Comments for April 26, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 17 out of 17 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 19:53:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20603 Thanks for the input. We aren't trying to mislead - Wiki, to most people (obviously you have more experience with the type of site), is a database with current information on a wide array of topics. That was more what we were trying to convey. - Jeff Angus Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:26:02 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20602 It's been thrown around in several places by different people, making it the general hype position from you guys. Even calling it a general comparison is being generous. They're comparable in that they're both databases and that's about as far as it goes. DobberProspects doesn't have the interconnectivity that a wiki does and it doesn't have the user participation that a wiki does. Don't get me wrong, I like the concept and how it looks, but throwing around empty buzzwords just for the sake of hype is just plain bad marketing. Maybe it's just me because I've invested a lot of time into a few wikis and I view the wiki concept as a VERY powerful tool, so while this thing is nice it just doesn't come close to the pure knowledge sharing power of a wiki, and therefore calling it a wiki is just false advertising. There could be others out there getting the wrong impression and becoming disappointed. You never know. Just my two cents. - sentium Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:33:56 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20601 Massimo - your opinion. Mine is different. That is the beauty of sports. I think Quick deserves to win. The Kings simply provided him zero goal support for most of the season. That is my reasoning. - Jeff Angus Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:25:07 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20600 It was a general comparison - obviously it isn't exactly the same. - Jeff Angus Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:23:50 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20599 Until you guys make the prospect database an actual wiki site, I wouldn't call it a wiki site. The whole point of a wiki is that anyone can edit it and contribute/correct. That's certainly not the case now. - sentium Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:48:03 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20598 Oh yeah, and it's the Masterton Trophy, not "Masterson", named after Bill Masterton, the former Minnesota North Star who played one year before dying after slamming the back of his head on the ice after a hard check in a game (the resulting brain hemorrhage caused fatal brain damage... he died a few days later). - Massimo Cinelli Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:58:03 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20597 Lundqvist will win because he deserves to win. Quick is the popular pick in hockey circles right now because of two reasons: 1) he finished the season better than Lundqvist (the "what have you done for me lately" effect), and 2) everyone knows about Lundqvist whereas not everybody knows about Quick (the "I have to out-trick myself and pick the lesser-known guy to show off my hockey knowledge" effect). The bottom line when looking at the two goalies, though, is that their percentages (GAA/Sv%) are a wash... Quick finished with two more shutouts than Lundqvist, but Henrik finished with four more wins in seven fewer games. Lundqvist was by far the most important piece of arguably the best team in the league all season long, and the voters (the league's 30 GMs vote for this award, NOT the writers/broadcasters) know that. That is why Lundqvist will win, not because the voters were asleep when Quick was playing. To say that is to say the league's 30 GMs don't have a clue what's going on in the league. - Massimo Cinelli Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:50:40 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20596 Think there's any possibility COL could look at bringing Stewart back? I'm sure St Louis would be happy to move him so it could be a cheap option with, most likely, instant return. - ryan Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:19:52 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20595 Nice ramblings angus. Especially liked the article about Fleury! Poleck - I'm with you. I noticed it right away. Knuble just kept plowing through pretty much uncontested which didn't give Thomas a shot at stopping the rebound at all. Should have been a disallowed goal for goalie contact, but probably not enough to call a penalty IMO. - Tim Lucarelli Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:27:40 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20594 Defeat the opposition! http://thehockeywriters.com/the-magical-fourth-year-10-players-you-want-to-draft-for-next-season/ - Fred Poulin Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:50:02 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20592 @Dave Poleck : I agree, it was goalie interference. @Angus : "Dale Hunter loves his grinders, but the lack of ice time Alex Ovechkin has been receiving is ridiculous. I don’t care if he isn’t the same player he once was, or if he isn’t great defensively. Playing about 15 minutes in Game 7?" Thats why they won. If Ovie plays more they lose, they finally got that in Washington. He's not a playoff warrior. I'm not