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On the Forecheck Whats the cost for the "Big-2"

Well, now that our season is over in Philadelphia, its obviously time to hear Suter or Weber to the Flyers rumors and there isn't really anything we can do to stop it. The Flyers have a lot of detachable parts and if I were Nashville, I'd want multiple contributors opposed to one guy and picks. After the jump, lets see what the Flyers have to deal...


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Which trade would you do
Trade 1: JVR and Carle for Suter and a 3rd
20 votes
Trade 2: JVR, Carle for Weber
2 votes
Trade 1 is close---but we need to add something
3 votes
Trade 2 is close---but we need ot add something
0 votes
Not interested
17 votes

42 votes | Poll has closed

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Broad Street Hockey Matt Carle is not Ryan Suter

I like Matt Carle a lot and want him to stay a Flyer next year (at the right price, of course) but make no mistake about it, Matt Carle is no Ryan Suter. Here are their three-year stat lines:

Matt CarleTOIQoCQoTOZS%CrelESG/60A1/60G+APPTOIPPG/A1/G+A1SHTOI
2012 17.55 .589(3) .484(4) 49.4 3.2 0.04 0.42 0.46 2.64 0.83 1.11 1.94 1.71
2011 17.57 .585(4) .827(4) 47.8 6.0 0.04 0.67 0.71 2.29 0.00 0.32 0.32 1.23
2010 17.82 .695(2) 2.031(1) 49.5 5.2 0.17 0.34 0.51 2.52 0.59 1.78 2.37 1.91
3-Year Avg 17.6 48.9 4.8 0.08 0.48 0.56 2.48 0.47 1.07 1.54 1.62

Ryan SuterTOIQoCQoTOZS%CrelESG/60A1/60G+APPTOIPPG/A1/G+A1SHTOI
2012 19.62 1.262(2) 2.059(1) 45.7 7.3 0.12 0.19 0.31 3.6 0.42 2.32 2.74 2.26
2011 18.95 .971(1) 1.951(1) 44.7 8.9 0.14 0.36 0.5 3.27 0.00 1.57 1.57 1.98
2010 18.08 1.014(1) 1.824(1) 44.8 5.3 0.04 0.28 0.32 3.08 0.24 1.42 1.66 1.79
3-Year Avg 18.88 45.07 7.17 0.10 0.28 0.38 3.32 0.22 1.77 1.99 2.01

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Broad Street Hockey The Emergence of Sean Couturier

At this time last year, Sean Couturier wasn’t on any Flyer fan’s radar. He was a can’t miss prospect, top-5 projected overall pick who was fixed to go to one of the lesser teams in the league and help give them instant production from a stud, 6-4 two-way center. After the two trades that shook the hockey world and Flyer nation sending away Mike Richards and Jeff Carter---the Flyers had netted themselves Columbus's first round pick at eighth overall and suddenly some Flyers fans picked up Sean Couturier on their radar.

Poll
Did the Flyers make the right move by keeping Scooter this year, or should they have let him hone his skills for one more year in the Q, possibly saving us a little bit of money 3 years from now?
Made the right move
272 votes
Should have kept him in Juniors
4 votes

276 votes | Poll has closed

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Broad Street Hockey In-Depth Penguin Preview


We all hate the Pens and know a little bit about them by default (aka. the NHL throws them down everyone's throat). Lets get to know the Pens by the numbers:

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Broad Street Hockey Series Preview: A Lot Has Changed Since Last Time

The Flyers and the Penguins are about to renew one of the best rivalries in all of sports. It's only been a few years since the two Pennsylvania hockey clubs have met in the playoffs---but a lot has changed.

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Broad Street Hockey 2 Minutes for playing hockey in Orange

When Brenden Shanahan took over as disciplinarian of the NHL I was very excited. I felt that maybe there would be an end to the "discipline wheel of fortune" that we've seen since the lock out, and in the beginning it all seemed fine and dandy. Guy makes a dirty play, he gets suspended. Guy targets the head, he gets suspended. Guys with records get it worse than others... I get it. Guys without records get a little bit of lee-way, I get it. But there have been three incidents this year, all dealing with the Flyers that make me think we just went back in time to the Colin Campbell era, and that just isn't right. Lets take a look at each of the three plays after the jump.

