Silver Nuggets: Oilers fans give stats analysis

by DarrenM on Mar 10, 2010 11:53 AM EST in Silver Nuggets

Hi everybody! Here are some Ottawa Senators stories for you to check out today:

Bruce McCurdy looks at just how dominant the Ottawa Senators were last night against the Edmonton Oilers. How about this: Ottawa had 40 offensive zone face offs, Edmonton had just 12. (Copper & Blue)
Derek Zona shows that it's not all rosy, though. He crunches a few other numbers to show how it really makes no sense that the Senators have been so successful given some of the team's mediocre statistics. (Copper & Blue)
Brandon Worley takes a quick look at the goaltending carousel in Ottawa. (Pro Hockey Talk)
The Citizen looks at the goaltending controversy and Clouston's decision to play Elliott because he has better numbers, despite Leclaire coming off a great game. Then, in traditional Ottawa newspaper fashion, it closes with a wistful mention of "the real goalie of the future, Swede Robin Lehner." (Citizen)
Speaking of Lehner, I can't remember if we posted this already but here's a month old interview with him that is a good read. (GM Hockey)
Wyshynski points out that Ryan Whitney should have gotten at least a double-minor for cross checking Chris Neil in the face last night. (Puck Daddy)

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Wyshynski doesn't mention that Neil's reputation has a lot to do with how many minutes Whitney got

Neil had just laid out Mitchell the game before and he’s a player who is right on the borderline for clean hits.

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by Mark Parisi on Mar 10, 2010 1:39 PM EST reply actions

Yep.

Should that be a consideration? I mean, the play itself is just as dirty. You should penalize Neil for his hits accordingly, but if he gets a blatant cross-check to the face, it’s more than a minor penalty.

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by DarrenM on Mar 10, 2010 1:41 PM EST up reply actions

I think it was more Whitney's reputation than Neil's

Whitney, as shitty as he was last night, isn’t usually a dirty player, so that might be why he only got one penalty.

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by Peter Raaymakers on Mar 10, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions

I don't know, I think that players like Neil and Ruutu don't draw as many penalties

Just because the refs know the crap they pull to draw those penalties.

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by Mark Parisi on Mar 10, 2010 2:59 PM EST up reply actions

Well, that's the real crux of the argument for me

Player reputation is a big part of the current NHL Wheel of Justice. It, along with judging intent, has to be removed from the consideration, and harsher penalties need to be enforced. That’s the only way to create real change in the game. Hit to the head, intentional or not, is a 20-game ban. Done.

Otherwise, they’re going to keep happening. That’s what I think, anyway.

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by Mark Parisi on Mar 10, 2010 2:59 PM EST up reply actions