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Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
From: (Anonymous)http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/has-exhaustion-caught-up-to-the-san-jose-sharks-202531979.html
I found the comment from Hitchcock interesting as well:
After the Sharks beat the Blues in the Western Conference Final, St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said a lot of his team’s mistakes were based on exhaustion. This was because St. Louis had played two straight seven-game series prior in the playoffs.
“We made some tired decisions late in games, late in periods, late in shifts that we hadn't made,” he said. “But I think if you're going to look at one aspect, it's our inability to close off those first two series and get the rest that San Jose got by closing off L.A. so early.”
Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
From: (Anonymous)Could Pittsburgh's youth be helping them out here? Or conditioning? Letang is notorious for endurance, Kessel was one of the fittest guys in Toronto and Sid apparently lifts weights after games. (Which WHAT?) In the same way Duncan Keith's endurance is crucial for the Blackhawks, I wonder if it's contributing to the Penguins' edge here. Thornton and Marleau haven't lost much in the way of skill, but I'd expect a long season (longest season they've ever had) to weigh on them more than 23 year olds.
Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
From: (Anonymous)I'd suspect depth, especially at forward, rather than conditioning. The Sharks' offense is basically their top 2 lines, and DeBoer has frequently shortened his bench and spent a lot of time playing 10 or even 9 forwards. Meanwhile, a lot of the Pens' top forwards are getting less TOI than they're used to or capable of playing. Looking at Game 4 TOI, Crosby has 21:04 (leads Pens forwards), Malkin 14:23, and Kessel 15:08, compared to Thornton 24:01, Pavelski 24:54 (leads Sharks forwards), Marleau 16:28. Malkin and Kessel got less TOI than anyone in the Sharks' top 6. I think you can really see the reduced usage help the Pens in OT this year.
Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
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From: (Anonymous)Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
From: (Anonymous)@classicity (who does a lot of hockey visualization stuff) did a series of charts recently on forward TOI vs salary, and her comment on Pittsburgh was "LOL who needs a fourth line?" because all Pittsburgh's fourth liners pick up enough time on the PK and other situations (see: Cullen taking every DZone faceoff ever) that they'd count as third liners on most other teams.
Which is to say, yeah, Sullivan is really putting on emphasis on rolling four lines.
Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
From: (Anonymous)I like her stuff, I wish it was easier to find the charts again. A link to the TOI&salary one would be great if you have it. This chart has TOI and PP/60: https://twitter.com/Classlicity/status/739816777941553152
Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
From: (Anonymous)Some of her stuff is hosted at @IneffectiveMath's site now, but not any of the most recent things. Anyway, here's the TOI&salary one (with charts for all the other teams in the same thread):
https://twitter.com/Classlicity/status/738883834293276673
Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
From: (Anonymous)Thank you! Do you know if she did the same thing for defensemen?
Re: Game Day Thread, June 6, 2016
From: (Anonymous)I don't think so. She's been all about forwards lately.