Category: Weird Science

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Friday Precap: The Real Western Conference Standings

By Daws Butler | Feb 4th 2011 | 40 min read |

Q OFF. PTS W% PRJ PB to94 GP W 1 1 VAN 75 0.721 118 29 8-19-3 52 31 2 2 DET 68 0.680 112 32 12-18-2 50 29 3 3 DAL 65 0.625 103 39 13-14-3 52 26 4 4 NA...

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Thoughts (entirely not mine) on the Crapshootout

By Daws Butler | Jan 28th 2011 | 8 min read |

The comments section has been alive with debate on shoot-out stats. I thought I would write a post about it. But since the posts have already been wri...

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41 down, 41 to go (okay, so now it's 42/40) - Kings at the mid-point +1

By Daws Butler | Jan 11th 2011 | 43 min read |

Back before the season started, I characterized late December/early January like this: Games 33-41 – leading up to the mid-point – Jewels ...

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NHL replaces shoot-out with coin-flip (no, wait -- the shoot-out IS a coin-flip...okay...is that better?)

By Daws Butler | Dec 29th 2010 | 2 min read |

Well, it’s more exciting than a coin-flip anyway. I have been mildly irritated that my seven year-old loves the shoot-out. And he got NHL 11 for...

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Kings' attendance up 4.1% - Ducks' down 3.7%

By Daws Butler | Dec 29th 2010 | 1 min read |

NO ONE CARES ABOUT HOCKEY EITHER: NHL Attendance Down – AgainEarlier today we saw that NBA attendance is down for the second straight season. But th...

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Kings Win Percentage By Player

By Daws Butler | Dec 6th 2010 | 15 min read |

Another three days off, another round of whimsical though pointless posts. Today, the win/loss records for each Kings player. Goalies only count when ...

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Quick 2009 vs. Quick 2010 vs. Bernier 2010 vs. Ersberg 2009

By Daws Butler | Nov 27th 2010 | 2 min read |

As promised in the last post, I want to run through a bunch of head-to-heads…starting with the most fun (or “fun”): goaltending. Jon...

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Probability and Kings' Birthdays, seriously...

By Daws Butler | Nov 10th 2010 | 22 min read |

In Sunday’s fit of boredom, I added a column for birthdays to the Kings reserve list (the master list that contains all the players under contra...

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REVEALED: Terry Murray's Secret Goalie Rotation Calendar

By Daws Butler | Nov 3rd 2010 | 65 min read |

A reliable though entirely fictional psychic gave me this window into the future. Barring unforeseen injuries or suckiness, this is guaranteed to be a...

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At least he's consistent

By Daws Butler | Nov 2nd 2010 | 1 min read |

Atlanta Thrashers with Ilya Kovalchuk: 260-289-81, W% .477 New Jersey Devils with Kovalchuk: 15-17-6, W% .474 GAA, Thrashers 2001-2010: 3.28 GAA, Devi...