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Broad Street Hockey Using 2007-08 to prove why the 2012 Flyers are Cup Contenders

This season has been a whirl-wind. From the post-season cleaning of house to the Pronger injury, to the goalie situation, to the rookies, to the deadline…this season has been nuts. Are we buyers, are we sellers, can we win a playoff series, are we contenders? Everyone has their own opinion on each situation and here is my theory on why the Flyers can still win the Stanley Cup with this roster.

In 2007-08 the Flyers, led by 22-year-old, alternate captain Mike Richards coming off of his first big season with 75 points and veteran workhorse Kimmo Timonen manning the blue line lost in the Eastern Conference Finals. We had Marty Biron in net, scoring from guys like Lupul, Upshall, Knuble, Carter, Briere and Prospol; and veteran leaders manning the blueline in captain Jason Smith and Derian Hatcher. We ousted the Southeast Division champion Capitals (Ovechkin in his prime) in seven games, took apart the Habs in 5, only to lose in five to the rival Penguins without Coburn and Timonen for the majority of the series. Let’s take a closer look at the two teams:

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The Flyers are
In the same class as Boston and NY
15 votes
Below BOS and NY, but CAN compete with them
146 votes
So far below, it doesn't matter---we can't beat them in 7
21 votes

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Broad Street Hockey Relative Deployment Z-Score

Hockey players have roles. Some players are asked to score, some are asked to be physical, some are asked to shut down top competition. With that said, how do you go about comparing players between roles? It’s easy to look at point totals and say “Player A is better than Player B because he has more points,” but that doesn’t mean it’s correct. What if Player A is getting more playing time? What if player A is facing weak competition and aided by strong teammates? What if Player B is facing top competition with weak teammates? Advanced stats like CorsiRel QoC and QoT along with Offensive Zone Start % paint the picture of how the player is being used---but that still doesn’t solve the problem of how to compare players in different situations. I am attempting to solve this problem by creating a stat called RDZ: Relative Deployment Z-Score. It’s simple in theory: How does a player fare against other players who were deployed in similar situations.

Poll
What do you think of RDZ?
Love it
2 votes
Like it
3 votes
Jury's still out
5 votes
Don't like
2 votes
Hate it
0 votes

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Broad Street Hockey Who Said JVR is Struggling?

James van Riemsdyk has been a disappointment according to many people so far this season. Even before we found out that he's been diagnosed with a concussion and out indefinitly, people were throwing JVR's name around in trade rumors like he was having a horrible season and they were ready to give up on him. I just don't understand it and I feel like we're going to have another Jeff Carter situation with people all over JVR for no reason. Lets take a look at his numbers over the past three regular seasons and two playoffs.

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Broad Street Hockey Why Something Has To Give With The Defense...

The Flyers have struggled defensively. It's not a secret. Although we have a solid record with the lead after two (19-1-1) but that's in large part to our explosive offense covering for the defense. What has been the problem? Has Bryz played well? No, but it's not all his fault. Lets take a look...

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Broad Street Hockey Bob

I know that Bob had a great first half to last season and that he slumped mightilly after that. I also know that he's had an entire off season to work on his conditioning and to get ready for the long haul of an NHL full season. I also know that he had 56 appearances last year and is on pace for only 32 this year---hopefully keeping him fresh for longer. What else do I know? I know that Semyon Varlamov was traded from Washington to Colorado for a first and a second---and the first will most likely be a lottery pick. Why is this relevent? Because as good as Bob played last year, he's playing better this year. What does that mean for Bryz, Bob and the future of the Flyers?


Poll
???
Lottery Pick
22 votes
Any First
17 votes
Early Second
3 votes
Any Pick
1 votes

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Broad Street Hockey First Impressions

I don't know what this post started as, but it turned into a praise of the good start of Marc-Andre Bourdon and a comparison between (or persuasive essay on) advanced and traditional stats. Bourdon has put up some impressive numbers (much more on that later) but at only nine games in, the sample is really too small to conclude anything as far as who is a "better" player at this point. However, you do get a feel for a player and there are some numbers that do accumulate quickly to paint a decent picture of how well they are or aren't playing.

