Comments on: Adjusted NHL Points Race (Minus Second Assists) http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/ by true Citizens of Hockeytown Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: HaniOxicSkinc http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/#comment-44224 HaniOxicSkinc Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:44:21 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/#comment-44224 I have <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/bad-credit-personal-loanss/" rel="nofollow">Bad Credit Personal Loans With Fast Approval</a> and I search where i can go to get a Secured Personal Loans For People With Bad Credit I have Bad Credit Personal Loans With Fast Approval and I search where i can go to get a Secured Personal Loans For People With Bad Credit

]]> By: Brian http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/#comment-42753 Brian Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:46:32 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/#comment-42753 Matt, Good point, I was thinking about that as well. It'd be nice if the NHL could distinguish between a 2nd assist on a re-directed goal, where the 2nd assist is actually the primary pass and the 1st assist is the shot, and a 2nd assist when that player just happens to pass it to the genius passer who makes the play. Jamie Fitzpatrick has a good post on 2nd assists below: http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2006/11/26/when-statistics-lie-hockeys-second-assist.htm Jamie brings up the give-and-go scenario, where the 2nd assist doesn't mean that much. Player C can dump it off to player B, who passes it back and forth with player A before player B scores. Player C comes up with the 2nd assist, even though technically player B should have his own 2nd assist. He also brings up the possibility that the player receiving a 2nd assist could have just dumped the puck in for a line change and be on the bench during the goal. HockeyTownTodd, That's an interesting twist on the points race. Hopefully some of these teams that have been struggling pick it up so these players make the post-season. Matt,

Good point, I was thinking about that as well. It’d be nice if the NHL could distinguish between a 2nd assist on a re-directed goal, where the 2nd assist is actually the primary pass and the 1st assist is the shot, and a 2nd assist when that player just happens to pass it to the genius passer who makes the play.

Jamie Fitzpatrick has a good post on 2nd assists below:

http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2006/11/26/when-statistics-lie-hockeys-second-assist.htm

Jamie brings up the give-and-go scenario, where the 2nd assist doesn’t mean that much. Player C can dump it off to player B, who passes it back and forth with player A before player B scores. Player C comes up with the 2nd assist, even though technically player B should have his own 2nd assist.

He also brings up the possibility that the player receiving a 2nd assist could have just dumped the puck in for a line change and be on the bench during the goal.

HockeyTownTodd,

That’s an interesting twist on the points race. Hopefully some of these teams that have been struggling pick it up so these players make the post-season.

]]> By: HockeyTownTodd http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/#comment-42745 HockeyTownTodd Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:02:57 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/#comment-42745 That is interesting, Brian, but 4 of those 5 players would be home painting the barn if the playoffs started tomorrow. To see an adjusted top 10 list, check out this post. http://hockeytowntodd.blogspot.com/2007/12/looking-at-top-10.html That is interesting, Brian, but 4 of those 5 players would be home painting the barn if the playoffs started tomorrow.
To see an adjusted top 10 list, check out this post.
http://hockeytowntodd.blogspot.com/2007/12/looking-at-top-10.html

]]> By: Matt Saler http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/#comment-42738 Matt Saler Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:28:24 +0000 http://onthewingsblog.com/2007/12/04/adjusted-nhl-points-race-minus-second-assists/#comment-42738 It'd be nice if the League provided a way to differentiate between second assists that actually have a direct bearing on the play and those that do not. There are a lot of second assists that are pretty empty and basically ceremonial, while others are actually well-deserved. When you have a line like the Holmstrom-Datsyuk-Zetterberg line, a lot of the second assists mean something. It’d be nice if the League provided a way to differentiate between second assists that actually have a direct bearing on the play and those that do not. There are a lot of second assists that are pretty empty and basically ceremonial, while others are actually well-deserved. When you have a line like the Holmstrom-Datsyuk-Zetterberg line, a lot of the second assists mean something.

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