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Which young NHL goal-scorers will make “the leap” in 2015?
We are now less than 50 days away from the 2014-2015 NHL regular season and in some ways, the summer is soon to be over. School is starting up again in the DC area and traffic is returning in a tour de force during meaningless Redskins preseason games. Soon, the temperatures will drop and returning […]
Which teams are in the driver seat for the 2014 NHL draft?
Finally, the NHL offseason is upon us this weekend. Already teams have resigned plenty of the biggest names in the free agent market, while others that are under contract are candidates that could be traded. That buzz will intensify when the 2014 NHL entry draft begins on Friday. Whether it is the current rules under […]
NHL Draft Value Charts
From Matt Pfeffer’s work. 42-year average (Goals Value Threshold from the 1970-2011 drafts) Pick Total GVT Average GVT 42-yr GVT Value 1 5373 127.9 76.7 2 4070 96.9 66.8 3 2850 67.9 61.0 4 3309 78.8 56.8 5 2542 60.5 53.6 6 2318 55.2 51.0 7 1908 45.4 48.8 8 2078 49.5 46.9 9 1640 […]
How do you pick the perfect Stanley Cup Playoff bracket?
It has been a sporting tradition in the United States to fill out an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket every year and join various pools. I, however, just can not do it anymore. Some zaney teams have made it to the final four the last handful of years, but I can not help but feel […]
How did the Kings of Los Angeles become the Kings of the NHL, again?
108 games! That’s how many games the Los Angeles Kings needed to play in order to win the Stanley Cup. Of those 108 games, 71 of them came through arguably the roughest terrain in NHL history: this year’s Western Conference. As I mentioned in my Pacific Division preview, Los Angeles has only won one division […]
How much is Mikhail Grabovski worth?
Since the NHL is on Olympic break for more than a week, fans can take a break from cheering for their teams and either root for their country or watch the best in the world team up for Olympic gold. For number crunchers like myself, data is at a temporary stand still and we can […]
Who will win the Metropolitan Division in 2014?
As mentioned in last week’s post, the Metropolitan division has been nothing short of a disappointment as we enter the quarter mark of this season. There have already been many writers that have put their two cents in, but just before the season started, some thought that this was the toughest division in hockey. Personally, […]
Who will win the Atlantic Division in 2014?
After about 10-15 games into the NHL season, one of the more obvious storylines is that the highly documented Metropolitan division may be the worst division in the league. If this continues to be true for the remaining 67-72 games, this could mean that the Atlantic Division has a chance to send out five teams […]
Who will win the Central Division in 2014?
Like the Pacific Division, the Central division is not a strong one from top to bottom. However, every team in this division brings it’s own intrigue and you can talk yourself into having each one of them make the playoffs. Every roster is very young with Winnipeg (26.47 years old) being the youngest and Dallas […]
Who will win the Pacific Division in 2014?
In the first of four posts, I will be previewing each division for all hockey fans ready for the upcoming NHL season. We start with the Pacific division. What stands out is there are three teams that, for better or worse, are in a state of transition (Vancouver, San Jose, Edmonton). The rest are either […]
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