Chychrun scratched

[bernjean]

Hi!

Chychrun has been an healthy scratch for the past 2 games now, following the loss again Chicago.

He had a productive run right before that with 7 points in his past 10 games and solid hits/blocks ratios.

Any chance he’s back in the lineup Saturday?

Otherwise I’ll find a replacement on the WW. There are a couple of back to backs this weekend so I could probably find a stat filler. I don’t want to waste another man game during the playoffs!

This is not for the pool in my sig.

[Pengwin7]

Well, it doesn't take a lot of effort to speculate on this one.
First of all... points, hits, and blocks... these are stats that we (as a fantasy hockey community) associate as "good hockey".
But all a coach/team cares about is +/-.
Is a team scoring more than their opponents when JohnnyX is on the ice?
Or... to avoid goalie contributions... is a team creating more scoring opportunities (shots, high quality chances) than their opponents when JohnnyX is on the ice?

Arizona has a REAL shot at playoffs.
But Chychrun was -2 in a 4-2 win against the Kings on March 9th. (i.e. He was on for BOTH goals against)
Then Chychrun was -3 in a 7-1 clubbing by the Hawks on March 11th.
You can watch those highlights and (if your hockey sense is good enough) reason why the coach swapped Chychrun out of the line-up...

Arizona has Demers back (& healthy) and reslotted Lyubushkin into the line-up.
Their last two without Chychrun: 3-1 win vs STL, then a 6-1 win last night vs ANA...

Do you think they are going to mess with a good thing?
There's a saying about what to do if "it ain't broke".

For funsies, here's the Engineering Flow Chart:
(for the Coyotes right now, it would follow the path "Q: Is it moving and it should?", "A: Yes.")

[hockeyrobot]

haha that was great.

I had him in my lineup and didn't even realize until this morning! Ugh.

[ericdaoust]

This is just coaching. Being minus-5 over two games is pretty extreme. They also have other puck-movers (OEL, Demers, Goli, Oesterle) so it's not like removing Chychrun from the lineup creates a shortage of puck-moving D.

[bernjean]

Well, it doesn't take a lot of effort to speculate on this one.
First of all... points, hits, and blocks... these are stats that we (as a fantasy hockey community) associate as "good hockey".
But all a coach/team cares about is +/-.
Is a team scoring more than their opponents when JohnnyX is on the ice?
Or... to avoid goalie contributions... is a team creating more scoring opportunities (shots, high quality chances) than their opponents when JohnnyX is on the ice?

Arizona has a REAL shot at playoffs.
But Chychrun was -2 in a 4-2 win against the Kings on March 9th. (i.e. He was on for BOTH goals against)
Then Chychrun was -3 in a 7-1 clubbing by the Hawks on March 11th.
You can watch those highlights and (if your hockey sense is good enough) reason why the coach swapped Chychrun out of the line-up...

Arizona has Demers back (& healthy) and reslotted Lyubushkin into the line-up.
Their last two without Chychrun: 3-1 win vs STL, then a 6-1 win last night vs ANA...

Do you think they are going to mess with a good thing?
There's a saying about what to do if "it ain't broke".

For funsies, here's the Engineering Flow Chart:
(for the Coyotes right now, it would follow the path "Q: Is it moving and it should?", "A: Yes.")

Awesome response! Thanks

[Maverick060283]

haha that was great.

I had him in my lineup and didn't even realize until this morning! Ugh.

I had picked him up earlier in the week for a few man games, wasted move ... the lump didn't play ffs hahahaah

[bernjean]

Well, he did end up playing on Saturday and finished the night with 1ppp, -1, 6SOG, 3 hits.

Ah well, win some and lose some.