Comments on: Why I’m Not Freaking Out About the Capitals

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:31:00 +0000

Thank you for this!

By: Peter Hassett

Peter Hassett — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:03:00 +0000

Ah, well, I see your point. I’d stipulate that there are other issues in addition to aging, but that aging is definitely one of them. The Caps don’t seem to do well with quality of Ovi’s linemates, his offensive zone deployment, or puck possession (a function of systems). So yeah. I agree.

By: Yv

Yv — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:07:00 +0000

Of course every player, sprinter, etc decline with the age, that’s why you cant take seriously all current critique when Ovi production compared to Stamkos. What I’m saying about Ovi is in comparison with others. This is just simple logic, when you see that many players, who have scored much less then Ovi in past, producing now much more than him, while they much more older than he is, then it is not an aging problem, but something else. And one of the reason can be with whom he is playing.

By: Peter Hassett

Peter Hassett — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:54:00 +0000

Yeah, I linked to Neil’s piece above. He and I had a lot of the same conclusions.

Here’s a TBL article that might make you feel even better– http://www.rawcharge.com/2013/1/30/3932722/2013-tampa-baylightning-statistics-games-1-5-advanced-statistics-PDO-Sabermetrics they are going off a cliff soon

By: Peter Hassett

Peter Hassett — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:53:00 +0000

Every player declines with age. You can’t look 6 games in to figure it out. The peak age for scoring is 25, with a big drop-off right before 30.

By: Yv

Yv — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:07:00 +0000

There is no aging problem with Ovi if he doesn’t want to have one. He is only 27. The current top scorers in NHL are 33,33,37 and only Stamkos 22. The big difference is that they play in pairs, at-least. Marleau with Thornton (66 years combined), MSL with Stamkos, Neal with Malkin, while Ovi with Beagle or Crabb. In current NHL scorers cant do anything alone, like in the past. Caps wins and fate depend on Ovi and his linemates scoring. That’s why top shape, passing and production from Backstrom is crucial, or maybe Ribeiro if he would be paired with Ovi.

By: Dark Stranger

Dark Stranger — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:44:00 +0000

Neil Greenberg posted something similar on Caps Insider today. (I recall he used to write for you all.) Neil was citing the PDO stat in his article today along with the Caps’ overall (low) shooting success percentage.

I’ll admit I was feeling pretty low about our chances last night and earlier today, given the low winning percentage and the fact the Caps haven’t played too many “quality” opponents. And also the fact that many of the Caps bloggers expressed “bearish” opinions on the Caps’ chances for this year.

By: Owen Johnson

Owen Johnson — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:32:00 +0000

I second this. I looked forward to those.

By: Peter Hassett

Peter Hassett — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:21:00 +0000

Ha thanks Kate. It’ll be okay!

By: Peter Hassett

Peter Hassett — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:20:00 +0000

We approached PuckBuddys to asked if they wanted to do a weekly preview. I’ll ask em again! Thanks for the interest.