http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/10/28/wings-kick-off-west-coast-swing-tonight/ gorillacrouch [at] gmail.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/10/28/wings-kick-off-west-coast-swing-tonight/#comment-2813 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:18:42 +0000 http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/10/28/wings-kick-off-west-coast-swing-tonight/#comment-2813 [...] The data requires a little knowledge of each player’s role. Lids and Rafi play on the top unit and play in excess of 25 minutes per night, so their stats are legit. Lebda has performed very well of late on the third pairing alongside Chris Chelios. I took a brief look at his improved play in this post. Brett Lebda, after starting off slowly, has started to play well. In the first six games he was -2. Over the last five games he’s +8 at even-strength. Lebda hasn’t been on the ice for a goal against since the Calgary game. He’s been paired mostly with Cheli but has also gotten ice time with Brian Rafalski and Niklas Kronvall. I’ve been critical early on of Lebda’s play but he’s been very good of late, which bodes well for the Red Wings. [...] […] The data requires a little knowledge of each player’s role. Lids and Rafi play on the top unit and play in excess of 25 minutes per night, so their stats are legit. Lebda has performed very well of late on the third pairing alongside Chris Chelios. I took a brief look at his improved play in this post. Brett Lebda, after starting off slowly, has started to play well. In the first six games he was -2. Over the last five games he’s +8 at even-strength. Lebda hasn’t been on the ice for a goal against since the Calgary game. He’s been paired mostly with Cheli but has also gotten ice time with Brian Rafalski and Niklas Kronvall. I’ve been critical early on of Lebda’s play but he’s been very good of late, which bodes well for the Red Wings. […]

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