saying he doesn't got talent, just saying he lack some heart. Heart and hard work win stanley cup. Anyway, to me Ovie is not a hockey player anymore, he is a superstar who plays hockey between commercials and rap songs. - Philippe Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:21:17 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20591 Steffen - the prospect site is going to be the wikipedia of fantasy prospect info. A database that is constantly updated. We aren't going to "stop" rambling about prospects because there is a site for them. The ramblings over there will simply be further analysis with a prospect-only scope. - Jeff Angus Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:18:41 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20590 I cannot believe that some people seem to think that Toronto will be a good fit for Luongo. If he cannot stand getting ripped apart by the fans and press in Vancouver imagine the bloodfest in Toronto. Plus Toronto are hoping to make the playoffs(emphasis on the word hoping), Luongo may help get them there but we all know he will fall apart after that and then the fun will really begin. Send him back to the sunshine in Florida, let him play for the Lightning where no one cares and he will be fine. Fzusher - If OTT need a proven RW they could have Iginla for a nice propsect package to the Flames ;D - UKflames Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:54:08 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20589 Dont see Nash as a Bruin, Boston doesnt have much cap space unless they move someone already at $4mil per (Lucic,Bergeron,Horton,Chara,Thomas,Krejci) and the only one with a slight chance of moving of that group would be Thomas, and thats only because they have Rask- and need to resign him. You have to wonder what his teammates think of him after the whitehouse snub and then throwing them under the bus with his comments earlier in the series vs Wash. Rask is the future in Boston ( much like Schneider in Van). As for the winning goal- it was borderline interference- but a tough call to reverse. Thomas didnt put up an argument. - Larry Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:57:26 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20588 Mr Angus, as always, quality info. But I'm confused about the line between prospects and, er, non-prospects (e.g. Barberio). (Nothing against Mark, or Jeff's opinion of him.) The Prospects web site - what is it? A repository of player analyses? If so, that's fine, and valuable, and I'll use it that way. But if its supposed to be where prospect news is, then I now have another site to visit (where I used to have one). Can someone explain the value-added here? Thanks in advance. - Steffen Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:58:55 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20587 Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy is no one agreeing with me about that goal being goalie interference?!?!?! Knuble drives RIGHT into Thomas and was barely touched!! Then doesn't even try to move. If anything that's a borderline goalie interference penalty and a definite no goal. Maybe im just annoyed because if that were Holmstrom it wouldn't be allowed. But then again....Holmstrom isn't allowed carrying the puck for more than 2 feet in the offensive zone.... - Dave Poleck Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:29:48 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4590-april-26-2012#comment-20586 1. Horton - he is signed for another year, and with his concussion history will be tough to move. Taking a long-term view, it'd make sense for them to audition Jordan Caron, Jamie Arniel, and Zach Hammil with 15 minutes a game until he's healed, so that they know if they need to replace him in 13-14 or one of those 3 emerges as the replacement. They still have Seguin and Peverley on the right. The cap room may be better spent on resigning Rask and Kelly and adding a reliable veteran D who can mentor Dougie Hamilton on the 3rd pairing (Hamilton who seems to have nothing more to learn in junior but I suspect is too young to be AHL eligible) while keeping room for adding a big rental at the deadline. 2. Luongo - Tampa makes the most sense, and Toronto is intriguing, but don't forget New Jersey and Columbus, who both need goalies. Problem is, New Jersey may be in low budget mode given their current financial woes (they may be facing bankruptcy). I doubt if their ownership will give them the funds to both keep Parise and have Luongo, esp. with Kovalchuk's salary jumping to 8 digits next year. But if Parise bails to free agency, Luongo may be a solution. Columbus - also operating on a self-imposed budget, but more importantly would Luongo waive his clause for that madhouse? 3. Ottawa - Are Turris, Silvferberg, and Zibanejad competing for the same roster spot and ice time? Silfverberg is a winger, and Zibanejad can play RW as well as C. I can totally see a Silfverberg-Turris-Zibanejad second line and a Foligno-Da Costa-Condra/Butler/Petersson/Stone 3rd line, with Greening/Daugavins-Zach Smith-Neil making up a potent 4th line. Or they can package some of their excess Fs for a D and/or proven top-6 RW. In fact, I wouldn't rule out Ottawa seriously considering a move for Nash, though it would likely require Lehner and 2 young top-end forwards. Given Ottawa's depth and pipeline, would you trade Lehner, Zibanejad, and Silvferberg for Nash? - fzusher Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:39:41 +0100