Skinner from Rask is going to be this year's version of Marchand from Bergeron for me. Dynamic duo who play a million FCHL games.
Rask is maybe one of the more surprising draft picks of mine who has actually made it. Never ever really hyped, and just kind of gradually became a top line forward. He still has to take a step forward in terms of production to get over the 0.500 hump, but he's off to a hell of a start (4+4 in 6.33 games).
Boy, Hamilton with 2.5 already too. Boys came to play. Looking to put the poor showing last night behind then and take it to a hated division rival. That's heart.
John, give me the lowdown on Vesey. How has he looked so far? Projections for the season?
I like what I see. He has been creative and has skill. He is a better player than Hayes who came to the Rangers in a similar way a couple of years back
That was my choice but I understand democracy. Maybe given the increase in games played due to double headers we can just eliminate six game nights instead?
All because I got forced into going to this god damn Halloween party for my girlfriend, where I got cornered into talking investments most of the night. ****.
That was my choice but I understand democracy. Maybe given the increase in games played due to double headers we can just eliminate six game nights instead?
Well, no, because we still need to have 15-game blocks to balance the number of double headers. I mean, I guess there's nothing to stop us from having more than one team have a double header on a single night. But it would be a tiny pain to schedule and I crave symmetry dammit.
I don't really know what's inherently unfair about having a DH on a 6-game night though. Your opponents only have 12 NHL teams to draw players from too.
It's all entirely random. You could maybe just as easily face two teams without goalies while you have your best lineup.
One thing I can ensure, though, is next year I can release the schedule as early as possible and if you have short DH nights you can maybe target different players? Tiny help, I guess.
I don't think it's unfair in any way, it's just less fun to play two games on a short night. I'd rather eliminate 6 game nights full stop and go down to a 60 game schedule personally.
I don't think it's unfair in any way, it's just less fun to play two games on a short night. I'd rather eliminate 6 game nights full stop and go down to a 60 game schedule personally.
Interesting.
I don't like the idea of playing 20% fewer games.
I don't really understand what makes a 6-game night less fun than a 7-game night or a 12-game night, though. I think they're all fun.
Took me a while to remember how to do math, but I think the following is correct:
I tried to work out the odds of having all 5 doubleheaders avoid 6-game nights.
You play one double header in each block of 15 game nights.
There are 5 15-game blocks, so you get 5 doubleheaders over the course of a 75-night regular season.
There are 7 6-game nights on the schedule, out of the 75 game nights.
Assumptions:
6-game nights are randomly distributed
Double headers are randomly distributed within the 15-game blocks.
Given that we have one double header in each 15 game block, the odds of that particular game being a 6-game night is 7/75. So the odds of it not being on a 6-game night are 68/75. The odds of going all 5 double headers without having a 6-game night, then, is (68/75)^5. Right? So..... [calculator noises]... 61.27%.
Alternatively, the odds of having exactly ONE double header fall on a 6-game night would be 7/75*(68/75)^4... 6.3%
Further, the odds of having exactly TWO double headers that fall on 6-game nights would be... 7/75*7/75*(68/75)^3.... 0.65%. I'm less sure about this one being right, but I think it checks out too.
The odds of having 2 or more, would just be just under 0.9% total, I think.
