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by Paul on 11/02/09 at 02:01 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail writing about all the injuries in the NHL,
...maybe the league’s power brokers need to take a long hard look at where the NHL is at, some four years and change after the lockout ended - and see if there hasn’t been a law of unintended consequences unfolding in front of their very eyes, as a result of all the rule changes they made to bring speed back in the game.
more and Patrick Hoffman of the Goal Line Report at KK took a look at this topic today too…
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Call me a homer if you will, but we all know that getting rid of the tie helped Brodeur get the win record over Roy more than everyone is letting on.
Brodeur currently has 564 wins (as of today). 31 of those wins came via shootout since the lockout.
So he has 533 non-shootout wins, which is just 18 less than Roy had. He’ll still break Roy’s record by the season end, regardless of whether or not you count the shootout wins.
But I do agree, the shootout completely screws up stats, and it’s annoying to hear about a “win” that really isn’t a “win”, or a final score to a game where no one has the game-winning goal, and no goalie let in the game-winning goal.
Posted by BuzzFledderjohn on 11/02/09 at 03:09 PM ET
I forget which announcer made this point but I thought it was a valid topic.
What happens if a 0-0 tie goes to a shootout? How can a goalie have a shutout and a loss for the same game?
Posted by AvsRock from My timeshare in insanity... on 11/02/09 at 03:29 PM ET
What’s the answer, go back to the old NHL?
No thanks, I’ll pass.
I love what the changes have done to the game. The speed is amazing. But if they go back to the old clutch-n-grab ways, I’m out.
There’s a purity about college hockey that will fill any void.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 11/02/09 at 04:23 PM ET
AvsRock,
Both goalies get the SO despite one of them getting an OTL and not a W.
Posted by NHLJeff from Boston, MA on 11/02/09 at 06:05 PM ET
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The Avs have been riding the injury express for years now. What’s new?
Oh, yeah, that’s right. Injuries are getting national attention because AO went down with one. Now it’s serious.
I would think that every four years during the Olympics the NHL could go down to 62-74 games. For those that say stats would suffer I don’t think the NHL cares about career stats anymore.
Call me a homer if you will, but we all know that getting rid of the tie helped Brodeur get the win record over Roy more than everyone is letting on.
Posted by AvsRock from My timeshare in insanity... on 11/02/09 at 02:33 PM ET