Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
You are making it sound like skill and competency result in streakinees, as in a person is competent for 10 games and then become incompetent for a stretch. No. They have a prior skillset, but confidence fluctuates.
|
Lot's of things contribute to streakiness I just don't think that any of them are related to "confidence". Does confidence fluctuate? Yes it does... but I don't think it causes one to score more or score less, I think it's an effect of result not a cause of result (I think you feel confident because you score goals not that you score goals because you are confident). You can't just say "confidence flucuates and then automatically assign it value as the determinator of goal scoring. Lot's of things flucuate... Random variance (A.K.A. Luck), health, fatigue, schedule variation, qualcomp, qualteam, icetime, special team play... all of these things flucuate (some more then others) on a game-by-game basis.
Really the "streaky" player is the norm... it's the consistent player that's the exception on a game by game basis.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ricardodw
There are a lot of lineups showing Glencross getting dropped to the 3rd line??
Glencross >>>>> Stempniak
|
I think it's less that Glencross is "dropping" to the third line and more that Baertschi is starting on the second line. Truthfully I imagine the Flames having essually two "second" lines. They'll each get about the same amount of icetime but one will get more defensive responsibility (tougher starts and draws, PK special team play) while the other will get more offensive responsibility (easier draws and O-zone starts, PP special team play).