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    23-24 Bruins Season Thread

    Everyone is talking about Hanifin like he's a #1 defenseman while most of the publicly available advanced data seems to disagree pretty strongly. It suggests he's carried a fair amount by Tanev. Ignoring what we'd have to give up in assets, I don't think I'd want to give him a 7 year deal unless...
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    Spurs 23/24: I'm Loving Big Ange Instead

    Given his skill profile, you would think he's much better suited to playing on a counter attacking team than in a possession dominant system like Ange's. It's an enormous reach of a signing. He's fast and that's it. Terrible passer, not a great dribbler, doesn't get shots. Players don't usually...
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    Spurs 23/24: I'm Loving Big Ange Instead

    Brennan Johnson is terrible. What are they doing?
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    Spurs 23/24: I'm Loving Big Ange Instead

    I think it makes sense as a stopgap if they've identified players to acquire next summer. The transfer market is silly this year with all the blood money the Saudis are throwing around, waiting it out is likely a good long-term move. Especially if the alternative is spending half of the Kane...
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    Life is a Beach - Summer 2023 Transfer

    Correct on Wahi, I want absolutely no part of him. I don't think a similar striker is what they need to replace Kane. It's basically him, Benzema, and Lukaku that fit that bill. Kane would be great in this system because he is great, but he isn't a great fit per se. Rolling with Son and Richy...
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    Bruins Offseason

    It depends on what you're trying to answer/predict, but I think both are valuable data points. For example, if you look at shot attempts, xg, and actual goals scored, each of them is a better predictor of future goals at different size sample data sets (at least at one point they used to be, I...
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    Bruins Offseason

    Other than being really short, they are not similar players at all.
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    La Liga 2022/23 All Out of Palancas

    Are you referring to Busquets? Busquets has always had incredible passing statistics. Even old washed up Busquets right now has significantly better passing numbers than Zubimendi, across the board. His defensive numbers are still better too. I wasn't trying to put down Zubimendi, there are...
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    La Liga 2022/23 All Out of Palancas

    Very interesting player. For all the hype, there's really nothing in his numbers that suggest he's the next great anything.
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    Messi to MLS!

    Messi is not very good, he's arguably still the best player in the world. Beckham was never close to that level.
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    May NHL News Thread

    From what I understand, the proposal was basically completely privately funded. Voters just didn't want it. The area is currently a landfill that is poisoning the local water and would have been cleaned up as part of this project. That might be the funniest part of all of this, locals preferring...
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    Should Bergeron Keep Playing

    I don't know why older players insist on and/or are expected to play a full season. To me, it's insane for someone in their late 30's to play 100 professional hockey games in a year. Especially one with a history of breaking down late in the season. He's earned the right to show up in February...
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    What's Different in the Playoffs

    One thing that is very different in the playoffs is teams playing each other repeatedly. There's a lot more opportunity for tactical gameplanning compared to the regular season. I don't have any specific evidence, but I always felt like Claude and Bruce were both very good at adjusting between...
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    What’s Different About This Year

    I agree with everyone's observations that they're more fluid and unpredictable, especially in the offensive zone, and especially the defensemen. I'm curious how much of this is specifically being coached, and how much of it is human nature. A result of having been "stuck" in some of the same...
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    (Approaching the) Trade Deadline Thread

    Ok, the COVID seasons might be a valid reason, things did get wacky financially.
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    (Approaching the) Trade Deadline Thread

    The cap hit is the same for every year of a contract, regardless of what years the money is actually paid. Using Smith for an example, and simplifying it: His cap hit is $3.1 per year. The Bruins had a cap hit of $3.1 for the first two years, and only paid him $2.5 per year. If everything else...
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    (Approaching the) Trade Deadline Thread

    If you frontload a contract and trade a player before the end, you can essentially spend over the cap. If you do the opposite, you cannot actually spend to the cap. Just look at what Toronto does.
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    (Approaching the) Trade Deadline Thread

    I think a lot of the "Jacobs is cheap" talk is overblown, but this is an example of where it's absolutely not. There is no excuse for a big market team like the Bruins to not be front loading every contract (and it's a complete joke they would be back loading deals), other than Jacobs being...
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    2022-23 Bruins Season

    They haven't had McAvoy all season which I don't think can be overstated. He's probably their best and most important player after Bergeron. They've also missed Marchand, Grz, and Krejci for varying amounts of time. They're doing this despite dealing with a lot of injuries. It could always get...
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    2022 Bruins Camps

    Foligno shot 2% last season and the team shot 4.4% when he was on the ice. Both of those are absurdly unsustainable. Nothing about his possession metrics suggest he’s cooked. He’s not going to live up to his contract but he’s still fine. He’s better than a lot of players that are going to be...