Jason Cobb

A long read on the Norris trophy and looking at previous winners, what led to them winning and this year's battle with many contenders in Werenski, Hutson, Dahlin, Makar, Seider, Raddysh, Heiskanen, Hughes and Bouchard. oilersnation.com/news/nhl-histo…

The neutral zone was a battle all night. The cycle won the game. Jake Walman might not have been mentioned much, but I thought he was sublime. Ducks v. Oilers. Game 1 Tactical Review. open.substack.com/pub/bcurlock/p…

The biggest takeaway from this Oilers game against the corpse of the Vancouver Canucks is that Josh Samanski is going to give the Oilers coaching staff a lot of flexibility to play two of 29,97 and 93 together.

@Freyja1987 LOL

@rascalgas I’ve only been to one, but I think it’s safe to say: there is nothing quite like Lambeau Field. My brother-in-law has been to many different NFL stadiums, and he said the Lambeau experience was clearly the best. History, ambience, tail-gating, etc etc

I want to go see an NFL game this year. What’s the best stadium to see an NFL game?

A few weeks ago I was getting frustrated with doing line analytics in using the traditionally available tools and I set out build something that I felt was better. I wanted a way to visualize roster analytics in real time given many coaches propensity to shuffle lines in a rapid-fire fashion. The tool is simple, move players around and watch the line combination and With-and-Without-You (WOWY) analytics update in near real-time. It allows you to also select defensemen with the forward lines you desire and work through all the permutations of WOWY available for those combinations. I wanted to do it in a clean, easy to use and understand manner. With these principles in mind I set out to create LineBlender, and sought partnerships with two premiere hockey data repositories in PuckPedia and BenchRates, who graciously provided the API data needed to make this application viable. Both organizations have my sincerest gratitude for making this possible. So with that out of the way, It is my honor and privilege to present "LineBlender" an analytics visualizer created in loving memory of Bruce McCurdy, who passed away one year ago today. He would have loved this tool.

Exactly 6 years ago today, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic.

75 years ago today, the Chuck Jones masterpiece Rabbit of Seville was released. If you are of a certain age, chances are Bugs Bunny introduced you to opera.

@KevinMcCurdy Agreed. That’s the tl:dr.

I'm not sure this team is better this morning than it was last night.

Haven’t watched F1 cars on track in years, so found a way to sneak into the stands while Fred was driving my car 🎭🤣

and the painting darkens as if a thousand penitents kissed an icon - Jane Hirshfield

Before the Oilers, he was my first favourite player when I was a kid. Later on, when I was older, and I’d read The Game and learned about his choices & early accomplishments, and then watched what he did throughout his career—my respect deepened well beyond a childhood fandom.

The Bell Centre gives the late Ken Dryden a touching ovation ❤️

—James Baldwin, Untitled

@bcurlock My thoughts exactly.

Look for L3 and D3 to be the shutdown group and the L4 to get soft, protected minutes. Remember Zach Hyman is going to shuttle back here at some point and this group will be very deep. Regula gets a chance to impress.

Here is the premiere edition of the Edmonton Oilers and their tactical play. This will be a regular feature during the season and will be done on a game by game basis in the playoffs. Hope you like. open.substack.com/pub/bcurlock/p…

When you’re talking about underutilized Looney Tunes characters, I’m coming to the table with Slowpoke Rodriguez.

There’s a 6’8” Miro Satan at the Capitals camp today.

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