@jaredbook

Deputy Managing Editor @HabsEOTP. Habs, Rocket, PWHL. Concordia Journalism '09. Sometimes Canadian Press. [email protected]. He/Him

Montreal
Joined November 2008
I am not saying that I necessarily believe the reports that the Habs are looking into Scheifele and that Kucherov is an option if he doesn't re-sign. However, the Habs need villains. Villains help you win the Cup. The fact Habs fans hate them is kind of the point...
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The All-Star Game location is a major announcement for every sports league that exists. Even more-so for a league's first where there is CBA-mandated compensation for such an event that didn't exist for the league's first three seasons.
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A lot of focus on the other Vlad video (for obvious reasons), but this one seems very important too.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: "I’ve been dealing with a back injury all year; it’s not a very serious injury—some days I wake up feeling fine, and other days I wake up in pain—but that’s no excuse for the bad season I’ve had. I’ve felt depression and anxiety. There are times when I’ve called my dad late at night to open up to him." (📽 Veronica Batista / @NTelemicro5)
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I don't think these networks who paid a lot of money for the rights to broadcast games realize how dire the situation will be when, like, three people who are holding up the broadcast standards for the industry retire.
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So great that these new streaming platforms are really doing everything they can to find and give a platform to new, young voices who haven't had the opportunities with the major networks. Instead they take a guy literally out of retirement that didn't even last the off-season.
Exclusif : Alain Crête devient le descripteur officiel des matchs du CH sur Amazon Prime!!! L’annonce sera faite la semaine prochaine! Excellente nouvelle pour tous! La retraite d’Alain aura été parmi les plus courtes du présent siècle !😂😂😂🏒
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Me coming down with the same cold my wife has dealt with for the last week without complaint.
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Wait wait wait Logan Shaw (#12) was the last Leaf to touch the puck. So a former Hab wearing #12 was involved in both of those similar goals.
That goal didn't even need an Alex Galchenyuk giveaway
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That goal didn't even need an Alex Galchenyuk giveaway
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Looked like Andrei Markov there
Maksymilian Szuber donne l'avance aux siens à Toronto! Maksymilian Szuber puts us up in Toronto! MTL 2, TOR 1 #GoHabsGo | 📍 TOR
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So you're telling me David Reinbacher wasn't a bust at 21?
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Jared Book retweeted
🚨New Episode 🚨 The @FullPressNHL Podcast is back joined by @jaredbook of @HabsEOTP to discuss how the Montreal Canadiens and how they primed for success under GM Kent Hughes. Is he done making moves? #gohabsgo Find out here Watch, Like, Subscribe: youtu.be/h1aBNf6w2Bg?is=8eHU…
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It might have been his first development camp or rookie camp, I watched him warm up by taking shots from Marie-Philip Poulin on the ice. Now he rolls out a quote she would be proud of (and actually used before) 😂
Jakub Dobes n’a pas changé. « Je vais essayer de faire l’équipe et on verra pour la suite. » J’aime l’humilité.
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I tested this hypothesis. I was going to do an article, but that would indicate that there is something meaningful in the data, and there really isn't. I will post my findings here, in this thread.
Replying to @cowabungacat
I think that’s the definition of advanced stats, actually. Surely if the team and its players performed better when Xhekaj was in the lineup the numbers would back that up. I haven’t looked into it but that’s why statistics exist. Sounds like a project for tomorrow.
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I tested this hypothesis. I was going to do an article, but that would indicate that there is something meaningful in the data, and there really isn't. I will post my findings here, in this thread.
Replying to @cowabungacat
I think that’s the definition of advanced stats, actually. Surely if the team and its players performed better when Xhekaj was in the lineup the numbers would back that up. I haven’t looked into it but that’s why statistics exist. Sounds like a project for tomorrow.
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"But when he's out of the lineup teams will go harder against Hutson and Caufield" I tested that too. Cole: 1.04 PPG without (28 GP) / 0.96 PPG with Lane: 0.93 PPG without (29 GP) / 0.81 PPG with Again, no indication teams play harder against the smallest skill players.
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No I don't think that the team is materially better with or without Arber. We're talking about a 6th defenceman. That's what Arber has shown to be and he has a contract to show whether he can be more. The rest is up to him, and the rest of the guys fighting for spots.
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There has never been a bigger gap between fan appreciation for a player and role to the team as Arber Xhekaj is becoming. Xhekaj was a perfectly fine bottom pairing defender when the team was rebuilding (and genuinely one of the organization's best stories, possibly ever) (1/2)
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As the team gets better, the bar gets higher. He's still a bottom pairing D but there's more competition and more urgency. I'm not saying he doesn't bring other useful things to the table, but there are other ways to get that as well. He has improved, how much more is there?
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The Blue Jays keep giving me new ways for me to hate myself for ever loving baseball. Do you know how hard that is? I grew up with the EXPOS for crying out loud.
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The best moments in Expos history ended with a game named "Blue Monday" and having the best team in baseball in the only year the World Series was cancelled.
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