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Flames Defense - Quantitative Analysis
Kent Wilson
April 19 2011 01:37PM
Now that our own Mr. Lambert has shared his defensive player grades, it's time to go through the back-end and take a closer look at their results this year to better see how they performed and what it might be mean for the club going forward.
Jay Bouwmeester
Advanced Stats:
ESP/60: 0.62 (6th out of 7)
PPP/60: 2.13 (3rd out of 3)
Corsi/60: +0.97 (6th out of 7)
Zone start: 51.7% (3rd toughest out of 7)
Quality of Comp (relative): +1.307 (2nd out of 7)
The numbers bear out what is generally known about Bouwmeester this year (and, indeed since he landed in Calgary): surviving tough circumstances, but certainly not knocking the ball out of the park. Bouwmeester was paired with Regehr almost exclusively and the two of them faced the big boys. Everything about their results given those circumstances are respectable on an absolute level, but not ideal given Bouwmeester's ticket. At $6.68M, JayBo is the third most expensive defender in the entire NHL behind Zdeno Chara (7.5M) and Brian Campbell (7.14M - yuck). Guys like Niklas Lidstrom, Duncan Keith and Lubomir Visnovsky have cheaper deals and are far more impactful in more or less similar roles.
Where Bouwmeester really falls down amongst such prestigious company is offense. Only Robyn Regehr was less efficient at ES this year than Bouwmeester, and none of the regular blueliners on the Flames PP scored at a lower rate than JayBo. This is the second straight season his offense has fallen way below expectations and it's not like he can point to poor on-ice SH% as a cause (PDO = 99.5 this year, on-ice SH% of 8.21).
Bouwmeester was usurped by Mark Giordano in terms of first unit PP time this season and it was the right decision by the coaching staff from where I'm sitting: both in terms of the results and in terms of the qualitative play of each guy. Bouwmeester can certainly skate and has some vision, but his shot is mediocre at best and he seems to hesitate far too often to really be effective. Jay's personal SH% has fallen in the toilet since arriving in town for whatever reason (2.3 and 3.3 each year after averaging 8.2 in the two preceding years in FLA), but so has his shot rate - down from about 182 to about 125 shots per year. You can ascribe that to less PP time and a less forgiving conference if you want - whatever the cause, it's safe to say he's probably a 30-35 point defender on the Flames. At best.
As such, Bouwmeester is likely to be a divisive player going forward: he plays on a shut-down pairing in tough circumstances and does alright. He eats up a ton of minutes, he can play at ES and on special teams and he's incredibly durable. Technically, the Flames are better with him than without him. However, his pretty good play doesn't seem to justify his elite salary, so unless he can progress from "competent shut-down option" to "dominating all-star" his ticket will be an inefficient one indefinitely.
Robyn Regehr
Advanced Stats:
ESP/60: 0.57 (7th out of 7)
Corsi/60: -3.62 (7th out of 7)
Zone Start: 49.9% (2nd toughest out of 7)
Quality of Comp (relative): +1.452 (1st out of 7)
Reggie is a known commodity in town by now: rock solid on the back-end, zero offense. For the nth season in a row, Regehr led the team Flames blueline in terms of quality of competition and difficulty of role. He doesn't have the requisite puck skills to drive the play north like, say, Visnovsky in Anaheim (thus the marginal possession rating), but the big guy can still limit the damage in the defensive end and make opposing forwards think twice about trying to drive wide on his side of the ice.
That noted, what's perhaps most disconcerting about Regehr and Bouwmeester (beyond the fact that they merely held their heads above water with a price tag north of $10M) is that the pair of them got positively lit up on the PK this season. The Flames gave up 8.97 SHG/60 with JayBo on the ice (highest on the team) and 7.42 SHG/60 with Regehr (3rd highest) on the ice. To be fair, both guys were the go-to choices to face other teams top PP unit, which is a tough gig. That said, the organization shoould probably expect better than average defensive outcomes for Regehr+Bouwmeester in a setting like the PK given their cumulative price tag and lackluster offensive output.
The good news with Regehr is his contract is far more palatable at about $4M per year. He has two more seasons left on that ticket including next year, so I think the club will have to start making decisions regarding his future with the club sooner rather than later. He'll be 33-years old when his current deal ends.
Mark Giordano
Advanced Stats:
ESP/60: 0.66 (5th out of 7)
PPP/60: 4.11 (2nd out of 3)
Corsi/60: +8.22 (2nd out of 7)
Zone start: 52.7%
Quality of Comp (relative): +0.172 (4th out of 7)
Don't let Giordano's nominal production rate at ES fool you - of all the Flames defenders this season, Gio was plagued with the worst luck. His PDO was a team worst 97.6 and his on-ice SH% at ES was also a team worst 7.75*. This was also the cause of his unappealing plus/minus rating of -8.
*(aside - if you ever wanted proof that a players on-ice percentages are driven more by luck than ability, you only need glance at the Flames back-end numbers this year. Giordano trailed everyone while Steve Staios led the club in both total PDO and on-ice SH%).
On the good side of things, Giordano led all regular Calgary defenders in terms of corsi at +8.22. The only other guy in the same realm was Adam Pardy, and he played less than 40 games in extremely sheltered circumstances (nominal opposition, high zone starts). Giordano has regularly finished amongst the Flames leaders in terms of possession since becoming a regular, although this was the first season he began playing a true top-four role. His ZS ratio remains higher than the shut-down crew (Regehr, Bouwmeester and Sarich) but was well south of the protectables (Staios, Babchuk and Pardy).
In addition, Giordano became a fixture on the Flames first unit PP this season for the first time in his career and he was undeniably beneficial in that role: his production rate was second only to Anton Babchuk and the club's goals for rate when he was one the ice was a team best 7.56/60.
On the defensive side of things, Giordano emerged as one of the best shot-blockers in the entire league this season with 193 in 82 games (3rd best in the NHL). This is despite spending the second least amount of time in his own end in terms of ES play/60 minutes on the Flames, keep in mind.
Giordano proved he could anchor a second pairing in the NHL this year and produce on the man advantage. He is probably the Flames best shot-blocker and puck mover from the back-end currently and his production will likely improve next year if the bounces start going the other way. Of course, his dollars jump from 892k to 4.02M starting in September, so the team is going to need Giordano to at least sustain his current performance level to make his contract a good value one.
Cory Sarich
ESP/60: 0.82 (4th out of 7)
Corsi/60: +4.60 (3rd out of 7)
Zone start: 49.4% (1st out of 7)
Quality of Comp (relative): +0.236 (3rd out of 7)
By the end of the year, I'd had about enough of Cory Sarich. Ditto Brent Sutter, who dropped Sarich from the second pairing to the third in favor or Brett Carson. With that in mind and despite his obvious gaffes and difficulty with speedy opponents, none of Sarich's underlying numbers are all that bad. He certainly wasn't sheltered like Staios et al and Sutter felt comfortable enough with him to start him in the defensive zone more often than not. His production rate is quite decent (although most of his points came from second assist this year) and his corsi rate was acceptable.
