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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Insider trading:
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/insider-...tthews~1230997
Dreger suggests that Matthews may get more than McDavid. Watch the video for the logic.
Nylander might get signed first by the Leafs because he is RFA next season. Number likely to start with a 7.
LeBrun thinks is is very likely Kucherov's next contract will eclipse Stamkos'
McKenzie points out that Slashing penalties are up 495% compared to last year, but PPs are only up 18% which shows that other penalties are being called less.
Lebrun repeated the previously reported Galchenyuk stuff. |
This is a logical error. Other penalties aren't being called less, it's just that slashing penalties are only a portion of penalties that are called, so 5x more of them then last year could only effect total penalties by 18%.You can't make that correlation without knowing the percentage or portional breakdown of the types of penalties that were called last year. Also, the percentage of slashing penalties taken this year being so much higher this year would reduce the proportional percentage of other types of penalties compared to slashing.
Finally, other penalties could also be called less because players that are frequently penalized for tripping ect, might already be in the box for taking a slashing penalty that wouldn't have been called last year, reducing their ice time to commit other shenanigans.