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Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!ists!stpl.ists.ca!dchhabra From: dchhabra@stpl.ists.ca (Deepak Chhabra) Subject: Re: NHL team leaders in +/- Message-ID: <1993Apr5.185633.17843@ists.ists.ca> Sender: news@ists.ists.ca (News Subsystem) Nntp-Posting-Host: stpl.ists.ca Organization: Solar Terresterial Physics Laboratory, ISTS References: <1993Mar29.010820.113@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> <1993Mar29.190650.28940@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 93 18:56:33 GMT In article <1993Mar29.190650.28940@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard) writes: >The Jets use the "breakaway pass" scheme to create a scoring sensation >in order to generate interest. If teams score as many or more goals >against Winnipeg when Selanne is on the ice as Winnipeg scores when >he is on the ice then I can't see how his contribution can be described >as impressive. Implicitly you are assuming that goals scored against Winnipeg with Selanne on the ice can be blamed on him...Roger, he is a FORWARD. Winnipeg has a lousy defensive record anyway. Let's put it another way. John Cullen's +/- is terrible. What's your excuse for him? That his powerplay points don't count? Neither do Selanne's... >The object of the game is not to feed Selanne - it is >to win. And feeding Selanne does not contribute in any meaningful way >to winning. Knowledgeable hockey observers the world over would agree that feeding Selanne so he can score does contribute in a meaningful way to winning. >Pat Burns wouldn't have a goal suck like this on his team. You're worried about Teemu when you have Glenn Anderson on your team? >We DON'T KNOW what Selanne does best. We do know what Jet's management >wants. And again, the object of the exercise is not to allow Selanne to >do what he does best, it is to win hockey games. What he does best is score...so I refer you to my comment above. >As it is now, Selanne >is a grandstanding goal suck. Did you see the way he parades around >with his arms outstretched after scoring a goal? You would think the >Messiah had returned... Nope, didn't see it. I was too busy watching Foligno jump up and down after _his_ goal....
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