Comments for February 08, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 06:36:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19316 The NYR-NJ no-goal was the right call. Volchenkov didn't push him into Brodeur. If anything, his posture and stick positioning showed he was trying to slow the guy down. Obviously a no goal. Ranger player would have come in contact with Brodeur in some form or another prior to the goal being scored. - Lockedge Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:48:25 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19315 1. It is time for no-touch icing. The game has enough hitting. 2. No need to bring back the redline. Stupid quirky rule change thought that just popped into my head. What if... each time a team ices the puck their "Icings" stat goes up. (similar to counting "Fouls" in basketball). On their next powerplay, they get an added 5 seconds of time for each of their opponents "Icings". Example, Detroit ices the puck 4 times during the start of the game. They get called for a penalty. Toronto goes on the PP for 2:20. Just a thought for longer powerplays and making each icing seem... like a bigger no-no. - Pengwin7 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:27:59 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19313 Tyson Barrie looked very good and comfortable defensively in his debut. He didn't make any of the rushes or spectacular type of plays that Elliott often showed while he was up but he was more reliable. This isn't a surprise though, Elliott is the one with more offensive upside of the two while Barrie in junior was always better defensively. However, Barrie is capable of putting up pts too and at least he's competent at passing the puck unlike three certain other Avs defensive dmen. - Uzair Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:24:06 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19310 More fantasy hockey: The Fantasy Hockey Panel (Poulin, Metter, Harling, McAlister): http://thehockeywriters.com/the-fantasy-hockey-panel-streaking-sam-gagner-rookie-production-and-more/ - Fred Poulin Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:16:07 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19309 I think your remark about teams trying not to lose rather than to win is spot on. Parity around the league is being artifically created by the points awarded for wins/OTW/OTL. Why open yourself for a goal against when you can go for overtime and/or a shootout, getting at least one point and maybe a second if you manage to win in the skills competition. Why do we need to reward a team for losing? Your first point is also very valid, watching games you can see the interference, holding and hooking creeping back in and refs aren't calling it. Post lock out if you dumped the puck in you couldn't interfere with the forward coming in, it was a foot race to the puck. Now we are back to the situation where the the puck is dumped in, the first D man impedes the forward and the second D or a backchecking forward retrieves the puck. Whilst this may not effect the overall scoring, as per Andrew, it is starting to slow down the game to pre lockout. - UKflames Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:52:07 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19307 Last night was a bit on the low side and not a really fair sample. The average over Saturday, Sunday, and Monday was 2.87, roughly the equivalent of 3-2 games (5-6 goals a game). I'd love 5-4 and 4-3 games, but the last time we statistically had those was 1986 when the goals per game average was around 8. http://www.quanthockey.com/TS/TS_GoalsPerGame.php With that, we're actually pretty stable in regards to goals per game. The average has been between 5 and 6 for the last 15 years. Taking the small sample of the last 4 days we're at 4.97, so at the low end of the range but still on par with what to expect. - Andrew Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:07:21 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19306 thanks for the ramblings, dobber - David Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19305 Goals/game are at their lowest pt since lockout. Its easy to see why when you watch some games. The refs arent calling enough penalties. Lots of interference, holding, hooking going on in every game. This favours the teams with lack of scoring power. But its in line with Bettman's parity scheme. I havent watched a complete game for quite a while. Its soccer on ice. Teams try not to lose rather than trying to win. - DuklaNation Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:47:49 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4363-february-08-2012#comment-19304 awesome, but dan girardi continues to be the minutes king. 33:46 (@NJ) and 33:31 (@BOS) just in the past few weeks. i know kris letang also had 33:56 and 32:44 respectively in consecutive games in early november--that first number might be the tops for any player this season. - batukhan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:57:35 +0100