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bhf303
(The Next Level!)
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 Posted - 02/27/2011 : 7:45:34 PM
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Originally posted by Donnie Hockey
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Originally posted by bhf303
If he is not getting that strong play in front of him then, how does the NHL parent team view his play?
An NHL organization is more concerned with a prospects attitude, work ethic, preparation, how they responds after giving up a bad goal or bad shift and/or game, and if they're getting better at the things they've asked them to work on including learning to be a pro than they are the player's stats.
If an NHL organization has a player in the ECHL and they think the culture isn't right for their development, they'll place the player somewhere else.
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hrc666
(Loves To Post!)
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Posted - 02/27/2011 : 7:46:38 PM
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Chet Pickard has the second worst save percentage (.881) in the league. Only Palmer of Toledo (.875) is worse among ECHL goalies who have played the minimum required minutes to be listed.
Cheverie (.896) and Foster (.922) have played behind the same defense as Chet has.
Pickard is slow. His lateral movement is poor. His glove hand is very suspect in terms of both dropping and fanning on pucks. He lets in soft goals almost every single game. He cheats on the short side to compensate for his lack of quickness. He's bad. It's as plain as day to see.
I feel bad for the kid. He seems to be a nice kid, but he just doesn't have it. Every time he appears to take a step forward, he then takes two backwards. He rarely comes up with a big save.
Cheverie produced 31 points for the team in 27 decisions (13-9-3-2). That is an average of 1.148 points per decision. Pickard has produced 21 points in 24 decisions (9-12-2-1). That is .875 points per decision.
Playing in front of the same defense as Cheverie, Pickard has yielded .273 LESS points per decision than Cheverie. Over 24 decisions, the aggregate difference in points yielded between these two goalies has been 6.55 points for the Cyclones.
These 7 points mark the difference between the Cyclones almost being assured of a playoff spot by now instead of having to presently struggle for one.
Bad goaltending is killing this team. Specifically, Chet Pickard's.
Helen Keller could see this simple fact.
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Donnie Hockey
(Loves To Post!)
USA
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Posted - 02/27/2011 : 11:10:21 PM
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Originally posted by hrc666
Playing in front of the same defense as Cheverie, Pickard has yielded .273 LESS points per decision than Cheverie.
What about forwards? Are the new forwards better or worse defensively than the ones that were on the team when Cheverie was with the club?
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bags
(Person With Nothing Better To Do!)
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2011 : 06:34:37 AM
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Originally posted by Donnie Hockey
What about forwards? Are the new forwards better or worse defensively than the ones that were on the team when Cheverie was with the club?
Since all the trades, I have seen better movement and forwards being
in their proper positions on the ice. If we had Cheverie and Foster
(yes I know they both are from Florida) for goalies, I would be ready
to talk playoffs with anyone. With Foster and a slightly used Pickard,
I would give us a 70 percent chance of playoffs. With a straight one-
one rotation the percentage goes down to 40 ! Pickard needs some solid
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dbc
(Been Here Awhile)
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Posted - 02/28/2011 : 12:56:25 PM
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| Like 99% of hockey fans, I don't watch the defensive play of the forwards too much except for the PK. It seems though that the shots given up have gone down a bit, so at worse I don't think there has been much difference. |
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