tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31094765.post4917043753718158060..comments2023-05-26T07:07:11.790-07:00Comments on The FUNHL: FUNHL News and Notes (plus FUNBA and other stuff)Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784302405286800301noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31094765.post-15844224630480119462013-11-29T16:49:55.915-08:002013-11-29T16:49:55.915-08:00Hey Doug,
- Thanks for the N&N love! I don&#...Hey Doug, <br /><br />- Thanks for the N&N love! I don't much encouragement to keep pumping these out, but it is always nice to get some! <br /><br />- I'm having another big night (Friday the 29th) and could be as high as top 4 by end of week. Not bad considering I was in serious trouble of being dead last only a couple of weeks ago. The biggest change is the return to health of Letang, Neal and Burns, and getting positive goaltending stats out of Luongo. If/when Semin returns to health I'll suggest my team is actually competitive. <br /><br />- One thing that factors into the BB pool is how many man-games you get each week. Practically all my coaching decisions revolve around maximizing the #of times my guys play more than who they are. <br /><br />- Edmonton is just a poorly constructed team with too many players not yet in their prime and a serious lack of NHL calibre D-men outside of the top pairing. It could get really, really ugly once the schedule stops sending them creampuffs. <br /><br />- GOT is just f*cking awesome. Full stop. <br /><br />- I actually have a lot of love for Agents of Shield, but it's like finding out that your kid is a serial killer. Why, why, why can't this show be good? It is so boring and predictable and just badly written that I want to punch the screen. <br /><br />- I have already suggested that Almost Human is a much better show than AofS. It still hasn't fully hit its stride, but it has an energy and intelligence to it that AoS has completely lacked. <br /><br />- I am absolutely loving how the advanced stats crowd is feeding the Leaf fan base a truck load of crow. Not recording a shot in the 3rd or OT was some kind of magic. <br /><br />- Hilton chess starts with each King on his home square with the other pieces also in their home squares. It's really helped Oliver understand how the major pieces move (and is just far less chaotic than a full game). In full games Oliver likes to advance each of his pawns one square to form a picket line. He's so adorable I want to cry. <br /><br />- I understood that the Rogers deal alone will mean another $14M per team in yearly revenue and that as a result the cap for each team should go up by $7M-ish, before you factor in any other revenue streams that Bettman and Co. have increased (which should be all of them). I wouldn't be shocked if the the cap were well North of $70M next year. <br /><br />- I'd ratther be PK Subban. ;-)Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784302405286800301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31094765.post-21163518117845231472013-11-29T14:47:56.310-08:002013-11-29T14:47:56.310-08:00HI Cam,
Your N&N deserves some love back. Re...HI Cam,<br /><br />Your N&N deserves some love back. Really enjoy reading these - even, no, especially when we disagree.<br /><br />Think you Pens power is pretty potent, still we have a ways to go to get back to the top of the standings. Nice Head-to-Head win btw, sorry for the delay but think of it as my Birthday present.<br /><br />Speaking of the Pens. Chew on this. The Bruins and Pens are top of their divisions in the East but would be touch and go to get a Wildcard spot in the West. Unreal.<br /><br />Much more into the B-Ball this year - probably has to do with actually being in it :-) Two undefeated teams going at it this week in the Goodfellas/Flatlanders tilt. Not going so good for me this week but bound to happen. Up until now my 4-0 record involved not only 4 straight wins but 4 straight weeks with best pt total. Bound for a readjustment.<br /><br />After the loss to Chicago, the Oil went out and shutout Nashville so "hope" has yet to be snuffed out completely in E-Town. Columbus will be looking for revenge tonight which makes it a good test. Back-to-back games for Mr. Universe so we'll see if he has a second game in him.<br /><br />Interesting Bryz stat: In his 4 first games with NHL teams (ANA, PHX, PHI and now the Oilers) his record is 4-0 with a 0.75 GAA. Nice first impression - aka unsustainable.<br /><br />Game of Thrones is so awesome I can't describe. Best part of the first season is the slow pace that the magical elements are introduced so that when we finally see white walkers and dragons you are too invested in the world to give up.<br /><br />BTW, know you have little love for Agents of Shield but do find some time for Almost Human. The budy-cop format seems to work really well and the budget looks to be keeping up with the ambition of the writers.<br /><br />Leaf-corsi-collapse couldn't happen to a better fanbase, no?<br /><br />Love "Hilton Chess". Sophia never took to it but perhaps with so much going on the patterns were hard to pin down. May use this format to teach the different pieces. What do you use as starting position?<br /><br />Bob MacKenzie is going to stay with TSN. They will weather the storm and bid up the regional deals when they come up. NHL going with a 12 year pact probably precludes any more national exposure for the TSN team but I think we will still turn to TSN to set the "serious news" standard which MacKenzie excells at.<br /><br />Still, hard to believe that this huge injection of $ won't elevate the HRR a bunch and lift the cap even more. The Oiler's $6 deals with the Hall/Eberle/Nugent-Hopkins core may not hamsting them at all. On the other hand, how would you like to be P.K. Subban's agent :-)Douglas McLachlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03107690171549377847noreply@blogger.com