Frozen Pool Forensics: The Selke Trophy Debate
There are lots of familiar names in this year’s Selke Trophy candidate pool and no surprises, honestly. Nominations for this trophy have always seemingly played favorites, alas the contenders are all too worthy of consideration. Let’s take a look at the names on the ballot for best defensive scoring forward across the league along with [...]
Ramblings: Knights One Win From Final, Caps/Bolts, Faulk/Skinner (May 19)
Knights One Win From Final, Caps/Bolts, Faulk/Skinner, plus more… […]
Ramblings: Tampa Evens Up; Jeff Skinner; Tom Wilson; Andrei Vasilevskiy; Defence Shot Distribution – May 18
We had a pretty lopsided game in Washington on Thursday night in favour of the Capitals. Unfortunately for Washington and their fans, this was a scene that has played out often in the playoffs over the last decade: dominate the opposition and lose. A late third-period goal from Alex Killorn just as a penalty was [...]
Capped: Injured Players to Target Next Year
Phew. What a wild ride we are on this spring. Lots of great hockey, and a few more series still to be decided. Any of the final four teams make for good Stanley Cup winning stories. Since the Bolts have made their series a little closer, it really is wide open with these remaining four [...]
Ramblings: Vegas Edge Jets; Ekman-Larsson; Klefbom; Forward Shot Rates – May 17
Vegas played its first-ever home Conference Final game and managed to skate away with a 4-2 win. They started off flying as Jonathan Marchessault broke in alone and deked to the backhand on Connor Hellebuyck just 35 seconds into the game. Mark Scheifele would square things early in the second period with a goal of [...]
Cage Match: Mitch Marner vs Dylan Larkin
A dilemma in fantasy is whether it’s better to own a player producing well despite not having a strong supporting cast, or one doing so while playing alongside (and perhaps being partially propped up by) other fantasy stars. Today’s battle tackles this head-on, matching Dylan Larkin, who’s starring for the less talented Red Wings, [...]
Ramblings: Lightning Get One Back, Scoring on the Rise & Kerfoot’s Value
Andrei Vasilevskiy - USA Today Sports Images Sorry to burst your bubble, but you’re all stuck with me tonight. Ian Gooding was gracious enough to switch Rambling nights. I’ll be taking the family up to a lakefront cabin for the long weekend to get some sun and relaxation. Ian will cover my [...]
Eastern Edge: Expected Goals from Atlantic Centers
The Atlantic produced some excellent seasons from the center position. They may not have been true breakouts but the seasons put together by Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trocheck led to some fantasy owners finding gold down the middle this year. Here is how to interpret the below graph: The X-axis is expected goals for centers [...]
Ramblings: Vegas Takes Game 2; Nashville Updates; Petterson; League-Wide Shot Rates – May 15
After dominating most of Game 1, Winnipeg didn’t look quite the same team in Game 2. Either that, or Vegas really brought their speed that we’ve been seeing from them all year. Maybe a little from both columns. Either way, Vegas managed to take Game 2 and even up the series at one apiece. David [...]