Comments on: Introducing: The Sasha Index

By: Ian Oland

Ian Oland — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:55:00 +0000

Yeah. I spent like 10 hours making that image!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:08:49 +0000

I agree with Barb. Semin is almost always singled out and beaten up for not perfect play while many others are never mentioned when they do the same things. Obviously, Sasha’s good outweighs his bad (as this article indicates) but I get very tired of only hearing negative things about him.

By: Neil - RMNB

Neil - RMNB — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:04:06 +0000

@Barb Thanks for the feedback. As for:

“why should semin be held to a higher standard when so many others are allowed to be merely mediocre, and it’s perfectly okay?”

I think I am widely known for pointing out (and predicting) other players’ mediocrity and in no way single out Semin.

This is a fun post. Enjoy it.

By: Rachel Cohen

Rachel Cohen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:45:14 +0000

@Livia: I /believe/ Ian was the mastermind behind the 1st picture (correct me if I’m wrong, guys). :]

By: Livia

Livia — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:12:51 +0000

Did all five of you have a hand in the first picture (the good Sasha/bad Sasha photos plus photoshop)? What’s your process? It must have been fun to add the finishing details, down to the golden, loopy script to match his halo. The result is very silly, but oddly coherent, and worth at least a thousand words.

By: barb

barb — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:56:28 +0000

i’m sure you meant the humor in good fun. i enjoy a good cheeseburger as much as the next person, and there should be no sacred cows on this team. but i would like to see everyone on this team measured by, and beaten, with the same stick. that doesn’t seem to happen much.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:37:45 +0000

@barb, I think the tone of this post is lighter than you give it credit for. If you'd like a more sober take on Semin's consistency, please check out Neil's article on the justification for his reputation as a "streaky" player.

By: barb

barb — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:33:09 +0000

arg. moral. typo!

By: barb

barb — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:58:00 +0000

so the morale of the article is that semin is worth the trouble because of what he can do, but you wish he would do it more often?

can we look forward to future articles where this “good versus bad” comparision is applied tongue-in-cheek to all players on the team? i would so love a scientific dissection of the year knuble has had, with video footage showing each great goal he managed to deflect in, and yet again each time he has failed to make it to the net because he’s too slow and unskilled to keep up with the pair he’s on a line with. or fehr? sometimes so brilliant, but usually just about invisible. or bradley? or chimera? what about laich? hendricks?

it makes no sense to me why fans expect perfection from semin game after game, but ignore the imperfection and inconsistent play from so many others on this team, including the captain and his center. why should semin be held to a higher standard when so many others are allowed to be merely mediocre, and it’s perfectly okay?

By: Dark Stranger

Dark Stranger — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:44:32 +0000

@Peter,

Thanks for the reply. In judging from the graph, it appears that the positives outweigh the negatives and the long term trend is upward, even with the ups and downs.