I think their public statements have acknowledged or at least implied the inverse - if a players gets a match penalty early in the game he is kinda/sorta considered to have served a game already

Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Mon Jan 26, 2026 6:59 pmIs Kane Abel

All I know is that for us, that brother is not a keeper

Most draft analyses I have seen take the the same approach -- right down to the terminology. Yeah, I’ve read a few and knew I should take the copout :lol: But still, I think more of the better goalies are drafted earlier than later. You could probably analyze this, but you’d have to look at them mor ...

A couple of things, one is that I was focused on the rightmost columns (percentages of picks that turn into impact players) more so than avoiding busts. You’re right about where the big numerical drops are, 20-30 is significantly worse than 11-20 for eg. - but it’s hard to plan for having a pick in o ...

I see the discussion has already touched on this, I got a bit bored earlier and thought I'd pull some data from 20 drafts (2000-2019) to see if we can quantify pick value a bit more accurately - just the high level hockeydb stuff along with some TOI/G career averages to help assess defensemen. (I ...

Mëds Im not going into this any further on here but regarding the evidence he’d been disarmed, it seems to be hitting the mainstream news now, here’s one - an officer can be seen entering the fray and then coming out holding what looks exactly like the gun DHS posted photos of later.

It's a lie, as usual. Here is pink jacket's video. There are other videos floating around showing the victim with his phone/recording hand out and his other hand up when the first agent begins pulling him to the ground. There are videos showing one of the agents pulling his handgun off and exiting ...

Well, we were told he signed the extension under something like duress - Rutherford telling him there's a deal on the table with Carolina and he's gone if he won't sit down and talk extension (after stating he would not do this during the season). So I assume whatever human considerations - living ...

It's a shame, given his past choices you pretty much have to assume Petterson won't waive during the season and so any trade is off the table until the offseason. Trouble is, they'll hold the draft lottery during the playoffs like usual and we might learn the Canucks will be getting a fancy new ...

Yeah it would have been real nice to tick that "Mystical all situations consensus 1C" box right away. We'll just have to find him with Minny's pick :D While I am in here - it may be time to start keeping one eye on the Senators on the OOTS. With their first round pick this year forfeited I was ...

Gavin McKenna might be turning a bit of a corner here, scored a hat trick last night and has five goals and eight points in his last three games (after putting up 19 in his first 18). Not much point carving anything in stone until the end of the year but I'm sure whoever end ups holding 1st overall ...

We’ll get him in the [REDACTED - see Petey thread] trade this summer

Garbage in would be fine, if it ‘knew’ or ‘cared’ about whether it was putting garbage out.

Alas, these things are essentially just meant to output language that the audience will find satisfying, zero cognition involved at all.

I think the report was that they are looking for an impact, top six kind of guy. I don't think Garland does it for them (let alone Hoglander). It's a shame he wouldn't waive (or maybe the short move and lack of state income tax changes things) but given the report they wanted to move Wright in a ...

Yeah, he’s not going anywhere (unless some other GM loves him like our guys love Kotkaniemi and Lafrenière and various other busts) but a guy in his draft+4 season who can’t make the worst team in the league is not exactly showing promise. Hopefully we clear enough vets out for him to make the team o ...