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For those stuck behind the paywall, here are a few key sections

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>There is a theory, most notably explored in the book “The Numbers Game” by Chris Anderson and David Sally, that some sports are strong-link games and others are weak-link games. The point of the book, and a subsequent podcast on the subject by Malcolm Gladwell, was to demonstrate how soccer is a weak-link game in that a team would be better served making sure its worst players are better than the other team’s worst players in order to win more games. Basketball is on the opposite end of that spectrum, quite clearly a strong-link game in which the team that has the best player on the court is most likely to win that game.
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>Where hockey sits on that spectrum is not quite clear. Arguments have been made it is clearly a strong-link game, but it’s not quite as obvious as it is in the cases of soccer and basketball. But on that weak-link/strong-link spectrum, the Canadiens are undoubtedly closer to the weak link end of it and the Maple Leafs are at the strong link end of it. It is not possible to see it any other way.
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>They are a study in contrasts. Contrasts that are born out of necessity. Contrasts that manifested themselves Saturday at Scotiabank Arena.
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>The question of strong-link versus weak-link sports was posed to Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock on Saturday morning. He coaches the three highest-paid players in the NHL this season; Tavares, Marner and Matthews, Babcock’s three shooters in the shootout, will make $47.8 million among them this season. All the Canadiens forwards combined will make $35 million.



>Having a team’s best player in goal is a debatable strategy, but it is one the Canadiens have embraced and it is their reality, debatable or not.
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>When the Maple Leafs wind up with breakaways from Marner and Tavares in overtime and Price turns them aside, when Tavares makes an incredible move with five seconds left in overtime and Price gets across to stop it, when Price stops Matthews, Marner and Tavares in the shootout, the Canadiens’ strong link essentially wins it for them.
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>But what gave Price that opportunity to shine is the Canadiens’ weak-link offence, the one that allows them to roll four lines and stay fresh and forecheck and force mistakes. They find themselves in a division with three of the strongest-link teams in the NHL in the Maple Leafs, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins. For the Canadiens to survive, they will need to make the argument hockey is a weak-link game.
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>For one night at least, they made that argument quite convincingly.

I wouldn't call it fluff. If read it all, it's pretty informative. He looked at Suzuki's comparables among players who produced close to his place. He separated his analysis in various groups to draw many comparisons:

• Players who scored 1.5 PPQ by their third year in the CHL versus those who didn't. Suzuki belongs in the first group, and that's quite a star-studded line up.
  
  
• The five players who scored a similar pace than Suzuki in the CHL and player four years there. The list include a few second line players (e.g., Danault and Kadri) but all players played some time in the NHL.
  
  
• The players who scored at a similar pace than Suzuki, but played only three years in the CHL (e.g., Draisaitl, Couturier, Meier). The list is of a different level, which makes sense since all of them were rushed to the NHL, but all of them tracked Suzuki eerily closely during these three years.
  
  
• The players who played either three or four years in the CHL while tracking closely Suzuki (which is a mix of the previous players, plus Huberdeau). It's a very solid list. If you ignore Etem's presence, Scott Laughton is arguably the second worst player on that list of 7 players.
  
  Obviously it gives no definitive prediction. There is much uncertain about prospects, so with the rare exception of top-end talent, it's hard to predict whether the player is NHL-ready. All of us were wrong about Kotkaniemi's NHL-readiness last year, for example. That being said, it allows us to have a better informed idea of his odds of making the NHL.
  
  If you look at the list of the four years CHL players, then Suzuki looks like it'll take some time to settle and will benefit from a year or two in the AHL. On the other hand, his first three years and his OHL playoff performance suggest a different kind of player. In either case, there's a solid chance we have a second line or better player. Suzuki's closest comparable is actually Kadri, which isn't bad at all. While it's possible he'll flop (i.e., Hodgson and Etem), he's more likely than not going to play in the NHL. He isn't overhyped.
  
  People tend to look down upon uncertain conclusions (Truman famously demanded a one-handed economist), but studies demonstrate that analysts who make these mitigated predictions are by far the most accurate. Good forecasting requires to be aware of the uncertainty, and acknowledging it is a signal of competence. I'm more wary of those who use sport analytics to arrive to very confident conclusions.

The Red Army game during the super series. Tretiak was a monster that game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPacuJ-H5mw

The 5 goal comeback against the rangers was great too

Actually here's a good box set: http://www.amazon.com/NHL-Greatest-Montreal-Canadiens-History/dp/B001FACHDM

Nice work! His movie is great to..

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000W04RWK

You can get it in bluray also.

Waiting to see a Drouin DVD like Kovalev's. And no, a compilation of McDonalds', grocery store and insurance company TV ads does not count.

Where: google

How: amazon & gawker

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I have this one and it's awesome