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One month till the season begins...whooooooooooooo hoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! Hot diggidy</p>
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Off-season or not, this site seems all but dead.</p>
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Yup. Crickets. I've been busy at work, new computer system to learn. But I still lurk, not as much time to post.</p>
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Edit.... well and my new addiction to WoT.</p>
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Edit.... well and my new addiction to WoT.</p>
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WoT?</p>
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WoT?</p></blockquote>
World of Tanks. It was popular years ago and recently made a resurgence.
Game sucks balls.
WoT?</p></blockquote>
World of Tanks. It was popular years ago and recently made a resurgence.
Game sucks balls.
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Isn't it being offered for free?
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Ahhh too many acronyms... I think Supra loves that game?</p>
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Yes it is free. If any body knows about sucking balls it's Grimson.</p>
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War Thunder blows WoT out of the water</p>
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August is the worst, nothing is happening in the hockey world. It ought to liven up again now that camp and various rookie tournaments are just around the corner. And Bowman will need to do some trades and that will surely cause some talk.</p>
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August is the worst, nothing is happening in the hockey world. It ought to liven up again now that camp and various rookie tournaments are just around the corner. And Bowman will need to do some trades and that will surely cause some talk.</p>
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<u>2014-15 Predictions:</u></p>
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- Kane leads team with 100+points</p>
- Toews scores 40 goals</p>
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I strongly believe the Hawks are going to have one of their best years and strongest lineups ever this season. Call me a fan boy but I am pumped to string the rest of this dynasty together!</p>
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Go Hawks!!!</p>
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I strongly believe the Hawks are going to have one of their best years and strongest lineups ever this season. Call me a fan boy but I am pumped to string the rest of this dynasty together!</p>
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With the upcoming cap crunch I certainly hope the Hawks manage to get another SC this upcoming season before needing to blow it up. It motivated them in 2010 and hopefully it will do the same in 2014-15. However winning it all is a big task and nothing is certain.</p>
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If Hoss has the same type of year that he did last year, he better win the Selke.</p>
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Cheers to that.</p>
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Cheers to that.</p>
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Cheers to that.</p>
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Sorry... Hossa is not a Center so good luck to him winning the selke.</p>
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Sorry... Hossa is not a Center so good luck to him winning the selke.</p>
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If Lehtinen can win it, and Graham can win it...so can Hossa.</p>
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The problem is the press. They often pick the popular as opposed to the most deserving player.</p>
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The problem is the press. They often pick the popular as opposed to the most deserving player.</p>
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I think with possessions off faceoffs being as important as ever, you are going to see the press lean more heavily on centers who also have a high FO%. No knock on Hossa, but with a 1 goal lead late in the game and an ensuing faceoff in the D zone, I want to see Toews out there before Hossa.
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I think with possessions off faceoffs being as important as ever, you are going to see the press lean more heavily on centers who also have a high FO%. No knock on Hossa, but with a 1 goal lead late in the game and an ensuing faceoff in the D zone, I want to see Toews out there before Hossa.</p>
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You'd ideally want to see both late in the game. Toews is stellar at FO's but he's not Yannik Perrault in faceoffs. If Toews loses the draw, Hossa *far* more likley to force a turnover than Toews, Further, if the 'hawks have possession Hoss is far less likley to cough up the puck.</p>
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Let's go to the Mapâ„¢:</p>
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Hoss was 5 in the league in takeaways for the regular season with 75--behind Thornton, Hall (both 76), Eric Staal (77), and O'reilly (83). Of all of those top 5 in the regular season, only Hossa and Ryan O'reilly have more than 1 takeaway per game average, and Hossa's is slightly higher (1.04167 compared to 1.0375). Toews on the other hand, is 37th on the Takeaway chart with 51, and averaged 0.67105 takeaways per game.</p>
