| Date | 2007-12-23 12:03 |
| Message | My understanding is that the Blackhawks have been suffering with a few injuries and Byfuglien was filling in a bit. Now that Sharp is back and others are coming together, I noticed that Byfuglien was back on D last night. I think its pretty clear he is a defenceman, and filling in up front when needed. |
| Date | 2007-12-23 09:43 |
| Message | I agree with GM Epp, but I think Byfuglien's situation is different because he had been playing Forward for two weeks before the draft. All the other D men were drafted as D men, and then they've had a few games here and there up front, I think those are a bonus, but Byfuglien playing forward when he was drafted is different. Also NHL.com takes a long time to update some of their stats and player info. |
| Date | 2007-12-23 06:46 |
| Message | Re: defense vs. forward I think if someone is listed as a defenseman at the start of the season with the NHL, they collect points as a defenseman all year for whomever drafted them, even if they shift postions. If they are listed as a forward the following season, then the GM will have to list them as such. As many GM's have stated, it will be very difficult to monitor what position a player is collecting points in...also, these situations are so rare, I don't think we need to police them -- I'm happy with a bonus for the GM that lucks out and picks a defenseman who gets shifted to foward and triples his point production. Same rule applies for forwards shifted to D (though the Marty McSorely's are rare indeed). Just my input... |
| Date | 2007-12-22 02:16 |
| Message | We are now waiting on Rob, then finishing up with Philly. |
| Date | 2007-12-22 11:52 |
| Message | i'll take mike green and cory stillman.. drop rusty klesla and teemu.. |
| Date | 2007-12-22 08:51 |
| Message | I think its vertually impossible to police this dman situation. For example, Mark Striet plays 55 minutes in a game versus Florida on the last game of the season, then Montreal needing a goal puts him out for a shift on forward, he gets an assist. The NHL stats will indicate that he was a defenceman in that game, but we will never know he actually scored the point playing forward. The only way to know excactly how points are scored is by watching all players in evry game, which is impossible. If a guy is thought of as a defenceman its so hard to mandate which points are scored from where. |
| Date | 2007-12-22 07:09 |
| Message | Drop: Sullivan Pick: Rozsival |
| Date | 2007-12-22 04:05 |
| Message | I will now be out of the province of BC and will no longer have efficient internet access (the places I'm going have sketchy internet). I will attempt to check the board out but if you want to get a hold of me the better way would be via email. |
| Date | 2007-12-21 08:05 |
| Message | it's such an exception that it seems like a reasonable bandaid solution.. if it becomes more commonplace, we may have to look at a different solution. if commish's idea sticks, does shane get to pick someone else if he wants? |
| Date | 2007-12-21 07:11 |
| Message | I think that reasoning sux and would cause for too much work and research by our beloved commish. If the guy is listed on the nhl.com website as a D-man, then apparently the nhl is convinced that he is defense, and if its good enough for the nhl it should be good enough for the fhl, and i'd like to see you get the pickuphockey site to decypher the two different types of points! |