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Does PDO lead to team success?
It is finally here ladies and gentlemen. The Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins are battling it out for Lord Stanley’s Cup. The winner will be given the distinction of becoming the first team to win multiple titles during the NHL’s salary cap era (since the 2005-2006 season). Chicago, on paper, certainly looks like a […]
Does winning faceoffs lead to team success?
After the Rangers beat the Capitals 2-1 on February 17th, Washington Capitals beat writer Mike Vogel wrote a fantastic piece on how the Rangers were able to get their sleepy power play to work in eight seconds and score the game winning goal. If you watch that particular goal, it was the result of some […]
What does one do after this Capitals season?
When you watch an ending to a season like last night’s game 7, all you could feel in your whole body is the same when you watch something so horrible that you can’t look away: numb. Absolutely, sickeningly numb. One would be smart to say that I should turn off the TV and do something […]
Who will win the Stanley Cup?
Forget March Madness! Studies have shown that the NHL Playoffs are really the best time to fill out brackets instead of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Yes, March Madness generates a lot of excitement every year, but all the upsets generally come to an end when you get to the later rounds and the best […]
Who will win the NHL Draft Lottery?
Wow Gary Bettman! How much do you want to turn the NHL into the NBA! That’s not a rhetorical question. I literally want you to e-mail me back telling me if you are [really doing that] so I can make sure you don’t [do anything to ruin hockey again]. I’m sorry, but hockey fans don’t […]
Why should sports matter in society?
Recently, I wrote my latest post on the validity of offensive and goaltending point shares in hockey. As always, I hope you all enjoyed reading it. It was a post I have been planning all week, just like any other week since I have started this blog. Also like any other week, I have been […]
Are Offensive and Goaltending Point Shares a valid statistic?
In last week’s post, the amount of production expected for a top four defencemen was discussed. While doing so, defensive point shares were brought up. Since point shares have been mentioned other times in my posts, I thought it was important to test their validity instead of treat it like a valuable stat everyone should […]
What is the definition of a top four defenceman?
Two weeks ago, I tried to explain what the proper definitions are for a top six forward. What we learned was that if your top six forward does not give you 20 goals plus 25 assists if you’re player is a winger or 35 assists if they’re a center, does not mean your player is […]
Did Washington really lose the Martin Erat trade?
So let’s walk through how today went from 3pm until about 5:45pm today. First, the trade deadline hit that 3pm cut off point. Everything seemed fine and dandy as reporters and others in the twitterverse were gathering at Kettler Iceplex and ready to see George McPhee pop up and make his usual dull and boring […]
What should the Washington Capitals do with Mike Ribeiro?
Here we go George McPhee! Your future as the Washington Capitals general manager is at stake (oh wait, I forgot Ted Leonsis believes in loyalty to an disgracefully embarrasing fault). The Capitals’ chances at a Stanley Cup in the long term are at stake. Finally, the future of Washington’s chances of finally winning a f*#$ing […]
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