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Broad Street Hockey Quarter Poll Grades

23 games in here are the numbers:

ForwardGmGAPG/82A/82P/82QoCOZ%ES rkPP toiPK toiC rel
Giroux 23 13 16 29 46.3 57.0 103.4 1 47 2 3.7 2.7 5
Hartnell 23 9 10 19 32.1 35.7 67.7 2 48 3 2.4 10.6
Jagr 19 6 11 17 24.6 45.2 69.8 2 63 8 3.7 9
Briere 21 7 9 16 26.7 34.3 61.0 1 57 1 3.6 -10.3
JVR 20 8 8 16 31.6 31.6 63.2 1 62 4 3.2 -9
Voracek 23 4 12 16 14.3 42.8 57.0 3 53 6 3.1 9.6
Read 20 9 5 14 35.6 19.8 55.3 3 46 7 2.7 2.9 0.2
Talbot 23 6 6 12 21.4 21.4 42.8 3 33 9 4.0 -0.5
Simmonds 23 4 4 8 14.3 14.3 28.5 1 61 5 3.4 3.3 -5.9
Scooter 23 5 3 8 17.8 10.7 28.5 4 36 10 0.58 7.1
Rinaldo 19 1 2 3 4.1 8.2 12.3 4 46 12 -17.7
Harry Z. 11 1 1 2 6.4 6.4 12.7 2 57 11 8.2
Defender Gm G A P G/82 A/82 P/82 QoC OZ% ES rk PP toi PK toi C rel
Timonen 23 0 13 13 0.0 46.3 46.3 1 54 4 3.3 4.1 0.8
Pronger 13 1 11 12 5.5 60.9 66.5 1 49 5 3.8 4.3 9.4
Carle 23 3 8 11 10.7 28.5 39.2 2 50 2 3.1 1.2 5.2
Coburn 22 1 7 8 3.7 25.8 29.5 2 52 1 0.3 3.4 -7.1
Meszaros 23 2 6 8 7.1 21.4 28.5 2.5 48 3 1.8 2.8 5.9
Lilja 20 0 3 3 0.0 11.9 11.9 3 44 6 0.7 -6.5

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Broad Street Hockey Individually Weighted +/- (11 game update)

On October 17th I came up with a theory/stat/whatever you want to call it that tries to isolate individual contributions on scoring plays. Link to the original post here. Well, we are over 1/8th of the season and the sample size is increasing. I'm going to try to update the information every ten games or so. After the jump, the even strength numbers...

 

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Broad Street Hockey LOD vs. LCB


The two greatest lines in Flyer history could be reunited this New Years Eve Day when the alums take on the Rangers alums. From what we are hearing, Lindros and LeClair are in. Clarke, Leech and Barber are in. Renberg is the big question mark, but he figures into the equation somewhere.

Poll
Which line are you more excited to watch?
L-C-B
43 votes
Legion of Doom
102 votes

145 votes | Poll has closed

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Broad Street Hockey New +/- System

 

Over the past few days I decided to take a look at the best variables from plus/minus and corsi to create my own “plus-minus” system. Only scoring plays will be looked at (I just don’t have the resources to do it for every chance/shot etc.) but I attempt to eliminate the variables. For instance, Claude Giroux blocks a shot at the point, chases it down, buries the break-away attempt. Why should anyone else get credited with a “plus-1” when Claude was accountable for 100% of that goal? On the defensive side, if Chris Pronger’s pass gets intercepted when he’s going point-to-point, why should any forwards get a “minus-1” for that play? The answer to both above questions is “they shouldn’t.” Statistics are very quantitative and the reason that my system is different is because it takes general hockey strategy and variability into account. Let’s look at an example from the first even strength goal of the season scored in Boston on October 6th by Jake Voracek. Take a look at the goal.

                Traditional hockey stats would award a goal to Voracek, a primary assist to Meszaros, and a secondary assist to Simmonds with all five players (Carle and Briere included) getting “plus-1.” Here’s how I broke it down:

·         Voracek was responsible for 50% of that goal with his being in good position for the rebound and driving it home.

·         Wayne Simmonds drive to the net and pass to Meszaros is good for 20%.

·         Meszaros’ drive from the point gets 20%.

·         Briere drawing Chara gets 5% and Matt Carle gets 5% for the (not seen in the video)original drive into the zone.

