Canucks at the Quarter Point

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Re: Canucks at the Quarter Point

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Strangelove wrote:
Strangelove wrote: Slowly some of the less fortunate have moved from their McDavid fantasies to "Said all along: bubble team".

:roll:

But the Great Strangelove has never wavered (true, there were a few other playoff-predictors).
Arachnid wrote: No one predicted they would be where they are right now. No one.
Well the Great Strangelove raised the possibility of going "from the outhouse back to the penthouse" a few times.

(that's probably why they call him "Great"!) :thumbs:

There were a few telling you less fortunate Tank-it folk that the Canucks would make the playoffs.

You are guilty of not listening then and you are guilty of being in denial now.

This is the verdict:

Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

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Arachnid on Wed Sep 24, 2014 wrote:I will cheer for them to lose
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*snickers*

How do you unknot your panties? :devil:

Where's your report card? Hmmmmmmmmm bible thumper?!

Thas wot I thought, all air and no substance :drink:
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Re: Canucks at the Quarter Point

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A very wise poster on a recent game day thread made the point that to pass the "mustard" test, the Canucks would have to consistently beat LA, Anaheim, Chicago, and St. Louis... I agree that would be a very good indication of the strength of the team. Those four teams are definitely "for real", or at least the wise poster estimates them to be so.

To the quarter mark in the season, here is the record of the Canucks against those teams, as well as each of those teams' record against the other three "for real" teams...

1. Vancouver 3-1-1 with 7 points, and 2 ROWS
2. Anaheim. 3-2-1 with 7 points, and 2 ROWS
3. Kings 2-1-1 with 5 points and 1 ROW
4. Blues 2-1-1 with 5 points and 2 ROWS
5. Hawks 2-2-0 with 4 points and 2 ROWS

Sheeeeite!

The Canucks have a better record against the "for real" teams than any of them do against the same competition!

That poster is correct when he considers that evaluation should happen at the end of this long road trip though.
And should they come out with a good result on this trip... Then hell... You don't really get a good "real" picture of the team until the new year, right?

I jest a little, of course... I wouldnt bet more than a day's pay on the Canucks chances of beating any of those teams in a series(and that would only be if I got good odds). But it has been one of the most fun quarter seasons to watch in some time for this poster.
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^^^^

Nicely done!

I expect good things from this road trip. Even though it is a long one, to me, they should come away 5-2, 4-3 at the worst.
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Sticky wrote:A very wise poster on a recent game day thread made the point that to pass the "mustard" test, the Canucks would have to consistently beat LA, Anaheim, Chicago, and St. Louis... I agree that would be a very good indication of the strength of the team. Those four teams are definitely "for real", or at least the wise poster estimates them to be so.

To the quarter mark in the season, here is the record of the Canucks against those teams, as well as each of those teams' record against the other three "for real" teams...

1. Vancouver 3-1-1 with 7 points, and 2 ROWS
2. Anaheim. 3-2-1 with 7 points, and 2 ROWS
3. Kings 2-1-1 with 5 points and 1 ROW
4. Blues 2-1-1 with 5 points and 2 ROWS
5. Hawks 2-2-0 with 4 points and 2 ROWS

Sheeeeite!

The Canucks have a better record against the "for real" teams than any of them do against the same competition!

That poster is correct when he considers that evaluation should happen at the end of this long road trip though.
And should they come out with a good result on this trip... Then hell... You don't really get a good "real" picture of the team until the new year, right?

I jest a little, of course... I wouldnt bet more than a day's pay on the Canucks chances of beating any of those teams in a series(and that would only be if I got good odds). But it has been one of the most fun quarter seasons to watch in some time for this poster.
Butt that paints a rosier picture than reality.

Separate OT wins from regulation wins and calculate the point differentials between those gained, and those surrendered.

Doing so through last night
Vancouver +2 points, 5 games,
Anaheim -2 points, 7 games
LA +1 point, 5 games
Chicago -2 points, 5 games

Gotta love three point games some nights, two pointers on others. :?
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Topper wrote:
Butt that paints a rosier picture than reality.

Separate OT wins from regulation wins and calculate the point differentials between those gained, and those surrendered.

