He lost the love in Buffalo. (See other thread). As apparently did Eichel when he admitted after winning the cup that in vegas he finally liked coming to the rink again.
IsDurbanodoingtime wrote: ↑14 Oct 2025 22:30 pm
He lost the love in Buffalo. (See other thread). As apparently did Eichel when he admitted after winning the cup that in vegas he finally liked coming to the rink again.
I hope he lost his love again. At least he’d have an excuse for being awful.
Nashville hasn't looked that bad this year. I think ror has been a big part. He has the gwg for both of Nashville's wins.
What those numbers show is that he is the guy counted on when his teams thinking defense.
The difference between the Blues good numbers and the rest. Is Defense, from our Offense, is our (donkey) backwards thing.
skilles wrote: ↑14 Oct 2025 22:37 pm
My guess is wildly lopsided d zone starts.
-25 or so over his past 82.
Ouch
What are his zone start percentages?
His d zone starts the last 3 years
22-23 44.2%
23-24 35.7%
24-25 35.9%
this year so far 33.3%
This did surprise me. His last year in St. Louis was 59.8%
I don't think you can judge a guy by +/- when is is getting 60% d zone starts but yeah when its 35% that number needs to be better.
The one area that +/- is weak as a stat is on losing teams. That number gets out of whack because since they are losing they pull the goalie a lot. That ends up in a lot of empty net goals. I've always thought that they needed to not count the the +/- when the goalie is pulled. I think it would make it more accurate.
I haven't watched ROR play this year or much last year. He was always an oddity of a player. Not fast, but effective. It's not hard to imagine losing a step could drastically reduce his ability to make a difference. He won a cup here and should always be respected.
