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With the trade deadline approaching, this always becomes a topic of discussion, so let's see how many moves we can list that can be directly attributed to a team's Stanley Cup win.
The first trade that always springs to mind as being the quintessential trade deadline move was the Islanders'...
KHL regular season comes to an end and, with Nikita Popugaev already having crossed the pond earlier this month (signed only an AHL deal though), you can say it's about time to take a look at top drafted prospects and RFAs under the age of 27, whose KHL (and, in some cases, VHL) deals are...
Some of you may remember my 2017-18 WAR leaders thread last fall. I have been tinkering with the formula and values all season. One of the major differences is the incorporation of XG. Pretty happy with the formula for forwards now. Plugged the stats from this season in ( all data via Corsica)...
Just got curious and did a quick spreadsheet over coffee. It doesn't make a ton of difference overall, but when it does make a difference I think I like it. Like Chicago and Colorado, for example. And I like the fact that there's a little more separation between teams, but maybe that goes...
We all know that Al Iafrate does not like empty net goals. The story goes that Iafrate was in clear but elected to shoot the puck in the corner rather than into the open net and when asked about it afterwards was quoted as saying:
"empty net goals are for [sissies/pansies/wussies/losers/and...
The TDL is approaching, and all the trade discussion seems to revolve around mortgaging a team's future for rentals. Myself, I don't agree one bit with this approach; it is evident that buying at TDL is a prime example of the practice of buying high, and often times you won't get much bang for...
Who doesn't love chaos? I sure do, and it seems like for a long time, the NHL did too.
It wasn't uncommon to see players finishing their careers in the 80s/90s/00s with 1000+ PIMS, but most of those guys never had much of a scoring touch, they were goons. Their job was to take penalties for the...
1. RW/C Kaapo Kakko - TPS, Liiga
2. C Jack Hughes - U18’s, USNTDP
3. LD Bowen Byram - Vancouver Giants, WHL
4. RW Vasili Podkolzin - SKA St. Petersburg, MHL
5. C Alex Turcotte - U18’s, USNTDP
6. C/RW Peyton Krebs - Kootenay Ice, WHL
7. C Kirby Dach - Saskatoon Blades, WHL
8. C/RW Dylan Cozens -...
Joshua Roy—F—Levis 5’11/165 36 32 41 73
Cameron Whynot—D—Kings Mutual 6’01/181 27 10 19 29
Peter Reynolds—F—Shattuck U16 5’09/160 31 14 31 45
Evan Nause—D—Newbridge 0’00/000 04 00 00 00
Cameron MacDonald—Selects U15 6’02/180 41 57 37 94
Cole Huckins—F—Stanstead College...
This was inspired by a thread on another forum and the research done by another poster, but I think it merits some discussion.
It doesn’t make sense that in the 11 years since Lowe was “fired” from the Oilers, three GM's have come through the door and almost all the moves look and feel...
I have been wanting to gather all the boxscore data throughout the history of the NHL for a long time now but the data has never been readily available until recently. It is now available through the NHL statsapi but I hate computers and suck at using them (despite being a product manager in...
The following is my attempt to categorize the Conn Smythe winners since 1980 (the start of the four-round era). I'm using four tiers, which can roughly be categorized as Godlike; strong victory; solid victory; and undeserving. There's still a range within each tier, but when I tried to divide it...
For all you to enjoy, rage, and appreciate
NHL 2019 Winter List
1. Jack Hughes, C (USA) USNTDP, USHL
2. Kaapo Kakko, RW (FIN) TPS, Liiga
3. Vasili Podkolzin, RW (RUS) SKA St. Petersburgh, MHL
4. Alex Turcotte, C (USA) USNTDP, USHL
5. Dylan Cozens, C (CAN) Lethbridge Hurricanes, WHL
6...
In the long history of the NHL there have been many moments that the league wished never happened. Some on my list are of course made tongue-in-cheek, and I only restricted myself to 100.
Do you have any other examples of incidents in the NHL that led to bad publicity or was just embarrassing...
Hello everyone.
Been a member for almost two years now and I really enjoy the HF community.
I'd like to show you my post-WJC January ranking for the 2019 eligible hockey prospects.
Here's what I look in a prospect:
1- Personal scouting (a whole game or shift by shift)
2- Pro scouting (read...
Since we are (roughly) half-way through the season, I thought it would be a good time to see which players are the absolute "cream of the crop" for their positions (centre, wings, defense and goal). NOTE: this is going by their "listed positions" on NHL.com, not necessarily where they play the...
This is going to be about anyone from star players to solid players who aren't preforming up too scratch this season. This top 10 is in no particular order and is my personal opinion with analytics to back up my picks I figured this was a good time to do this because
1. Anze Kopitar
After a...
I humbly post my list every January since three year ago of my favorite prospect in the world , not in the NHL . Because of my y lack of knowledge of the Goaltender , i excluded of the list . I don't think i have a crystal ball but i watch a lot of junior hockey and i love to make my personal...
Added my top 20 goaltenders due to popular request.
Skaters:
1. RW/C Kaapo Kakko - TPS, Liiga
2. C Jack Hughes - U18’s, USNTDP
3. C Trevor Zegras - U18’s, USNTDP
4. RW Vasili Podkolzin - SKA St. Petersburg, MHL
5. LD Bowen Byram - Vancouver Giants, WHL
6. C Kirby Dach - Saskatoon Blades, WHL
7...
After the preliminary round I have decided on my choices for the most surprising performances and the biggest let downs so far!
Most Surprising:
1. Ryan Poehling
I myself as a Habs fan has been dieing too see this kid in the red white and blue but is patiently waiting for his arrival, his...
