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Copper & Blue Fights Illiteracy -- UPDATED


The first person, by timestamp, to comment correctly* on what this graph represents, wins a copy of Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925 from The Copper & Blue.

I thought sure Vic would jump on it, so here's a hint:  one of the lines is Corsi.

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*Copper & Blue Management reserves the right to determine the winner via the exact definition of the graph.

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Falling goals per game and rising save percentage over the past 30 years?

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by James Mirtle on Jul 29, 2009 11:05 AM MDT reply actions  

Miikka Kiprusoff’s SV% and the Flames GA over the last 3 seasons???

by Kent Wilson on Jul 29, 2009 11:37 AM MDT reply actions  

Steve Nash’s heart rate?

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by FrankD on Jul 29, 2009 11:40 AM MDT reply actions  

er, I mean Rick Nash. Damn, that’s what I get for reading NBA preseason news re: Sun/Grizzlies.

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by FrankD on Jul 29, 2009 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions  

Easy. That’s a plot re the Oilers summer 05/06 to present.

The Blue Line is a rolling average of hockey related revenue.

The Pink Line is a measure of joy in the Oilogosphere.

by Vic Ferrari on Jul 29, 2009 12:45 PM MDT reply actions  

Intersection

That intersection in the middle where joy outpaces revenue — that’s the 20 game run two years ago?

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by Derek Zona on Jul 29, 2009 12:55 PM MDT up reply actions  

30 is the magic number

There are 30 points on the graph [in each colour]
One for each seaon the Oilers have been in the Bigs.
But that goes nowhere

Its been 30 days since the Heatley trade was announced.
The Red line represents the number of Comments on Oiler blogs/sites relating to Danny F Heatley.
The Blue line represents the number of Comments suggesting R Schremp will fill the scoring role Not being assumed by DF Heatley.

by Mr DeBakey on Jul 29, 2009 1:32 PM MDT reply actions  

There are 30 teams in the NHL, too.

Derek hasn’t told me the answer, btw.

A posse ad esse.

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by Jonathan Willis on Jul 29, 2009 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions  

The number of posts I’ve read about Rob Shremp this month vs. my IQ after having read them?

by Poo Czar on Jul 29, 2009 1:51 PM MDT reply actions  

Work Productivity vs Number of Minesweeper games played (in hundreds)

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by BanginPanger on Jul 29, 2009 2:00 PM MDT reply actions  

The success of the Edmonton Oilers (red line) versus the average points needed to qualify for the playoffs (blue line).

by HockeyJoe on Jul 29, 2009 2:01 PM MDT reply actions  

Red line = NHL revenues
Blue line = Average NHL attendance
????

by Kelly R on Jul 29, 2009 2:05 PM MDT reply actions  

Derrr, switch the colors. Red = average attendance by team, blue = revenue.

by Kelly R on Jul 29, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions  

A mountain range with a river running through it.

by Anybody want a peanut? on Jul 29, 2009 3:00 PM MDT reply actions  

How did this comment not get any rec’s?

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jul 30, 2009 7:55 AM MDT up reply actions  

literacy rates in the United States vs. literacy rates of the rest of the world

by phranchk on Jul 29, 2009 3:57 PM MDT reply actions  

Forgive me for actually trying to solve this puzzle, but:
- it seems pretty likely that the X-axis is the years 1895-1925
- the blue line is the size of some population, large-ish
- the red line is the size of some smaller population, likely a subset of the blue one, but possibly something along the lines of “% of people who did/were X”

by MattF on Jul 29, 2009 4:35 PM MDT reply actions  

Particular to the years between 1895 and 1925, the blue line represents the number of white players in the organized game of hockey in the Maritimes, and the red line represents the number of black players.

by Robert L on Jul 29, 2009 4:38 PM MDT reply actions  

thinking your right . . .

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by B.C.B. on Jul 29, 2009 7:00 PM MDT up reply actions  

Team Corsi in blue vs. Team GA in red?

by MattM on Jul 29, 2009 6:05 PM MDT reply actions  

Team Corsi (blue) vs. team zoneshift (red)?

by R O on Jul 29, 2009 6:31 PM MDT reply actions  

Close....

But no cigar. You had the values reversed.

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by Derek Zona on Jul 30, 2009 8:05 AM MDT up reply actions  

This may sound stupid, but do all 30 points on the Corsi correspond to all other 30 points on the other line where they share the same x-axis, or are they completely unrelated?

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by raventalon40 on Jul 29, 2009 6:55 PM MDT reply actions  

x-value

RT40 writes with An Oilers Refinery and is an avid hockey fan.

by raventalon40 on Jul 29, 2009 6:56 PM MDT up reply actions  

axis

both the x and y axis are shared

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by Derek Zona on Jul 29, 2009 7:42 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions  

The league average Corsi numbers of Forwards and Defencemen (red) in comparison to the save percentages of Goalies (blue) over the last 30 years?

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

by SierraRacs on Jul 29, 2009 7:50 PM MDT reply actions  

Team GAA in blue
Team Corsi rating in Red.

by George E. Ays on Jul 29, 2009 8:13 PM MDT reply actions  

Graph answer

Team Corsi in Red
Team +/- rank in blue
x axis represents the 30 teams in the NHL

by Hockey Noob on Jul 30, 2009 12:12 AM MDT reply actions  

My guess

Team Corsi in red.

Team Def/off faceoff ratio in blue.

by RiversQ on Jul 30, 2009 4:28 AM MDT reply actions  

YOU ARE WRONG!!!

Actually, you’re dead on.

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by Derek Zona on Jul 30, 2009 8:04 AM MDT up reply actions  

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