between Casey and Schroeder (that year). You can basically just look at the next year and see Schroeder's assists drop off a cliff without Stoa (13 less A's in 09-10).
Exactly, this is why I'm not as down on the individual players (CM takes a lot of the brunt obviously) as some.
All good points. I think this is sorta what causes some of the issues when they transition between ice sheets. On Mariucci's you probably can't forecheck quite as aggressively because the D just has a lot more space to exit the zone cleanly and so you'd open yourself up a bit defensively with a hard forecheck after a dump in. On NHL ice this isn't nearly as much of a concern and you're actually better off sending in more forecheckers as aggressively as possible, there's almost an opportunity cost of not doing so in terms of offense and maybe even defense.
