peerlessprognosticator.blogspot.com - 11/16/2008
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Well, you'd think they would, just intuitively. But over our morning coffee we took a quick look at the "Index of Specialness" -- the sum of a team's power play effectiveness and that of its penalty kill, and what we found was that 15 of the top 20 teams in the index were in the top eight of ...
hardballtimes.com - 11/12/2008
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/14/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
Jim Zorn spoke today about how difficult it
was for special teams coach Danny Smith to waive
corner Leigh Torrence last week, and said the team realizes what a daunting task it will be to replace him there. In the end, it's likely to take multiple ...
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Special Teams Will Take on New Look
profootball101.org - 11/13/2008
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This Week In Corsi
Japers' Rink —
... up the Alexes, with Kozlov rejoining the top line and a Flash- Michael Nylander -Semin second line would help in that the team would ostensibly have two lines capable of creating chances and possessing the puck in the offensive zone. After all, the best defense is a good offense, no? One final note - there's been some criticism of the use of Corsi in evaluating player and team performance, to which I'd say that if you don't think that even strength production is important, think again . And ...
C’mon, it’s the offense
the red skate —
... , the Caps are 8th in the league in the 5-on-5 GF/A ratio, at 1.12. Just three weeks ago, the team was fourth in that department, at 1.31. In the last ten games (in which the Caps are 4-6), the team has allowed an average of 2.2 ES goals per game (ok, I’m including the shorties allowed in LA and Columbus) and scored 1.5 ES goals per game. Not a winning formula. ...
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Only Two Things Matter
kevinburnettblog.dallasnews.com 12/5/2008 — In this game only two things matter. One being the play of our defense and two being the play of our special teams. Yeah, offense scores points and we have a lot of weapons but Paul P had a great saying of "don't put your house payment in someone ...
A Special Video....
thenhlarenaprogram.blogspot.com 10/29/2008 — Seen Stamkos? I posted a special video on the blog and just a few minutes later Stamkos gets his first NHL point. I will point this out just as weird coincidence and nothing more. This traces his time from little hockey player to NHL player....very nice!
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officialgamepuck.com 11/11/2008 — SPECIAL EVENT PUCKS WEDDINGS ANNIVERSARIES BIRTHDAYS/BIRTHS BAR MITZVAHS FAMILY REUNIONS MEMORIALS copyright 2001-2002 officialgamepuck.com
Week 14 Defense/Special Teams Fantasy Football Rankings
profootball101.org 12/3/2008 — The Fantasy Football playoffs are here. Check out Pro Football 101's analysis on which defensive/special teams units will have the best fantasy performance on Sunday and a few sleepers to consider when setting your lineup.
Ovechkin's Late Heroics —
Capitals Insider 11/16/2008
It wasn't their best effort. In fact, as I wrote this in this morning's Post, the Caps probably didn't deserve anything from last night's 6-5 shootout loss in Newark. But Alex Ovechkin's goal (thanks to a ridiculous pass from Nicklas Backstrom) with ...