The question is: how much of Sarich's apparent success was driven by Giordano this year? The two mostly played together and there's little question that Giordano is the superior overall player at this point in their careers. Sarich was a capable shut-down defender once upon a time (which is why Sutter locked him up long-term), but he hasn't been in that category since the NHL returned from the lock-out. We'll take a closer look at Sarich's results with and without Gio last this off-season.
Sarich can still hit like a mack truck and is dependable enough, but doesn't have the mobility or puck skills to consistently play against top-end offensive players. He's also prone to poor neutral zone reads now and then. At 32-years old, he's also not getting any better going forward.
Sarich is in kind of limbo with the Flames: better than the Pardy's and Staios' of the world, but no longer an ideal top-four option nor worth his 3.6M price-tag. He's certainly an NHLer still, but the organizations best option is probably to try to move his contract sooner rather than later. If Sarich stays it won't be the worst thing in the world, but there's no question in my mind his dollars could be better spent elsewhere.
Anton Babchuk
ESP/60: 1.07 (1st out of 7)
PPP/60: 4.15 (1st out of 7)
Corsi/60: +3.10 (5th out of 7)
Zone start: 61.9% (7th out of 7)
Quality of competition (relative): -1.51 (6th out of 7)
Babchuk was the proverbial PP specialist for the Flames: ultra-sheltered at ES, but relatively potent when it came to the offensive stuff. Babchuk is plodding and less than graceful, but there's no arguing his absolute cannon of a point-shot which is by far his best asset. Babs also learned to get in front of pucks a bit in his own end after coming over from CAR - I don't know if this was simply a skill of his that eventually revealed itself or was an outcome of some coaching by the staff. Whatever the case, it made him slightly less of a detriment in the defensive zone by the end.
That's the good stuff. On the bad side of the ledger, Babchuk's corsi rate in light of his circumstances is extremely alarming. Only 8 defenders in the entire league saw a greater than 60% ZS ratio and five of them were either kids or goons (Shattenkirk, Gilroy, Bissonette, Leddy, Brookbank). Of the functional guys who were gifted the high ground, Babchuk had by far the worst possession rate - Brian Campbell was up at +9.84/60 and Christian Ehrhoff managed +11.99/60. Both of them faced better quality players than Babchuk.
Babchuk is a very nice luxury to have on the roster: he can produce, albeit in a very narrow range of circumstances. He's kind of like a chopped-top roadster with racing tires: great to have when the sun is shining, but not so much when the weather turns.
Babchuk is a pending free agent and the Flames need to tread lightly. His offense from the back-end is a boon, but they'll still need guys who can do all the heavy lifting so Babchuk can be given the high ground as often as possible. As a result, this isn't a player you want to break the bank for, either in terms of amount or length. Blueliners who put up nice numbers on the PP tend to get paid as free agents, so it'll be interesting to see what happens with Babchuk this summer.
Steve Staios
ESP/60: 1.02 (2nd out of 7)
Corsi/60: +3.18 (4th out of 7)
Zone start: 58.2% (5th out of 7)
Quality of competition (relative): -1.232 (5th out of 7)
I noted during the Staios! Is! Available! contest that the old warrior probably didn't deserve the abuse. His acquisition remains needless and baffling and his cap hit was grossly out of line with his contributions, but in all fairness he wasn't an Anders Erikssonian disaster this season.
A frequent scratch, Staios only appeared in 39 games for Calgary this year, but as implied he was fairly steady option whenever he made it into the line-up. This is in part because Brent didn't make some of the incredibly obvious mistakes he made with Staios when he first arrived in town: rather than play him Bouwmeester against a decent level of talent, Staios was limited to third pairing, soft-minutes role as befitting his current skill level. His production rate was high, but an artifact of sample size and those nice percentages I mentioned earlier, so it's not really indicative of anything in particular. His possession rate was as middling as Babchuk's in similar circumstances, but that's all that can be expected of a guy like Staios at this point in his career.
Fun fact - Staios scored 3 goals on just 23 shots this year.
Adam Pardy
ESP/60: 0.88 (3rd out of 7)
Corsi/60: +12.74 (1st out of 7)
Zone start: 59.7% (6th out of 7)
Quality of competition (relative): -1.505 (7th out of 7)
A tough season for Adam who only appeared in just 30 contests due to various long-term injuries. His results were alright when he was in the line-up though: like Babchuk and Staios, Pardy was part of the sheltered brigade, so he faced the 3rd and 4th liners while starting more often in the offensive end. Unlike Babchuk and Staios, though, Pardy managed a possession rate more...appropriate to his easy minutes. This isn't anything new for Pardy, who has played in a similar role the last couple of years and managed similar underlying numbers.
It's doubtful that Adam will ever grow beyond the competent third pairing guy he is now. That said, he's a known commodity who should come cheap and has proven he can pretty much hold his own at the bottom-end of the rotation. He's also young enough that it's unlikely he'll fall off a cliff any time soon (assuming he can get over his injury problems, of course). It won't be a terrible shame if the Flames let him walk as an unrestricted free agent this summer because third pairing defenders are relatively easy to replace, but he could probably be had for a a few dollars above minimum wage and there likely worse ways to spend money in the open market.
April 19 2011, 02:12PM
This one is much better than that one from the other, where the guy had badsuck as our second best dman.
More Kent less Lambert.
So, hoping (and praying) that the Flames can make Cory Sarich and his lack of foot speed go away...
What do you figure the possibility is of having Tim Erixon on the second pairing, alongside Gio? Giordano would obviously be the heavy lifter on that pairing... But Erixon likely won't need the protected minutes that a typical NHL rookie d man would. He has proved he can log big minutes against men, on a team with David Rundblad and Adam Larsson.
Is Erixon suited for a top-4 role this season? I would argue he is. Brodie can operate as the new Anton Babchuk: sheltered minutes, and primarily a PP option... While Erixon plays a more all-around game, alongside Giordano:
Regehr Bouwmeester Giordano Erixon Brodie Carson
More mobile defense, with an upgrade in puck-moving ability. Thoughts?
No offense Kent, but I'm not sure any of this really matters.
The problem with the organization was obviously with the video and goalie coaches:)
April 19 2011, 02:52PM
I didn't take Lamberts article to mean that he was rating the players against each other, but against themselves and our expectations. As such, I think Babs exceeded expectations slightly and therefore deserves a B+.
If he was rating them against each other, then yes, less Lambert. A teams second best d-man is not "ultra-sheltered", as Kent put it, and Babs is not their #2.
So, hoping (and praying) that the Flames can make Cory Sarich and his lack of foot speed go away...
What do you figure the possibility is of having Tim Erixon on the second pairing, alongside Gio? Giordano would obviously be the heavy lifter on that pairing... But Erixon likely won't need the protected minutes that a typical NHL rookie d man would. He has proved he can log big minutes against men, on a team with David Rundblad and Adam Larsson.
Is Erixon suited for a top-4 role this season? I would argue he is. Brodie can operate as the new Anton Babchuk: sheltered minutes, and primarily a PP option... While Erixon plays a more all-around game, alongside Giordano:
Regehr Bouwmeester Giordano Erixon Brodie Carson
More mobile defense, with an upgrade in puck-moving ability. Thoughts?
I agree. If this were to be the new back end the combined salaries would be somewhere around $17 million. This is much better aligned with where they should be to remain a competitive team under the salary cap.
Now if they can get rid of Hagman, Kotalik, Kipprusoff and Stajan this team will be set up relatively nicely to move forward and work around some high value contracts.
April 19 2011, 04:10PM
This one is much better than that one from the other, where the guy had badsuck as our second best dman.
More Kent less Lambert.
The way I read Lambert's ratings, it seemed to be based on the role of the player, which means that he and Kent saw Babchuk in a very similar light. He's good at what he does, for the price he's paid. The other guys, excepting Giordano, Regehr, and the young'ns, are incredibly overpaid for what they're expected to do/aren't fulfilling their designated roles properly.
So, hoping (and praying) that the Flames can make Cory Sarich and his lack of foot speed go away...
What do you figure the possibility is of having Tim Erixon on the second pairing, alongside Gio? Giordano would obviously be the heavy lifter on that pairing... But Erixon likely won't need the protected minutes that a typical NHL rookie d man would. He has proved he can log big minutes against men, on a team with David Rundblad and Adam Larsson.
Is Erixon suited for a top-4 role this season? I would argue he is. Brodie can operate as the new Anton Babchuk: sheltered minutes, and primarily a PP option... While Erixon plays a more all-around game, alongside Giordano:
Regehr Bouwmeester Giordano Erixon Brodie Carson
More mobile defense, with an upgrade in puck-moving ability. Thoughts?
Tough part about that is that you need someone trade for Sarich's contract. And if some GM did that, they would probably lose their job.
People who want Regehr gone don't know anything about hockey. He's a SHUT DOWN GUY. He's not going to put up points, and if he does it's a bonus. Love too see what Brodie, Erixon, and Jonny Negrin can do.
On a side note: Too bad that Toad loser is gone. Nice work Kent or Pat. I would have LOVED to hear his excuses for tonight. BYE BYE Nucks nation, well at least for one game. lol
April 20 2011, 10:30AM
I agree w/Bill on Regehr. I say you keep him, and re-sign him when his contract terminates. He'll come cheaper than $4mill at 33 years of age... And is a valuable commodity, as well, in the development of our young d-men, which includes their character.
Robyn deserves a long-term situation (like Conny) with the organization. He deserves to end his career here.
And I hope he does...
April 20 2011, 10:43AM
My first post!
Agree with Graham. I still believe that there are teams out there who could use Sarich as a stay-at-home D. Even if we can get a 3rd rounder for him, I'll be ecstatic.
I would also like to see JBo gone - not for his lack of abilities, but for his bloated contract. My rear end would look something like this:
Regehr Erixon Gio Carson Brodie Babchuk
Hoping we could get a "Parise equivalent" player in return for JBo. I would like to see a more mobile Flames team next season. I don't think we should re-sign GlenX, because he is not very consistent and played like he did for a contarct. Whatever we pay him (north of $1.2 mill) will be overpaying. Backs fits well on the top line with Iggi and Tangs. Nemo should be used on a second or third line. We should also call up Howse.
Unfortunately its probably next to impossible to move one of the most ridiculous contracts...Bouwmeester. The only reason he is durable and the iron-man is because he DOESN'T play physical! This dude is soft and I'm going to take a page from Mike Peca's book - "I don't see it - I never have seen it, he was very easy to play against". Sure he eats up huge minutes, skates well, and does his little poke check thingy all the time but for 6.8mill?!?!?!?!?!?!? worst contract next to Stajans.
April 20 2011, 01:24PM
Even if he was a more physical player, he wouldn't be worth any more than he is right now. His defensive style isn't why he's a terrbile value contract; the fact that he's not very good offensively in addition to his defensive play is the reason he's 2 million dollars overpaid.
re: Sarich. Caps gave up Fleischmann for Hannan, so there must be somebody. Though personally I don't mind what Sarich provides, but will agree he's overpaid.
April 21 2011, 12:06PM
I'm with you, Wolf. Sarich "gives". He may make his mistakes... But he comes to play every evening.
@ the-wolf...when I heard it, I wished the Flames had done that trade (get Fleishmann for Sarich, hell throw in more!). So hopefully you are right that someone would want Sarich as clearing his salary would help FLames alot...with that $ could opt to re-sign Babchuk (say at 2.5M) and/or bring up & re-sign young and cheap guys (like Pardy, Carson, Erixon, Brodie). Perhaps a first-round playoff loser from this year that gives up too many goals (Pittsburgh maybe?) would give him up for a cheaper forward or draft pick in 3rd or 4th round. SInce Bouwmeester may improve and justify his contract (by reason other than just playing alot), you gotta keep him and Regehr is underappreciated and good value. I would like to see the top 8 back-end be: Bouwmeester-Regehr Gio-Carson/Babchuk Carson/Babchuk-Pardy Brodie-Erixon


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Complete interview at GAY.com. But first...a few select quotes:
Have your own struggles lead to an identification with gay people?
It's not about identifying, it's about what's right and what's wrong. And it's wrong to look down upon somebody or not let somebody marry the person they want to marry because of their sexual orientation. It doesn't make sense to me.
You were born in England, which allows civil unions and gays in the military. What are your observations about the cultural differences between the U.K. and the U.S.?
No matter where you go, you're always going to have ignorant people. But it's the way in which it's handled in England that I think is a lot more respectful. They're like, "If you don't like it, fine, but that doesn't mean they can't be married." Here it's like, "It's an abomination! We're all going to die and go to hell because you want to kiss a man!" It's ridiculous.
You prefer people who walk the walk.
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If there were one thing that could change in the entire world by the end of this year, in any realm, what would you like to see happen?
That the government can no longer tell people who they can and cannot be with. For me, that's the most pressing thing. Once that falls into place and people start to realize that there really is no difference, then everything else will also fall into place.
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This process creates jobs and wealth through the creative energy of individuals willing to take risks to start new enterprises, to work hard and to make choices as consumers when purchasing products and services. It also creates tax revenue, because the more people are involved in working, creating, and buying products and services, the more money flows in the economy.
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Sage mode pulls in natures chakra. So I think there are alot of variables. I also think everyone thing in nature will offer up chakra to sage naruto to defeat the 10 tails with a spirit bomb.
Sig and Ava by Imotochan
Naruto has temporarily Maxed out unless he can somehow contribute more chakra than he did when he was fighting pain.
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
Yeah, you have to blend the chakra together to enter and remain in sage mode. I'm not entirely sure though that there isn't a way for Naruto to harness just nature chakra and form it into a giant rasengan.
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Did lee ever use the gates after his fight with gaara? i read somewhere he did but i dont remember anything like that
Note:*(Lee and Gaara Databook 2 stats)
Kimimaru: Nin 4 - Tai 5 - Gen 3 - Int 3.5 - Str 3 - Spd 4.5 - Sta 4.5 - Sea 3 = 30.5
*Gaara: Nin 4.5 - Tai 2 - Gen 2.5 - Int 3.5 - Str 2 - Spd 3 - Sta 5 - Sea 4 = 26.5
*Lee: Nin 0 - Tai 4 - Gen 0 - Int 1.5 - Str 3.5 - Spd 4 - Sta 3 - Sea 0 = 15.5
Last edited by POW; 11-05-2009 at 10:48 AM.
Fire type
What chakra type are you?
Kimimaru's Bloodline ability is the sole reason he won both fights and also the reason he lost(due to its inherent effects on the body) in the end.
It would be the same thing as Lee opening all the gates and killing himself before he landed the killing blow.


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More than a dozen people gather outside Congressman Doc Hastings' Pasco office tonight to fight for immigration reform.
The group OneAmerica, organized the rally - they are fighting against deportation.
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OneAmerica organized the rally today - the day after Father's Day - because organizers say some residents have had their fathers deported and they are now living without them.
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Jennifer Cromwell, British Museum
For the better part of three months, I've been obsessed with wine and monks.
The monks in question were residents of an Egyptian (Coptic) monastery dedicated to Apa Thomas and located in Wadi Sarga, a valley in central Egypt, dating from the sixth to late eighth centuries AD (from the fourth century, Egypt was one of the most important centres of monasticism in the early Christian world). The site was excavated in a single season before the First World War and the British Museum was the principal recipient of objects found at that time: almost 2,800 objects made from pottery, glass, metals, wood, stone, bone, and textiles. The Museum's Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan also holds the original excavation notes and photographs of the excavator Reginald Campbell Thompson. Despite this wealth of material, the monastery is often overlooked in studies on Egyptian monasticism.
One of the reasons for this is that less than 15% of this material has been published. My three-month postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan has been part of the process to rectify this, as part of Wadi Sarga at the British Museum, a larger project under the direction of curator Elisabeth O'Connell. This project brings together specialists from across the UK and overseas, focussing on different aspects of the collection. My focus is on the written evidence from the site.
Some 385 texts written on pieces of pottery, or potsherds (the standard writing medium at the site, known as ostraca), limestone stelae, papyrus (now in the British Library), and wall graffiti were published in 1922. Over 1,000 additional items bear text of some type, from letters to lists to labels. My first task was to photograph all this material. A search for "Wadi Sarga ostracon" in the Museum's collection online now returns 1,441 objects with images. This resource is available for everybody interested in this topic, and means that I can continue my own work on the monastery upon my return to Australia (Macquarie University, Sydney).
My main interest is how these monks lived and how the monastery functioned: how they spent their time, what they ate and drank, and who they communicated with in the outside world and why. In everything, wine looms large.
The monastery owned vineyards throughout Egypt, as far north as the Fayum, almost 400 km away along the Nile. Somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 litres of wine entered the monastery each year. A proportion of this wine was used to pay labour wages for camel herders, craftsmen, and goods suppliers and was sent out to other communities. But the monks also consumed a fair share themselves. Wine was the main drink in this period of Egyptian history and the monks were no exception; remains of glass goblets (currently being studied by my colleague Jane Faiers) attest to its consumption on site. In addition to standard wine, which didn't have the same alcoholic content as that which we consume today, we find "new" wine, "old" wine (probably not "vintage" — there was no Château-Lafite Rothschild being supped over dinner), and "unmixed" (pure) wine. After consuming the wine, many amphorae, easily identifiable by their thick pitch internal coating, were broken and used to write other texts, often themselves mentioning wine.
The names of many monks are known, but it's difficult to build biographies of most of them and to understand who they were. We know even less about what they looked like, but every now and again we are treated with a more personal glimpse. Two unpublished ostraca preserve broken visages. The first, EA 70766, has a doodle of a shaggy-haired monk with a thick mono-brow above two heavy eyelids. This (self?-) portrait was drawn in a moment of boredom from practicing writing exercises and is one of a couple of doodles on this school text. The second, EA 69879, is part of a bowl with the name Phib scratched into the surface. On the broken base of this bowl are the scratched-in eyes, nose, hair, and hands of Phib, his hands waving at us from over 1,300 years ago.
The texts, as part of a large body of material from Wadi Sarga, provide an excellent source for understanding life in these centuries, and are the next best thing to actually sitting down with Phib over a glass of wine and picking his brain.
A select number of items from Wadi Sarga is on display in Room 66: Ethiopia and Coptic Egypt.
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Naruto's anime really sucks!!!! I hate it.
Naruto's anime really sucks!!!! I hate it.
I'm sorry but there's really no point to this thread here so unless you can provide reasons and such to why you hate the naruto anime which could provide the basis for a discussion then I might not be forced to graveyard this thread.
Why don't more people read these mangas?
I hate, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE (goes on forever) some scenes such as 20-40 seconds of us just watching them sit around. GOD, I already know you guys are where you are and what you fucking look like, stop making certain scenes extremely long just to have a longer episode.
if you haven't read the manga i think you might have liked it.
I think this thread should be put to the graveyard. Im tired of hearing people whine about how bad the Naruto anime adaptation is. Also, I dont think this thread has any meaning or substance. If you dont like the Naruto anime, just dont watch it. Very simple concept.
Dont just come on the boards and say" I hate Naruto because Im a little kid that doesnt have a clue what Im talking about." Maybe if the Topic Creator give reasons for his dislike it would be better. But for right now, this thread is just for whiners. Not to mention this is the Naruto Anime section...
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Twilight fans are lining up early to catch the release of the final film in the vampire-romance series tonight.
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Fans started arriving at 7 PM last night for tonight's 10 PM showing of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2.
Those first in line say braving the cold will be worth it when they're inside watching the movie.
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Jamie and Ryan have chosen Sept. 21 to be married in the Manti Temple. A reception will be held in their honor that evening at the Nephi North Stake Center, 1125 North 400 East in from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Parents of the bride are Loren and Donna Callaway. Parents of the groom are Melinda John and the late Scott John. Grandparents of the groom are Dan and Betty Kunze.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn C. Sitterud announce the marriage of their daughter, Kimberly to Kyle Don, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barton C. Gundersen on Sept. 21.
A reception will be held in their honor that evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Huntington Stake Center, 215 North Main.
Kyle is attending the College of Eastern Utah and will graduate in May with a associates of applied science degree in electronics technology.
Kimberly is a 2002 graduate of Emery High. She was the region business Sterling Scholar and plans to further her education in business.
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Isabelle Bowers and Joe Stansfield announce the marriage of their parents, Ashlee Mary Ward and Jeremy Ray Stansfield. The couple was married on July 31.
An open house is being held in their honor Sept. 21, from 6-8 p.m. at the Cleveland City Hall, 95 West Main.
Parents of the bride are Scott and Cindy Ward and the parents of the groom are Terry and Shirley Stansfield.
Ken and Kathleen Stilson announce the marriage of their daughter McKelle to Joshua Richard France, son of Warren and Suzi France of Desert Hills, Ariz. at Log Haven Restaurant in Mill Creek Canyon on Sept. 19. A reception will be held in their honor on Sept. 21 at the Museum of the San Rafael in Castle Dale from 7-9 p.m.
McKelle and Josh both attended the University of Utah where McKelle was a member of the volleyball team and Josh was a member of the baseball team. McKelle graduated with degrees in behavioral science and health and sociology and earned a certificate in criminology and Josh graduated with a degree in economics. They will be making their home in Salt Lake City where both are employed.
Kent and Debbie Stinger of Taylorsville announce the marriage of their daughter, Kiessa Marie, to Clay Austin Harvey, son of Sid and Linda Harvey of Ferron.
The couple will be married Sept. 20 in the Salt Lake Temple. A reception will be held in their honor from 6:30-8 p.m. followed by dancing at Bennion 14th Ward LDS Church at 6540 South 2700 West.
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As law enforcement conducts its investigation into the Boston Marathon explosions, public health officials will be doing some investigating of their own into the emergency response to Monday's attack. It was the first major test of its kind in the US for first responders since the September 11th attacks. And given the force of the bombs, and the reports that they contained metal nails and ball bearings, the number of casualties, according to Derek Brendisi, could have been much higher.
"The positives that come out of what happened in Boston as far as the number of people that were saved and the way the first responders and the hospitals were able to mitigate the after effects all has to do with planning."
Brendisi is the public health director for the City of Worcester. He says state and local departments like his across the country have been meeting for the past decade with police, fire and emergency management personnel and hospitals and other care facilities to develop a response infrastructure to deal with incidents like Monday's explosions. He says a lot of information is yet to come. And, he says, how response plans evolve will be based on what is learned, coupled with other incidents like the September 11th attacks and subsequent anthrax scares in 2001.
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By Marty Russell
On this day in 1493, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was sailing around the Dominican Republic after earlier mistaking the Americas for the coast of India and giving us American Indians. History records that he spotted some things in the water he thought were mermaids leading us to the conclusion that Columbus was probably not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
What Columbus likely spotted were manatees, ugly sea cows with paddle tails but human-like eyes distantly related to elephants. Even though Columbus insisted they were the mermaids of legend, even he had to admit in his log that they were "not half as beautiful as they are painted." No kidding.
We should probably keep that observation in mind as prepare for sightings of a different kind in the new year. Several people have asked me about "the comet" after some national news organizations picked up on the story recently that an incoming comet could put on a spectacular show this year.
Actually, we're due for not one but two visits from newly discovered comets this year and, while each does have the potential for putting on a great light show in the sky, their actual appearance when they finally arrive is notoriously hard to predict.
Comets are balls of ice and dust that orbit the sun, usually in long, elliptical orbits that take them way out to the edges of the solar system. However, occasionally one comes fairly close to the Earth as it whips around the sun before heading back into the far reaches where it can spend centuries before returning. They were once considered harbingers of doom.
As they approach the sun, the sun's heat and solar winds melt the comet's icy surface and blow a tail of ice and dust out behind it, like driving a pickup down a dusty dirt road. But how big and how bright that tail becomes is hard to predict. The last comet to put on a really good show to the naked eye was Hale-Bopp back in 1997.
This year we have not one but two opportunities for a potentially good show. The first is PanSTARRS due to arrive in early to mid-March. It will be visible in the night sky in our neck of the woods during that time. But the one astronomers really are looking forward to is ISON, which won't arrive until November.
Speculation is that ISON may be the same object described as the Great Comet of 1680 which was visible in the sky even in daylight. ISON is expected to pass within 725,000 miles of the sun on Nov. 28 which should burn off enough debris to create an awesome tail as it comes within 40 million miles of Earth.
Again, it should. But we also should keep in mind Columbus' observation of mermaids. They may turn out to be "not half as beautiful as they are painted."
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San Rafael Junior High eighth grade students learn about county elections
The eighth grade US History students have been learning about the election process. Their teacher, Ky Horrocks, has taught them about the history of elections in America, and about the elections which are currently taking place here in Emery County. He invited the two candidates who are running for county sheriff, LaMar Guymon and Greg Funk, to come to the school and talk to the students. Each of them took time out of their busy schedules to present their ideas.
Both men are concerned about the drug problems that face Emery County. Each of them want to see the sheriff's office become more involved in educating our students about the dangers of drugs.
As part of Funks' presentation he invited Danny Dudleston, a resident of Emery County Care & Rehabilitation Center, to talk to the students. Dudleston is paralyzed from his waist down from an accident he sustained by being run over by a cement truck while he was riding a 10 speed bike along a busy highway on the way to his drug dealer's house. He started taking drugs when he was in the eighth grade, and thought it was fun and made him popular. Little did he know his life would turn out the way it has. His story had a big impact on the students, especially when he talked about his life today, living with senior citizens in a place called Ferron.
Ky Horrocks is the newest addition to the faculty at SRJH. He teaches US History, World Geography, and Utah Studies. Horrocks was raised in Hooper, Utah which is west of Ogden. This is his first year teaching. He graduated from Weber State University with a Social Studies composite. Before teaching he worked as a pharmacy tech. Horrocks's wife's name is Kathryn and they have four kids. He says, some other favorite things to do, besides teaching history, is fly fishing and hiking. He once hiked Utah's highest mountain, Kings Peak.


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Something unclear, to what extent does it run in the background? I did some testing with a seperate skype account and found when the program was not live on the screen, you appear online but it receives no messages or calls as per the comment above.
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Whatsapp on windows phone 8 on the other hand.. different program, but it also seems to run in the background (in a secret non-explicit kind of way) but it does receive messages, albeit in a probably lagging kind of way..
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Just before the Monday Night Wars really got hot, the WWF added a new show to its lineup. Something a little edgier than Raw at the time. Shotgun Saturday Night made its debut on January 4, 1997. The syndicated program ended up running for more than a year and a half, but it was that first show I want to talk about today.
While I didn't catch the actual airing of the show, I've seen clips of it. Marlena exposed herself to the Sultan during his match with Goldust and a new tag team made its debut and exit on the same night. The Flying Nuns made their way to the ring with talk show host-turned manager Brother Love. After the duo beat the Godwins, Love dubbed the team The Sister of Love. It was a silly and short lived gimmick and soon Mosh and Thrasher were born. (Although they had been using the gimmick on the house show circuit prior to going on TV)
Meeting the HeadbangersWrestleReunion 2012Photo by: My 1-2-3 Cents
If my memory serves me correct that was a time when the WWF was throwing all kinds of outlandish gimmicks at the wall and seeing what would stick. I think in this case, changing the gimmick back to the Headbangers was a wise choice. I don't know that the fans would have gotten behind Sister Angelica and Mother Smucker the same way they did Mosh and Thrasher.
Chad and I had a chance to meet the Headbangers at WrestleReunion 2012. They were a lot of fun. Probably the most engaging of the wrestlers and managers on hand that day. You can see by the picture they were having as much fun as the fans. They also did some YouTube recordings as well, we even made the cut.


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Northeast Indiana is known for its designer bags.
But here's a company right in our backyard that is stitching its way into the children's clothing market.
It's this week's Locally Made Monday report.
This week, we're talking a look at Matilda Jane.
They make women's and children's clothing.
It started seven years ago in Fort Wayne, moved several times, continued to grow.
And now, their clothes go worldwide.
"Part of the premise of the company is to help little girls by little girls as much as possible," says Matilda Jane CEO Jeff Blade.
It started with two women.
"Matilda Jane started six and a half years ago with the vision of Denice DeMarchis, who's our founder and creative director, and her longtime friend, Lynette Heisler," Blade says.
Starting out by selling girls clothes at art fairs, the two formed Matilda Jane in Fort Wayne.
Which today has grown to fifty local employees.
"We sell through four hundred trunk keepers throughout the U.S. ... So they host in-house trunk shows where they sell directly to consumers in their homes," Blade says.
Employees say there's also trunk keepers in Canada, giving the company a global flair for dressing kids.
Shipping to all over the world.
And it continues onto the internet.
"What's made right here in Fort Wayne is the Platinum line, and that is all sold on the web," Blade says.
Every summer it holds an art fair event for customers that they say draws over 15,000 people to the area.
If you want to find out how you can be a trunk keeper-
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Skip to comments.Texas district attorney, wife found dead at home, 2 months after assistant prosecutor killed
Posted on 03/31/2013 7:27:42 AM PDT by EBH
A central Texas prosecutor and his wife were found killed in their house two months after one of his assistants was gunned down near their office, authorities said.
Investigators found the bodies of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, on Saturday, Kaufman County sheriffs Lt. Justin Lewis said. Police, FBI agents, Texas Rangers and deputies were part of the investigation.
Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was shot to death in a parking lot a block from his office on Jan. 31. No arrests have been made in his death.
Lewis declined to say how the couple died or whether authorities believe their deaths are linked to Hasses. He wouldnt provide further details. Kaufman County is 33 miles southeast of Dallas.
Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh told The Dallas Morning News that the McLellands had been shot in their home and although investigators didnt know if their deaths were related to Hasses killing, they couldnt discount it.
It is a shock, Aulbaugh told the newspaper. It was a shock with Mark Hasse, and now you can just imagine the double shock and until we know what happened, I really cant confirm that its related but you always have to assume until its proven otherwise.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
OK what were they investigating? I can't imaging the Texas Rangers will be happy about this...
Who has been recently indicted and not yet come to trial? Who is about to be indicted? Persons of interest.
Wildin' in Chicago. It's ok to let loose!
A big DUH to that statement!
The bodies seem to keep piling up.
An ADA and a DA are killed already this year... in a county not exactly heavily populated? Dude LEO...they are connected
Smells like Mexican Drug Cartels
You can bet it's Mex. Cartels if they refuse to say who may be behind the killings. The big push for Illegal Alien Amnesty cannot be stalled with folks freaking about the Mex Drug Cartels
Mexican Cartels armed with Obamaguns via Fast+Furious.
Ironic that the biggest gun smuggler (Obama) is "calling for" citizens to surrender their guns.
He makes proclamations between smuggling guns to Drug Cartels and to his fellow Moslem Brotherhood terrorists.
Typical lying moslem.
You can't reason with rabid dogs. Even the greatest of all liberal fictional characters, Atticus Finch in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, knew that.
All da folks are wee-wee'd up.
"Authorities have also been trying to determine whether Hasse's killing was related to the murder of Tom Clements, Colorado's prison director, last month.
The Colorado man implicated in Clements' murder, Evan Ebel, was killed in a shootout with police in Texas two days after the killing."
Wake up people, the war is here...
I wonder if we'll ever find out if the weapon(s) were from F & F.
They've been killing LEOS for years in Mexico.
+ Nobody respects our borders.
= ??????
Texas had better check each persons case load, and who else worked on them.
Sounds like someone getting even after spending years in prison.
Does it bother anybody that the clown that murdered the Colorado State Prison official was headed to Dallas?
What else did he have in his notes, when he was shot?
We heard that several ".223 casings" were recovered at the scene but there is very little in the way of factual information out there. Most believe that all of this is the work the Mexican cartels or the Aryan Brotherhood and all are shook up and scared.
Surely they had video security at his residence and caught this assassin on tape —
Mexican drug cartels. They are all over the American Southwest, and are pretty firmly entrenched in the Chicago area, as well.
All the slaughter that has been going on in Mexico for years will now become commonplace here.
Thanks a lot, Obungo and Holdup and the Napster.
If it's the Mexican cartel nothing will happen these guys are making business good for the invested politicians if it's the aryan nation now they are domestic terrorists and need to be eradicated.
How could one be certain?
Wasn't his name Sutton?
That gun from the Wise County shootout was same caliber (9mm) and the ammo the same manufacture (Federal, Remington, Wolf, CCI ?) as the Colorado shooting but not a declared match. How many 9MM are going to have the same ammo with them? If the firing pin and cambering marks don't match then what?
Maybe - and maybe it is just some poor schlub who got railroaded.
Depends how one believes in "coincidence". I don't.
Sutton was a Federal Prosecutor.
What are you basing this on?
In one sentence you're suggesting there is little factual information and in the next your naming suspects/organizations.
Sound like pure speculation to me.
Did Sutton already retire?
With this kind of "hit", I would suspect they use a different firearm for the 2nd round.
Only true street thugs, or complete idiots would use the same gun and ammo for their next hit. Especially in this circumstance.
Someone, or someone's are sending a message. To whom and why is the question at hand.
"Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action." - Auric Goldfinger
I believe in coincidence, but not in incredibly unlikely coincidence. The second killing may have inspired the first, or have been unrelated. If I were an investigator, I would lean towards related, but keep an open mind.
I was just giving an explanation. He could be "is" or could be "was." At the time of the prosecution of the border agents, he was a Federal Prosecutor.
I live in Austin and the Chief of Police has said just last week that the drug cartels are a big threat here in Central Texas. It really is very frightening to say the least.
I was just curious if Sutton was still fighting for the rights of Mexican gangsters and drug smugglers.
No coincidence there. Like I said before, it's all about "the message".
I would take this as one....to whom ever "they" are sending it to.
Tell your police chief this stuff has been going on and escalating for 3 or so decades. All this while those in law enforcement, the feds and all the politicians complement each other on what a great job they've done as they concoct and create more controlling laws directed at American citizens.
Here's one of them waving and posing for pics...
So they say. Just like Dorner in the wooded cabin. one sided sory.
We heard that several ".223 casings" were recovered at the scene but there is very little in the way of factual information out there.
From one report for what it's worth.
Late Saturday night, sources said a .223-caliber assault rifle, similar to an AR-15, was used in the murders, with approximately 14 rounds being fired.
end snip
In the real world coincidences abound.
I am from Texas. I live in Dallas County. I drive through Kaufman County often to get to my parents house in East Texas. Kaufman is such a lovely small town county. I think you are right. It is either Mexican Cartel's or White Supremisist group. They better get to the bottom of this and put constant protection around the rest of their DA's in Kaufman.
A couple of other threads from earlier if anyone is interested in the comments thereon:
Texas Prosecutor And Wife Slain At Their Home .. 86 replies
Kaufman County (TX) DA and wife found shot to death, door kicked in. 59 replies
Interesting time line of events in Kaufman Cty
Kaufman County slayings timeline
DECEMBER 2012: The Texas Department of Public Safety issues a statewide bulletin warning that authorities had received credible information that the Aryan Brotherhood was actively planning retaliation against law enforcement officials who helped secure indictments in Houston against dozens of members, including the gangs leadership.
JAN. 31: Kaufman County prosecutor Mark Hasse is shot and killed while getting out of his car near the county courthouse. Authorities acknowledge they are investigating the possibility of a link between the slaying and the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang. However, they quickly add that to their knowledge, Hasse was not currently handling any cases involving Aryan Brotherhood members. They say that labeling the organization the focus of their probe would be premature.
FEB. 9: At a memorial service for Hasse, Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland vows that the prosecutors killers will be brought to justice.
MARCH 22: Authorities say the FBI is looking into whether Hasses slaying could have any connections to the March 19 slaying of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements. A federal official said the suspect in Clements slaying, Evan Spencer Ebel, was a member of the white supremacist 211 prison gang.
SATURDAY: McLelland and his wife, Cynthia Woodward McLelland, are found fatally shot at their home.
True....however; most of them tend not to be just coincidence.
I can only speak from my true life experiences, in which I have no links to provide to you.
Example....let's just say someone who works with me in our small business was executed. I would be sad and think some random psycho killing.
A while later, another co-worker and spouse were executed.
NO coincidence.
Time to act!
Lets forget about the rest of the population who's had to deal with this non-stop for 3+decades now...As hundreds of thousands of Americans have been shot, ran over, raped, knifed, embezzled, robbed, burglarized not to mention the fraud and epic economic damage....
Last month Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was gunned down outside the local courthouse by two men in tactical gear who remain at large, and authorities fear the murders may be connected to a retaliatory plot by Mexican cartels.
The drug cartels freelance their retail distribution and enforcement work to local street and prison gangs across the United States, and have recently been targeting both Mexican and U.S. law enforcement officials for assassination.
In the past the Kaufman District Attorney's Office assisted in a federal investigation targeting the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas which allegedly is a methamphetamine distributor for the Gulf cartel as reported by Dave Gibson for the Examiner.
That's too bad.
Maybe the government should have secured our borders in the late 1970s when this epic invasion was really ramping up. Every year we're paying them hundred of billions for security were not getting.
Of course the demand for that dirt cheap illegal labor is quite attractive...
Profits regardless of consequences.
After all these years, some are just now finding out about those consequences.
Assistant DA Hasse was assassinated on 1/31/13 in broad daylight in downtown Kaufman on the steps of the courthouse. Now his boss has been killed in his home. We may reasonably infer that a, the killers are fearless and b, they are big on making examples and sending messages.
And though the Sheriff's Dept. is tight-lipped about last night's killings some information is out there. Some is anecdotal, a Sheriff's I know told me that they were leaning towards the AB killing Hasse in revenge for his actions towards them.
Some you can glean from the internet:
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Mark Jankowski - Quotes and Analysis
Kent Wilson
June 22 2012 11:24PM
In the midst of wailing and gnashing of teeth, I managed to make my way down to the press scrum with the newest member of the Calgary Flames, Mark Jankowski. The 17-year old looked every bit the high school student, but answered questions in a calm, poised manner.
The kid looks young because he is. Jankowski was born on September 13, 1994 and only made the draft cut off point by a couple of days. In fact, he graduates from highschool next week and only decided to attend the draft at the last minute because he was unsure where he'd go. He noted he wanted to have the experience, though, so ultimately decided to attend.
When asked about his future plans, Jankowski said he will be going to USHL Providence (Dubuque) next year. "Coach Montgomery at Dubuque, he has a really good program. He's been doing it for a couple of years. I really think he's going to help me develop and make that transition."
On his strengths, Jankowski said "I think I'm a big, skilled forward. I really like to use my vision and my hockey sense to make the players around me better."
When asked what he needs to improve, Jankowski noted he still needs to put some bulk on this relatively thin frame.
"I think one thing is definitely getting a little bit bigger and stronger and I am really committed to doing that. I am going to work out really hard in the season and the off-season."
Even though he settled in at 43 overall on Central Scoutings draft list, Jankowski's ranking actually shot up by more than 30 places since the mid-term ranks were released. When asked why his consensus ranking improved so much, Jankowski discussed his recent growth spurt and how scouts started to take notice of him.
"I have been filling out quite a bit. In my OHL draft year I was 5'8", 130 pounds. Now I'm 6'2" and three quarters and about 175 pounds, so I've definitely grown and filled out."
"I think a lot of it was just getting that exposure initially...playing at Stanstead College, not a lot of people knew where it was right away. As soon as I got that exposure, more and more people started to come watch and I kept on impressing. "
Jankowski also described his interview experience with the Flames and why he had an inkling the team might pick him.
"I interviewed at the combine and today and I think one other time...they had their whole staff there, like 35 guys or something like that. It was pretty intimidating in front of all them, but I thought the interview went really well and I thought coming out of the interview I had impression of what was going to happen."
Impressions and Analysis
Seeing and hearing Feaster and Weisbrod talking about Jankowski, it's clear the latter fell in love with the kid after a few viewings and likely fought for him on the Flames list. He still strikes me as a reach at 21 given his conensus ranking, but Weisbrod gave the impression other teams were looking at him and he probably would not have lasted until the second round.
There are some things to dislike about the move on the face of it - it's always a gamble to select guys out of second and third tier leagues because of the diffuclty of placing their performance in context versus NHL-quality prospects. Stanstead College is way off the beaten path and the level of competition there is going to be much poorer than most other feeder leagues.
In addition, the Flames reached when a few other, highly touted forwards fell within their grasp. Primary amongst which was Teuvo Teravainen who was named by many as top-5 or top-10 forward talent. In our interview with him, Matias Strozyk said Teravainen looked like the most impressive pure talent to come out of Finland since Teemu Selanne. That's high praise. Teravainen also played againt men in the SM-liiga last year, so it's much easier to grade his abilities against that level of competition.
That said, there's some encouraging aspects to the Jankowski pick. First and foremost is Jankowski's youth - he'll likely end up being the youngest player picked this year, meaning he is further away from his peak and has more time than to grow and develop. His results this year were also impressive, quality of the league notwithstanding - with 53 goals and 93 points in just 57 games, he was clearly a dominant force. Scouting reports are all universally positive too, with the few knocks against him being his weight and, again, th fact that he was playing against high school students in Quebec.
It will be instructive to see how Jankowski does in Dubuque next year, which seems to be pumping out a lot of NHL-prospect type talent recently (Gaudreau, Girgensons). His numbers in that league will give us a better idea of whether the Flames will look like geniuses or dunces a few years down the road.
Personally, this is a pick I would have been a lot more pumped about in the 2nd round or beyond rather than 21st (or 14th, since he was the top played on Calgary's list). Like the Gaudreau hail mary in the round 4 last year, gambling on Jankowski after round one would have struck me as a lot less risky, particularly given the talent that was still around when they were choosing at both 14 and then 21.
That said, the kid has me intrigued because he's young, he's growing like a weed and he has a lot of tools. If he turns into what Feaster and Weisbrod seem to think, no one will be talking about Teravainen (unless Teuvo is indeed the next Selanne o course) or trading down in a few years.
That said, if he doesn't, it will be pretty embarassing for all involved. Only time will tell.
honestly..in the past 8 years we have drafted garbage and we got players according to ranks...at least we are trying something different..no one can tell how good he will be or not..we are just gonna have to put up with ppl telling us how good maatta is for a few years till jankowski will step in and hopefully be the player they think he is
They picked him because they must have really liked what they saw in the kid. Instead of relying on other peoples rankings and such I think its good the Flames stuck to their guns and chose who they deemed their #1 guy. plus we got another 2nd round pick out of it.