Doing so through last night
Vancouver +2 points, 5 games,
Anaheim -2 points, 7 games
LA +1 point, 5 games
Chicago -2 points, 5 games

Gotta love three point games some nights, two pointers on others. :?
if I'm reading your method correctly, it still show the Canucks as the best of that bunch in terms of that stat?

I like that method... Takes all competition to date into consideration, and show a more precise picture of where the team is at. (Although obviously each of the teams has faced different competition to this point)

As an aside, I wanted to show as close to an apples to apples comparison (in terms of competition) as I could. As much as I dislike the "rose colored glasses" approach, I often wonder if there has been a fire sale on shit colored shades at the local Walmart.

I am sick of the extreme parity caused by three point games, and would like to see all games have equal worth, but that is just not the reality that we live in.
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Sticky wrote:
Topper wrote:
Butt that paints a rosier picture than reality.

Separate OT wins from regulation wins and calculate the point differentials between those gained, and those surrendered.

Doing so through last night
Vancouver +2 points, 5 games,
Anaheim -2 points, 7 games
LA +1 point, 5 games
Chicago -2 points, 5 games

Gotta love three point games some nights, two pointers on others. :?
if I'm reading your method correctly, it still show the Canucks as the best of that bunch in terms of that stat?

I like that method... Takes all competition to date into consideration, and show a more precise picture of where the team is at. (Although obviously each of the teams has faced different competition to this point)

As an aside, I wanted to show as close to an apples to apples comparison (in terms of competition) as I could. As much as I dislike the "rose colored glasses" approach, I often wonder if there has been a fire sale on shit colored shades at the local Walmart.

I am sick of the extreme parity caused by three point games, and would like to see all games have equal worth, but that is just not the reality that we live in.
I should have included the table I used for calculating the #'s.
Regulation win = 2 pts
OT/SO win = 1 pt
Regulation loss = -2 pts
OT/SO loss = -1 pt

They are conference rivals and when it comes to fighting for spots, games that end in regulation have a 4 point swing, overtime and shootouts have a 2 point swing.

The table showed Vancouver is only a regulation win to the good, OT wins and losses are a wash at one of each.
Anaheim is one regulation loss to the bad and while OT is a wash, they have had four games go to OT.
LA has one regulation win and a regulation loss and again suffers from 3 games in OT being one to the good.
Chicago's games have all finished in regulation and is one to the bad.

It shows what a fragile balance it is. If a team manages to string together a couple of regulation wins against the others in the group it can separate itself.

It also shows Vancouver is in the mix with those teams, which was your original point. I don't see Vancouver as better though.

Adding in goal differential may also be interesting as it could highlight hard fought close games and blowouts.
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The team played a good road game last night in DC and showed its resiliency in coming back after giving up a two goal lead. I do like what I am seeing with each line taking turns to score. This seems a lot different from last year.
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Obviously
Hockey Widow wrote: I expect good things from this road trip. Even though it is a long one, to me, they should come away 5-2, 4-3 at the worst.
Obviously the road trip at 3-3-1 wasn't what we had hoped - I think most of us expected them to get more than a single point from Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal.

But, the good news is the Canucks have played the most road games, and two key Pacific rivals have a lot of road games coming up (Anaheim and LA).

The other bit of good news is that nobody below the Canucks in the standings has gained any ground through this difficult stretch.
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Bumping this -

Interesting to see who stayed more or less consistent throughout the year. This was pulled at a time that the Canucks were flying high in 1st overall in the league. They obviously dropped to 10th in the NHL.

What's interesting is that the Sedins, Vrbata, Matthias, Horvat, Hansen and Dorsett basically maintained their scoring pace from the start of the year. What dropped enormously was the second-line production, particularly Bonino and Higgins.

The PK and PP both improved, but faceoffs got worse throughout the year. The PP didn't actually start improving until the end of the year though, and was consistently bottom-half of the league for the most part.

The Canucks' vastly improved record against the California teams was one of the biggest factors in the turnaround from last season (17-9-5 vs 12-13-4).

I have to wonder if the Bonino line had gone on a couple more hot streaks, if that might have pushed the Canucks a little higher in the standings? It might not have been enough of a difference to unseat Anaheim, but it could have translated to a few more wins.
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