Merritt Smith

Hockey fan, amateur chef, cultivator of fine facial hair

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@Dylanufuq @DNVR_Rudo Rudo - He's showing you how a real keyboard warrior does it.

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@Casual_Mats @Steve_Dangle The Canadial Dental Association has trading cards now?

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@usahockey "Holy schnikey! Some of these guys look like actual grown-ups!"

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@JFreshHockey Draft picks are overvalued in the NHL outside of the top-5 or top-10. It often seems the worst thing you can do with a pick is to use it at the draft. Trade it. A year or two of a proven vet is better than a 30% shot in 4 years.

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@wyshynski This being the NHL, you'll get the Geno + Sid sweaters for Ovie's plus some cap retention.

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@LOPN_Avalanche Another fun fact: Wilf Paiement played for the Colorado Rockies.

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@megangley 14 points separates a 4th-overall and an undrafted NCAA UFA. Quite the signing by CMac. He's still looking up at that other 4th-overall, but still...

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@AdamZHerman @shaynagoldman_ Bednar has 2 goalies above .915, including Blackwood at
.924. Will that work?

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@LOPN_Avalanche If the Avs' sweater doesn't have a big YETI footprint on the front it will be a massive opportunity missed. Got to rub their trunks in the missed logo/branding opportunity.

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@MikeKellyNHL @FanDuelSN If you look at those numbers 5v5, does the comparison still hold up? DAL lives by the PP.

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@TimNews1023 I really don't need to know which kindergarten he went to and how he was a dominant tetherball player. Please, no Pierre.

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@turinn2 @wyshynski This is easy stuff to verify; there is no gray area. How bad is it on something more obscure or nuanced?

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@turinn2 @wyshynski Another miss is that UMASS didn't win the NCAAs in Makar's last year there. They were runner-up. I wonder where the AI is dredging this up?

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@SunGarrioch As an Avs fan, we wondered why he's in the league at all. He doesn't have the hockey skill and he seldom engages in the tough-guy stuff he was acquired for.

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@JFreshHockey @blues46018 Seems that 2 analysts can look at the data from those 82 games and come to different conclusions, too. Still a human factor.

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@BetweenThieves7 @JFreshHockey This doesn't really compare the 1st line talent to the 3rd & 4th. It shows the performance relative to the competition on the ice against them. Finishing has been NHL average, so there could be some upside, and of course there's that powerplay...

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@DarioinDenver Jack Adams is for the coach whose goalie went on an unexpected season-long hot streak. It's kinda like the Vezina, except not.

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@Aportzline Sounds like a regular week in the Western Conference.

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@303Hockey Surprised he didn't throw it at Kadri.