By domain, I mean the faceoff circle.

139 faceoffs
69.1% faceoff win percentage.

Disgusting.

Once you filter out of the schmucks who have taken only a few faceoffs, he's second in the league. He's only behind Konopka from Tampa Bay, but Konopka has taken fewer than half as many faceoffs as the Goose. If you compare him to folks that have taken similar numbers of faceoffs, he's far and away #1.

HONK HONK!!

Notice how the power play the Devils scored on was the one that Goose was in the box for.

Largely because he wasn't out there to win those faceoffs.

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Wheelhouse

So Ferret can stop bitching about Gaustad being overpaid then

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

And everyone else, for that matter.

Goose is not fucking overpaid, at all.

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Wheelhouse

I never bitched about it, but last year I thought he was a lil overpaid too.. I thought he was worth more like $1.5 mill a year because I thought his effort was inconsistant, and it wasn't there when the team went through those bad stretches last year..

But this year, he hasn't taken a shift off, and I have a good feeling that's going to continue.. He's more passionate than ever and he's one of the many great guys that's making this team a fun team to play on.. Not overpaid at all..

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Miller, Myers and Greir are sick, but not Jesus Christ..

KILL OTTAWA

Just because he is a 4th liner, he seemed to forget Paul's faceoff skills especially taking the important draws.

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

4th line, 1st line... none of it means shit.

Last night, our "4th line" just happened to give us the breathing room we needed to put New Jersey out of the game.

We don't have a '4th line.' We don't have a '1st line.'

We have our Top 4 lines.

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Wheelhouse

With his size, work ethic, and attitude, it would be hard to bet against the Goose developing into a more, and more valuable player. Absolutely killing them in the faceoffs - nice stat work Squanto!

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"I don't feel like Satan, but I am to them"
Neil Young

The Goose was honking in on that one!!! Quote from Versus announcers last year against the Red Wings (we all know how that game went though. )

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

Nobody's commenting on the Seinfeld reference.... that is interesting to me. :p

What's Seinfeld?

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Wheelhouse

only the greatest show ever!!

Id love to see paul get more minutes as a third liner. playing with increased skill, more minutes.. guy could consistantly hit 15 goals a year.

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Doesn't need to. He'll net 15 as a 4th liner this year.

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Wheelhouse

I caught it...I saw the title of the thread and thought, " ORLY?!"

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

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Miller, Myers and Greir are sick, but not Jesus Christ..

KILL OTTAWA

Ohhh, I see how it is...

I mention this two days ago, and it gets NO play

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mechaphil

He has vastly improved on all skill levels over his short career. This was a great find for Buffalo. I think he could go to 20+ goals this season. Kaleta, Ellis and Goose have found that perfect mix of toughness in the checking dept. but I have to confess, I am shocked that these 3 are actually gelling to score some goals and add to their threat capacity. This forces other teams to try and find an answer for this line.
Just another reason to smile today and think about the game tonight.

Question!
How many points will this line score tonight against the laffs? I say this line will put up 7 points tonight, 2 goals/5 assists.
Anyone else care to throw some numbers out there?

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Lord Stanley's Cup is what its all about.
Mr. Pegula, your destiny awaits you sir.

Well Goose's got the flu, guess he should be out of the Master of the Domain bet...whose in the mood really when ya got the flu?

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret