GodsendJen

My morning blog surfing turned up some intersting theories about what makes a hockey team successful.  My favorite is from Uni-Watch (via Puck Update).  It seams that teams with a "target shaped" logo have goalies with higher save rates than teams with asymetrical logos.  The theory is that a rounded target on a goalie's chest has the unconscious effect of causing oposing players to shoot the puck directly at the goalie.  There aren't any real stats to back this up--or at least uni watch didn't provide any--but it could mean that changing to that new powder blue home sweater will give us a bump in the stats as well as in the marketing budget. As nice as that sounds I'm not sure the argument as a whole is that sound.  Just check out the stat sheet for the Sabres....I don't think of thier new slug logo as symetrical but they are blocking pleanty of shots.

The AJC is offering up a different prediction for what we are hoping is road success this year.  The switch from pizza and wings after road games to protein shakes and peanut butter on bagles. (I thought getting to eat like a college student forever was one of the great benefits of being in good shape.)