December 4, 2009
Dropping The Puck
Afternoon Columns

by Andrew Rothstein

Do goalies need to face shots in order to stop shots, are the Oilers making too many mental errors on defense, the Montreal Canadiens celebrate their 100th anniversary, a list of the top 100 Canadiens of all time and a list of the 100 top Canadiens games of all time.

• Gabriel Desjardins of Behind The Net Hockey addresses the question do goalies need to face shots in order to stop shots?
• Tom Tango of The Book--Playing The Percentages In Baseball responds to Gabe's findings with additional, and just as informative, insight.
• David Staples of The Cult Of Hockey uses Corey Pronman of The Hock Project's
evaluation method for categorizing defensive errors to illustrate that many of the goals surrendered by the Edmonton Oilers this year have been the result of mental mistakes.
• Topham of Lions In Winter celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens with a list of the top 100 Montreal Canadiens of all time.
• Chris Boyle of Eyes On The Prize celebrates with a list of the top 100 Canadiens games of all time.

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