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The Blog with Three First Lines - Discussing everything hockey. Tweets from @Triumph44 and @chasew12. Contact: drivingplay at gmail dot com

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@dril4 Aug 2016
ME: please show me the posts in the order that they were made COMPUTER: thats too hard. heres some tweets i think are good. Do you like this
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@JFreshHockey25 Oct 2022
John Marino (NJ6) stepped it up, although the Devils ultimately lost, in NJ's 6-3 loss to WSH. He had two primary assists with a 74% xGF%, playing lots of shorthanded time too. Here are his most notable plays and puck touches from last night. #NJDevils #NHLPotN
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.@GarretHohl is back! Behind the Numbers: Where analytics and scouts get the draft wrong #NHLDraft #NHL hockey-graphs.com/2022/07/07…
Behind the Numbers: Where analytics and scouts get the draft wrong

Behind the Numbers: Where analytics and scouts get the draft wrong

Every once-in-a-while I will rant on the concepts and ideas behind what numbers suggest in a series called Behind the Numbers, as a tip of the hat to the website that brought me into hockey analyti…

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Hard to think of a recent Stanley Cup champion as dominant as the Avalanche were throughout this run. Played fun, uptempo hockey. Prioritized speed at every position. Never found a playoff opponent that could hit their fastball.
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The duality of man
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The Red Wings have now had games this season where they've given up 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 goals against
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Travel to a land where it’s always 2004 and meet the people who refuse to let EA Sports’ ‘NHL ’04’ die theathletic.com/3027314/2021…
Travel to a land where it’s always 2004 and meet the people who refuse to let EA Sports’ ‘NHL ’04’...

Travel to a land where it’s always 2004 and meet the people who refuse to let EA Sports’ ‘NHL ’04’...

What do you do when you love a game that time has threatened to forget? You find a family and dig in.

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Japers' Rink@JapersRink4 Nov 2021
Hockey fans who don't have to hear about it any more...
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@TheAthleticNHL4 Nov 2021
Who won the Jack Eichel trade? Let us know your thoughts 👇
25%Sabres
75%Golden Knights
1,720 votes • Final results
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In the first 4 games of their first round series against Detroit in 06, the Oilers had 27 power plays. They had 11 in 4 games against Winnipeg and if you go back and watch those 06 games, you'll see how much space was out there because they bothered to call the rule book.
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Empty net goals really shouldn’t count as goals for players. They should be recorded like team penalties are. Credited to the team only.
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This helps explain why Holland gave up so much to get AA in his hand last year
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@reporterchris9 Apr 2021
Ken Holland on being a buyer at the NHL trade deadline: "It's poker. You're playing poker."
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Byron Bader
@ByronMBader11 Sep 2020
In at least 30 years, there has never been a star forward emerge who was 6'6'' or taller.
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Meghan Hall@MeghanMHall8 Aug 2020
As I like to say...
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90's advanced stats.
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@EricTulsky13 Mar 2020
This thread is about the notion that the mortality rates for COVID-19 aren’t really high enough to warrant serious alarm. If you are already struggling with anxiety, you may want to stop here. Please only share this first tweet, so people can make that choice for themselves.
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CJ Turtoro
@CJTDevil20 Jan 2020
Counterargument: It's pretty easy to not do. And it makes the D actually have to clear the puck. I've never minded this rule.
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shots/game are down the last 2 seasons, goals/game and goals/shot are up. the shot quantity <--> shot quality equilibrium has shifted a bit
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If you're interested in filtering out 3-on-3 and shootout results, here are the best and worst NHL teams by w/l record through the end of regulation: 1. BOS 14-3 2. NYI 10-3 3. WSH 10-4 4. STL 9-5 5. EDM 12-7 ... 27. NJD 6-10 28. CBJ 5-9 29. CGY 6-12 30. LAK 6-13 31. DET 6-16
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Your reminder that ‘19-20 public xG values in the NHL are still not reliable
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why would that be weird. he’s had plenty of experience watching leafs games in the playoffs the last two years
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@EricFrancis3 Oct 2019
Kadri said he took several days to contemplate going to Calgary in a trade and said he was close to saying yes. But he didn’t think he was being shopped around and hoped saying no would mean staying in Toronto. Said it was weird to watch the Leafs game last night.
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