There was a lot going on during that play, lots of players were involved and they all deserve some form of credit. Now lets take a look at a different kind of example, the first goal from that game  (on the power play, but that doesn’t matter because I break the stats up into 5-on-5, 5-on-4, and 4-on-5).

·         Outlet by Pronger to Jagr gets Pronger 10%.

·         Jagr’s sweet pass to Giroux: 20%

·         Giroux handling the pass, turning Chara inside out and finishing: 70%

This play shows why this rating system can be implemented and effective because it shows who really did the scoring and who really messed up the defensive assignments. Here's a defensive example: (go to 1:38)

·         Giroux: He gets 10% for his weak attempt to clear the puck by batting it with his stick. Probably should have gone for the body in an attempt to tie up the puck in the slot.

·         Jagr: Mishandles Coburn’s outlet leading to the turnover. When Coburn over pursues to the opposite side of the net, Jagr is not able to cover quick enough, leaving the scorer with the easy put back. 45%

·         Coburn: 50%. Handcuffs Jagr on the outlet. Over pursues leaving Sedin all alone with no one to cover for him.

·         Timonen: He was there, good effort on the block, but defenders should get some responsibility when there is a goal in front: 5%.

·         vanReimsdyk: 0%

This is the textbook example defensivly because there were people at fault (Coby/Jagr) and people not at fault (JVR). Now that you understand the system, here’s the data for the past four games in all three situations:

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Broad Street Hockey Opening Day Roster


Jody Shelley's suspension, given that BSH is correct and his cap hit does not count against the upper limit, has given the Flyers some major options for how they fill their roster for opening day. Before the suspention here was our roster:

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Daniel Briere ($6.500m) / Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m)
Jaromir Jagr ($3.300m) / Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Jakub Voracek ($2.250m)
Maxime Talbot ($1.750m) / Wayne Simmonds ($1.750m) / James Van Riemsdyk ($1.654m)
Ian Laperriere ($1.166m) / Jody Shelley ($1.100m) / Andreas Nodl ($0.845m)
Blair Betts ($0.700m)

DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Chris Pronger ($4.921m)
Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m) / Matt Carle ($3.437m)
Braydon Coburn ($3.200m) / Andreas Lilja ($0.737m)
Oskars Bartulis ($0.600m)

GOALTENDERS
Ilya Bryzgalov ($5.666m) / Sergei Bobrovsky ($1.750m)

CARRY-OVER BONUS PENALTY: $1,402,500

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,124,762; BONUSES: $3,815,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $175,238

Lappy on LTIR cap room (175238+1.166): $1,341,905

Poll
Which option do you like?
Couturier (13) and Read (12)
41 votes
Read (12), Sestito/Rinaldo (13), AND 741k
27 votes
Walker (6) and Sestito/Rinaldo (12)
1 votes
Gustafsson (6/7), Read (12), Sestito/Rinaldo (13)
16 votes
Other (describe below if you have an idea)
1 votes

86 votes | Poll has closed

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Broad Street Hockey Prime 9 Camp Questions


Camp is underway, the captain has been named, and the season is approaching. There are tons of stories every day about new players and position battles, but it is very hard to keep all of them in context. I'm going to break down the nine biggest questions/battles that we have going into camp in no particular order.

Poll
Which question is the most intriguing?
Top-2 lines
14 votes
Third line center
9 votes
Third line LW
7 votes
12/13th forwards
8 votes
Best offensive Phantom
0 votes
Best defensive Phantom (forward)
0 votes
6/7th defesnive spots
2 votes
Gustafsson vs. Marshall
0 votes
Standouts
2 votes

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Broad Street Hockey NHL 12 Ratings

NHL 2012, by EA Sports, is a game that many hockey fans, including the ones on this site, tend to enjoy. The newest copy comes out on September 13th, and the new ratings have been released. Before I go into how badly EA messed up our roster, I want to start out with how bad they messed up the goalies.

 

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Broad Street Hockey What A Steal, JVR Signs 6-Year Deal


JVR signed today for a 6-year/25.5 million dollar contract. There are pretty mixed reviews and most people are considering it a high-risk/high-reward play. Thats not how I see it.

