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  1. lexrageorge

    Nothing special? The Kicking Game this season

    I've seen a lot of talk about special teams in the various Belichick coaching threads, so I'd thought I'd attempt a deeper dive into the Patriots "kicking game" performance this season. First, a lot of the advanced metrics have the Patriots at or near the bottom of the league when it comes to...
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    RIP Mike Bossy

    https://nypost.com/2022/04/15/mike-bossy-islanders-legend-dead-at-65/amp/ One of the best pure goal scorers of the era and obvious huge part of the Islanders Cup dynasty. All too young at 65. Sometimes gets forgotten as Gretzky came into the league in Bossy’s prime and then Mario Lemiuex...
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    Bruins drafting under Sweeney

    Just thought I would revisit the topic in a separate thread. I took a look at the Sweeney/Neely draft picks in the 1st and 2nd round to assess whether the Bruins are good, bad, or just as expected given their draft position. I also added low round picks that did impact NHL rosters. Good to...
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    NBA Standings Watch

    As someone posted in another thread, it would be nice if the teams ahead of the Celtics start losing some games. After that scenario was dismissed as unlikely, I decided to do a deeper dive into the teams surrounding the Celtics in the standings, ranked in order of current conference standings...
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    RIP Clark Gillies

    Clark Gillies, one of the stalwart members of the Islanders Cup dynasty, has died at the all too young age of 67: https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33120161/islanders-1980s-dynasty-star-hall-famer-clark-gillies-dies-67 Some long time fans may recall that Gillies and Terry O'Reilly squared up...
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    RIP Johnny Pierson

    I saw the sad news posted in the April News thread by @ColdSoxPack , but I thought Pierson's passing was thread worthy in its own right. I grew up watching Fred and Johnny doing the telecasts on WSBK, TV-38. And then in the studios when Derek Sanderson moved to man the color mike. My dad...
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    New England Patriots Hall of Fame

    With the recent bypassing of Seymour for the Pro Football HoF, and the fact we are now in the quiet part of the offseason, I decided to start a thread on the New England Patriots Hall of Fame (sponsored by Raytheon, of course). Anyway, I was going through the 3 "Brady careers" and trying to...
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    Eastern Conference seeding

    At this point, the Celtics seem destined for are currently sitting at the 3 seed, which results in an opening round matchup against Sixers or Pacers. However, looking at the schedule to gauge the possibility of their being able to make up the requisite 2 games in the standings: Toronto: 21...
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    Free Agent Starting Pitchers and Boston

    There was a recent mini-diversion in the Chris Sale thread regarding the attractiveness of Boston as a destination for starting pitchers. I believe @chawson made the original assertion that the Red Sox have trouble signing free agent pitchers, which raised some discussion. Not wanting to...
  10. lexrageorge

    The Race for #1 down the Stretch

    I would argue that the #1 seed would be tremendously helpful to the Celtics this season. Assuming that the Cavs finish 3rd, it would push off any matchup with them until the Conference Finals. If there's a downside, it's that the opening round would be a potentially difficult series with...
  11. lexrageorge

    Points are for losers

    The discussion about the "loser point" in the NHL Game Thread got me wondering how the standings would change based on other systems that either have been in place or could be in place. Below are the standings for the playoff qualifiers in the Eastern Conference if the season were to end today...
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    Opening thoughts

    Some very premature thoughts after 1 game: 1.) With no Bergeron and two rookie defenseman, it's no surprise the Bruins found themselves in an early hole. But still credit is due to the rookie blue liners for recovering and playing well in the closing period when the game was still tight...
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    Patriots own the month of....

    OK, time to talk about football.  Every now and then you hear a sports columnist write how the Patriots "own" the month of <fill_in_the_blank>.  I recently heard this about the month of December.  So, I decided to look at the various teams and how they've done month-by-month during the Belichick...
  14. lexrageorge

    Calculating the standings - Take 2

    OK, I'll try this again, this time w/o the table [If a Mod could remove or lock the other thread, I would greatly appreciate it].   I have always been curious how the current point system (shootouts, 3 point games, etc.) affect the overall standings.  So I took a quick look at this season to...
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    Calculating the standings over the years....

    I had always been curious how the current point system (shootouts, 3 point games, etc.) affect the overall standings.  So I took a quick look at this season to date, and recalculated the standings based on various methods that the NHL has used over the years, along with some alternatives that...
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