It'll be interesting to see how he develops. At least he's a centre with some height to him. In two years we'll see where he's really at.
I think Feaster and co. had their eyes full of Gaudreau, and were hoping to catch lightning in a bottle twice. A few thoughts.
-They went for upside rather than "the sure thing" which always turned out to be a bust for the Flames anyway (think Pelech, Chucko, and, to a lesser extent, Nemisz).
-they didn't take Brendan Gaunce. I'm glad for that.
-Mark seemed genuinely pleased to be picked.
June 23 2012, 12:09AM
I can't support this at all based on the information I have read. No, I am not a scout nor know much about this Jankowski (or heard of him till this) but with all the low hanging fruit that fell to the Flames and to not take it was just plain stupid in my opinion.
Cannot get behind it. Hope to God I am wrong.
June 23 2012, 12:11AM
Maybe NHL has it wrong but they have Teravainen born just 2 days before Jankowski...if so, I guess that eliminates the room to grow factor in favor of Jankowski.
Worth pointing out - Jankowski will be playing in the USHL the year after his draft year, then going to college. That means he will potentially have the Blake Wheeler/Justin Schultz loophole available to him (if it isn't closed in the new CBA).
June 23 2012, 07:01AM
There is nothing like going 'all in' on the river card. Too bad we went all in before the flop.
I liked Jankowski since I heard first heard about him but was suspect of his league. However if you balance his skill, size, and bloodlines against tHe poor league I think he comes in as middle-second rounder. But going to Dubuque program and then a good college can only help him become a star. So, I am hesitantly OK with this trade down and get a 2nd round pick scenario as Flames showed last year they can get talent drafted past round one! All you commenters needing instant gratification should go back on Facebook or your naughty websites.
Kent - is this Loophole thing a valid comment? Explain please???
I am still wondering how Jonathan Willis predicted the pick last night. I think he stated very early on that the Flames were taking Jankowski only to be told to be quite.
This is a very big gamble, one that probably should not have been made. Take the BPA at 14 or 21 and gamble in the later rounds.
Where Jankowski played was probably based on his small stature. If he had sprouted a year earlier, he may have been in the OHL or WHL. Then we would have seen what kind of talent he has.
Good luck Flames fans, you may need it on this one.
Jankowski's plan *WAS* to go to college. He's really young. He isn't even elegible to play in the AHL for a couple of years. For all we know, the kid plays next year in the USHL, puts on 20 pounds, and then makes the team out of camp in 13/14. There will certainly be a spot for him if he is up to it. He'll likely be at least 6'4" by that point...
This pick has Kyle Turris written all over it.
Jankowski did mention that he was drafted into the OHL as well last year so after a year in the USHL he might decide to go to the OHL if he changes his mind on college.
June 23 2012, 08:43AM
Kent - is this Loophole thing a valid comment? Explain please???
Worth pointing out - Jankowski will be playing in the USHL the year after his draft year, then going to college. That means he will potentially have the Blake Wheeler/Justin Schultz loophole available to him (if it isn't closed in the new CBA).
I don't know, he seemed pretty pleased to me. One of his comments was that he wants to prove Feaster and company were right about him. At his point, I just can't see him ego tripping his way out of town.
Then again, if that happens, it's roughly 4 or 5 years in the future. People can change a lot in 5 years.
I thought Feaster would have been a genious if he got Maata or Teravainen and then ALSO Jankowski in the second. But listening to Wisebrod and Button, apparently he was pretty much a lock to be drafted before the end of the first round. Which I actually believe to be the case.
Listening to the kids interview as well. He was passed over the OHL draft because he was a shrimp, apparently had skill but no one thought he could hang with the tougher guys in the OHL. He said he was drafted this past year in the OHL, though I don't know who owns his rights.
Jankowski is also the youngest player, though Teravainen is so very close. So Jankowski has a lot of room to finish growing, some people were saying he may end up with another 2-3 inches, getting him to 6'4" or 6'5" and if he gets to 190/200 pounds and if his offensive skilled game does eventually translate to NHL hockey, this could be the steal of the draft.
However, if this was just a case of an average OHL playing against competition so bad that he just looked so good by comparision, we could look so very very stupid in a couple years when even his potential college desitination doesn't bother extending his scholarship or soemthing like that.
That is the guy that Feaster/Wisebrod/Button all wanted, one of the only players to have a sewn on name plate vs velcro. And if the pick works, we may have our #1 legit center, and if it doesn't the whole group may be on the way out.
Kent - is this Loophole thing a valid comment? Explain please???
The loophole that Justin Schultz and Blake Wheeler used to become free agents four years after their draft years arises only when a player plays a year of junior and then goes to college for three years.
I have no info about what this kid feels about the Flames or anything like that. I assume it's all very positive. I only wanted to point out that should he gradually improve over the next four year to the point where he's one of the best players in college hockey (like Schultz did), he would have the option of becoming a UFA and picking his team instead of having to sign with Calgary or reentering the draft. If he were going straight to college, or into the CHL there would be no risk of this.
My issue with the Jankowski pick/trade down was that Feaster basically had to trade down to re-acquire the pick he sent away. That is poor asset management and looks a lot like amateur incompetence (and I say this knowing that the Oilers did the same thing before offer sheeting Penner).
I don't necessarily have a problem with trading down, it was a smart thing to do. Doing it to cover up for an earlier mistake, though, is poor management. Picking Jankowksi that early is also, I feel, poor management and a risk at a time when this franchise cannot afford to take risks on passing over talented players.
They can't afford to go for the homerun. They need to focus on getting on-base.
My issue with the Jankowski pick/trade down was that Feaster basically had to trade down to re-acquire the pick he sent away. That is poor asset management and looks a lot like amateur incompetence (and I say this knowing that the Oilers did the same thing before offer sheeting Penner).
I don't necessarily have a problem with trading down, it was a smart thing to do. Doing it to cover up for an earlier mistake, though, is poor management. Picking Jankowksi that early is also, I feel, poor management and a risk at a time when this franchise cannot afford to take risks on passing over talented players.
They can't afford to go for the homerun. They need to focus on getting on-base.
I'm not sure you can without doubt call it a mistake. You'd have to evaluate the deal that sent the original pick away as a mistake before making that call. That still might be the case but I'd want you to show your work in that case.
And I disagree about not being able to afford "going for the homerun"... that's exactly what they need to do, I'd more argue that they can't afford NOT to go for the homerun. The Flames need to have elite pieces on deck for the post-Iginla/Kipper era, their not going to get that trying to work a walk (if we're going to use baseball metaphors.
So they wanted another 2nd round pick to cover up his incompetence. Nice.
Or maybe they wanted another pick because they have lot's of scouts out there and see many hockey players, then say we really need to get this guy and a pick in the second would really fill a Draft need.
Kent, I AM an Oldtimer and remember seeing Lou Jankowski playing for the Calgary Stampeders in the late 50's and early 60's. Great skills and Mark's grandfather. Haven't seen any news talking about this Calgary connection. Not enough Oldtimers around I guess!!!