Poll
Using Eric's PPG vs. Cap Chart JVR will be worth what next year?
47 points, 3.25 million
6 votes
51 points, 3.75 million
8 votes
55 points, 4.25 million
16 votes
60 points, 4.75 million
24 votes
64 points, 5.25 million
5 votes
68 points, 5.75 million
10 votes

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A week or so ago BSH posted a page showing Ilya Bryzgalov's new goalie mask. It had a black cage and tigers on it. Well this link tends to think otherwise, which would be awesome. Tigers? Okay... Betsy Ross, Ben Franklin, the Constitution, the Art Museum Stairs, Ben Franklin Bridge, Betsy Ross Bridge, (I guess Walt Whitman gets no love...), Liberty Bell, big Flyers Logo, ZERO tigers, and the top of City Hall. Now that's a Flyer goalie mask!

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Broad Street Hockey Carle and Coburn's Next Contract

 

With all of the changes that have affected our roster over the past few months most people have forgotten how stable our defense has been over the past four years. In the Eastern Conference Finals loss to Pittsburgh both Brayden Coburn and Kimmo Timonen were on the roster (and hurt for the majority of that series…). Early the following year we traded for Matt Carle and after that season we acquired Chris Pronger. The four of them are now going into their third year together making up the top-4 with Andrej Meszaros playing the role of the fifth man in the top four for the second year in a row. I have grown to be very comfortable with these guys back there and I have no issue with that big-5 staying in tact until Kimmo retires. With that said, both Brayden Coburn and Matt Carle are in the least year of their contracts and due for possible raises. With JVR and Jake Voracek also receiving potential raises next year, money will be tight once again this offseason. Let’s take a realistic look at what kind of figures Coburn and Carle can expect based off of their play last year.

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Broad Street Hockey Brayden Schenn's Potential

 

The consensus NHL comparable to new Flyer Brayden Schenn is old Flyer (ew) Mike Richards. They are both 2-way centers that have tremendous leadership ability, a physical game, and can light up the score sheet. Richie has been slightly under PPG for the majority of his veteran NHL career. His junior numbers predicted his offensive success in the NHL, as junior numbers usually do. If this is the case then why are people saying that Schenn's upside is Mike Richards? Brayden Schenn scored at a 1.52 points-per-game clip as an 18-year-old in the WHL and
registered an astounding 1.97 PPG the following year (which ended roughly three months before his 20th birthday---yes he is still only 19). Richards on the other hand topped at 1.53 in the year where he started as an 18-year-old and turned 19 during the February of that season only to dip back down to 1.3 PPG in his final junior season. After the jump check the side by side comparison of the old and new Mike Richards in their pre-NHL days.

 

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Broad Street Hockey Scoring Depth

 

Last year, along with years prior to that, the Philadelphia Flyers had some elite scoring depth. Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Claude Giroux, Danny Briere, Scott Hartnell, Kris Versteeg, Nikolay Zherdev, Ville Leino, Simon Gagne, a young James vanRiemsdyk, Mike Knuble, Joffrey Lupul. Ten of those guys have scored 50 points in a season in the past 3 years, which is the minimum that a first line winger should score. Just last year we had nine of those twelve players and could have potentially had at least seven or eight of them this year.  As we have all seen recently, the Flyers chose a different strategy. Richards is in LA, Carter is in Colombus, Versteeg is in Florida, Zherdev could be in Russia, Leino is making two times his value in Buffalo, Gagne joined Richards in LA (along with about ten other former Flyers), Knuble is in Washington for another year, and Lupul is in Toronto. Gone are 8 of our most recent 11 50-point (first line) players. Is it realistic to say that we are still have solid scoring depth?



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Broad Street Hockey Who is Your Favorite Flyer?

With the overhaul many Flyer fans lost their favorite players in Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, and Kris Versteeg (just kidding). With the lack of action in the Flyer universe, who is your favorite player?


Poll
Who is it?
Claude Giroux
84 votes
James van Riemsdyk
19 votes
Scott Hartnell
9 votes
Danny Briere
16 votes
Chris Pronger
15 votes
Matt Carle
1 votes
Kimmo Timonen
9 votes
Braydon Coburn
2 votes

155 votes | Poll has closed

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Broad Street Hockey 2011-12 Flyers: Bigger, Stronger, Tougher

I wanted to see the difference between the forwards from last year to this year so I compiled some data. All height and weight numbers were from wikipedia (through looking around, I felt this was the best and most accurate site), hitting and TOI numbers were from NHL.com, and fighting numbers were from hockeyfights.com.