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Of those 6 players: Hall had the most Giveaways with 100, Followed by Thornton (96), Staal (61), RoR (33), Toews (30), and Hossa (26). Only Toews, RoR, and Hossa have a net positive Takeaway to Giveaway ratio, and Hoss's 2.88:1 ratio is better than RoR's 2.52:1 and Toews' 1.71.</p>
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In the playoffs, Hoss was 2nd in Takeaways (18) only to Ryan McDonough 20), and played in less games. For comparison the next best 'hawks was Saad (13) at 10th overall and Toews and Sharp were 50th and 51st, tied with 7. McDonough, however, had 35 Giveaways, while Saad and Sharp had 6, Toews had 8, and Hoss had only 5.</p>
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What is the point of my meaningless, half-baked babbling? You might want Toews to take the draw, but you want Hossa out there to steal the puck and protect the puck. The press being what they are may indeed vote otherwise, but when it comes to the best defensive forward, I think Hossa was hands-down the best defensive forward last year and I think anyone would be hard-pressed to prove otherwise.</p>
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I think with possessions off faceoffs being as important as ever, you are going to see the press lean more heavily on centers who also have a high FO%. No knock on Hossa, but with a 1 goal lead late in the game and an ensuing faceoff in the D zone, I want to see Toews out there before Hossa.</p>
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You'd ideally want to see both late in the game. Toews is stellar at FO's but he's not Yannik Perrault in faceoffs. If Toews loses the draw, Hossa *far* more likley to force a turnover than Toews, Further, if the 'hawks have possession Hoss is far less likley to cough up the puck.</p>
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Let's go to the Mapâ„¢:</p>
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Hoss was 5 in the league in takeaways for the regular season with 75--behind Thornton, Hall (both 76), Eric Staal (77), and O'reilly (83). Of all of those top 5 in the regular season, only Hossa and Ryan O'reilly have more than 1 takeaway per game average, and Hossa's is slightly higher (1.04167 compared to 1.0375). Toews on the other hand, is 37th on the Takeaway chart with 51, and averaged 0.67105 takeaways per game.</p>
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Of those 6 players: Hall had the most Giveaways with 100, Followed by Thornton (96), Staal (61), RoR (33), Toews (30), and Hossa (26). Only Toews, RoR, and Hossa have a net positive Takeaway to Giveaway ratio, and Hoss's 2.88:1 ratio is better than RoR's 2.52:1 and Toews' 1.71.</p>
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In the playoffs, Hoss was 2nd in Takeaways (18) only to Ryan McDonough 20), and played in less games. For comparison the next best 'hawks was Saad (13) at 10th overall and Toews and Sharp were 50th and 51st, tied with 7. McDonough, however, had 35 Giveaways, while Saad and Sharp had 6, Toews had 8, and Hoss had only 5.</p>
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What is the point of my meaningless, half-baked babbling? You might want Toews to take the draw, but you want Hossa out there to steal the puck and protect the puck. The press being what they are may indeed vote otherwise, but when it comes to the best defensive forward, I think Hossa was hands-down the best defensive forward last year and I think anyone would be hard-pressed to prove otherwise.</p>
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Yeah, ask Nick Leddy's back about that.</p>
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Yeah, ask Nick Leddy's back about that.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="LordKOTL" data-cid="235789" data-time="1410463097">
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What is the point of my meaningless, half-baked babbling? You might want Toews to take the draw, but you want Hossa out there to steal the puck and protect the puck. The press being what they are may indeed vote otherwise, but when it comes to the best defensive forward, I think Hossa was hands-down the best defensive forward last year and I think anyone would be hard-pressed to prove otherwise.</p>
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Yep. Last season was as great year for Hossa, probably the best he's ever had in that regard. And he finished as high as he ever had for the Selke, 5th. But, that was still WAY behind the other 4 players. He had 4% of the total vote, zero first place points. Lame. Don't think winning the Selke will ever happen for him unfortunately.</p>
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What is the point of my meaningless, half-baked babbling? You might want Toews to take the draw, but you want Hossa out there to steal the puck and protect the puck. The press being what they are may indeed vote otherwise, but when it comes to the best defensive forward, I think Hossa was hands-down the best defensive forward last year and I think anyone would be hard-pressed to prove otherwise.</p>
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Yep. Last season was as great year for Hossa, probably the best he's ever had in that regard. And he finished as high as he ever had for the Selke, 5th. But, that was still WAY behind the other 4 players. He had 4% of the total vote, zero first place points. Lame. Don't think winning the Selke will ever happen for him unfortunately.</p>