 

2010-11 Flyers:

PlayerHT (in)Wt (Lb)FightsHitsMinsHits/Min
Centers            
Richards 71 195 2 104 1529 0.068
Giroux 71 172 1 117 1509 0.078
Briere 70 170 0 36 1409 0.026
Betts 75 210 0 82 783 0.105
Average: 71.75 186.75 3     0.065
Wingers            
Hartnell 74 210 6 168 1361 0.123
Leino 73 183 0 35 1297 0.027
Carter 75 200 1 65 1459 0.045
vanReimsdyk 75 211 1 107 1089 0.098
Zherdev 74 203 0 39 720 0.054
Versteeg 70 182 0 25 414 0.060
Powe 71 212 1 196 995 0.197
Nodl 73 196 0 111 889 0.125
Carcillo 71 205 13 80 442 0.181
Shelley 75 230 12 196 995 0.197
Top 6 Avg: 73.5 198.1666667 8     0.069
Top 8 Avg 73.125 199.625 9     0.091
Total Avg 73.1 203.2 34     0.106

2011-12 Flyers:

PlayerHT (in)Wt (Lb)FightsHitsMinsHits/Min
Centers            
Schenn 72 196 1 12 90 0.133333333
Giroux 71 172 1 117 1509 0.077534791
Briere 70 170 0 36 1409 0.025550035
Betts 75 210 0 82 783 0.104725415
  72 187 2     0.065154313
Wingers            
Hartnell 74 210 6 168 1361 0.123438648
Voracek 73 205 0 55 1357 0.040530582
Jagr 75 242 0 27 1678 0.016090584
vanReimsdyk 75 211 1 107 1089 0.09825528
Talbot 71 191 4 154 1235 0.124696356
Simmonds 74 183 6 125 1076 0.116171004
Nodl 73 196 0 111 889 0.124859393
Shelley 75 230 12 96 358 0.268156425
Sestito 77 228 22 31 85 0.364705882
Top 6 Avg: 73.66666667 207 17     0.081580298
Top 7 Avg 73.57142857 205.4285714 17     0.086010363
Total Avg 74.11111111 210.6666667 51     0.095749343

 

*Jagr's numbers were from his last season in the NHL

** I only used the top 7 forwards because having Shelley/Sestito in the top 8 would skew all of the size numbers as compared to Powe and Nodl being the 7th and 8th forwards

 

Comparison:

 

Ht (in)Wt (lb)FightsHit/MinuteHit/Game
Center          
2010-11 71.75 186.8 3.0 0.0648 3.89
2011-12 72.00 187.0 2.0 0.0652 3.91
  0.25 0.25 -1.00 0.0003 0.02
Top 6 Wingers          
2010-11 73.50 198.17 8.00 0.0692 4.15
2011-12 73.67 207.00 17.00 0.0816 4.89
  0.17 8.83 9.00 0.0123 0.74
Starting Wingers          
2010-11 73.13 199.63 9.00 0.0907 5.44
2011-12 73.57 205.43 17.00 0.0860 5.16
  0.45 5.80 8.00 -0.0047 -0.28
All Wingers          
2010-11 73.10 203.20 34.00 0.1058 6.35
2011-12 74.11 210.67 51.00 0.0957 5.74
  1.01 7.47 17.00 -0.0100 -0.60

What do you make of all of that?

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Broad Street Hockey Voracek, Simmonds, and Schenn


This is not a guide to what we lost today. I loved both Mike Richards and Jeff Carter just as much if not more than any of you out there… but they are gone. I am devastated but more than any other feeling I feel betrayed as a fan. This city loved both of those guys, especially the captain. The guy who is my wall paper on my computer for the short-handed goal in the Conference Finals clincher. But this post is not about the past; it’s about the future. And I’m looking at the positives. Some in depth previews with lots of video clips (I’m sure the staff here will do a great job of giving us a look at the advanced stat/salary cap/etc. issues) while generally doing my best to help guide you to see the light at the end of the tunnel… or back away from the ledge if you were as negative at first as I was.

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Towards the bottom of the article the Washington GM said "Really, though, if you're going to give away picks, this is the year to do it."

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Broad Street Hockey NHL Equivalencies

FirstLastAgeTeamLeagueGPPtsP/GNCAA PtsAHL PtsNHL Pts
Jason Akeson 20 Kitchener Rangers OHL 67 108 1.61   58.0 39.7
Jason Akeson 19 Kitchener Rangers OHL 65 80 1.23   44.3 30.3
Jason Akeson 18 Kitchener Rangers OHL 56 64 1.14   41.1 28.1
Jason Akeson 17 Kitchener Rangers OHL 13 2 0.15   5.5 3.8
Ben Holmstrom 23 Adarondak Phanotms AHL 79 38 0.48     17.4
Ben Holmstrom 22 Adarondak Phanotms AHL 13 3 0.23     8.3
Ben Holmstrom 22 Mass-Lowell NCAA 39 23 0.59   25.0 19.8
Ben Holmstrom 21 Mass-Lowell NCAA 38 21 0.55   23.4 18.6
Ben Holmstrom 20 Mass-Lowell NCAA 37 27 0.73   30.9 24.5
Ben Holmstrom 19 Mass-Lowell NCAA 30 13 0.43   18.4 14.6
Brenden Ranford 18 Kamloops Blazers WHL 68 86 1.26   43.5 31.1
Brenden Ranford 17 Kamloops Blazers WHL 72 65 0.90   31.1 22.2
Brenden Ranford 16 Kamloops Blazers WHL 66 27 0.41   14.1 10.1
Matt Read 24 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 11 13 1.18   48.9 39.7
Matt Read 24 Bemidji State University NCAA 37 35 0.95   39.1 31.8
Matt Read 23 Bemidji State University NCAA 37 41 1.11   45.8 37.3
Matt Read 22 Bemidji State University NCAA 37 40 1.08   44.7 36.3
Matt Read 21 Bemidji State University NCAA 36 27 0.75   31.0 25.2
Matt Read 20 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 58 62 1.07 25.7 30.9 26.3
Tom Sestito 23 2 Teams AHL 57 35 0.61     22.2
Tom Sestito 22 Syracuse AHL 36 17 0.47     17.0
Tom Sestito 21 Syracuse AHL 52 20 0.38     13.9
Tom Sestito 20 Syracuse AHL 66 23 0.35     12.6
Tom Sestito 19 Plymoth Whalers OHL 60 64 1.07   38.4 26.2
Tom Sestito 18 Plymoth Whalers OHL 57 20 0.35   12.6 8.6
Tom Sestito 17 Plymoth Whalers OHL 35 4 0.11   4.1 2.8
Mike Testwuide 24 Adarondak Phanotms AHL 76 39 0.51     18.5
Mike Testwuide 23 Colorado College NCAA 36 31 0.86   36.5 29.0
Mike Testwuide 22 Colorado College NCAA 36 9 0.25   10.6 8.4
Mike Testwuide 21 Colorado College NCAA 33 21 0.64   27.0 21.4
Mike Testwuide 20 Colorado College NCAA 29 10 0.34   14.6 11.6
Mike Testwuide 19 USHL USHL 54 31 0.57 13.8 17.0 14.1
Mike Testwuide 18 USHL USHL 46 10 0.22 5.2 6.4 5.3
Eric Wellwood 21 Adarondak Phanotms AHL 73 28 0.38     13.8
Eric Wellwood 20 Windsor Spitfires OHL 65 68 1.05   37.7 25.7
Eric Wellwood 19 Windsor Spitfires OHL 61 34 0.56   20.1 13.7
Eric Wellwood 18 Windsor Spitfires OHL 68 16 0.24   8.5 5.8
Eric Wellwood 17 Windsor Spitfires OHL 23 7 0.30   11.0 7.5

 

 

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Broad Street Hockey How Much is Ville Worth?

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The biggest free agency concern that the Flyers’ front office will face this summer is Ville Leino. For the first time in his career Ville will be an unrestricted free agent come July 1st unless the Flyers can sign him before then. The question now becomes how much is Ville Leino worth?

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What is the max you would pay Ville?
Nothing, get rid of him
12 votes
2.5 million
45 votes
3 million
30 votes
3.5 million
16 votes
4 million
2 votes
4.5 million
0 votes
Whatever he wants
2 votes

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