Yearly Archives: 2018

Ramblings: Tampa Evens Up; Jeff Skinner; Tom Wilson; Andrei Vasilevskiy; Defence Shot Distribution – May 18

By |2018-05-21T11:13:18-04:00May 18th, 2018|Hockey Rambling|

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 [...]

Ramblings: Vegas Edge Jets; Ekman-Larsson; Klefbom; Forward Shot Rates – May 17

By |2018-05-16T22:56:26-04:00May 17th, 2018|Hockey Rambling|

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

By |2018-05-16T11:09:40-04:00May 16th, 2018|Roos Lets Loose|

  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, [...]

Eastern Edge: Expected Goals from Atlantic Centers

By |2018-05-15T22:02:41-04:00May 15th, 2018|Eastern Edge|

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

By |2018-05-14T21:45:40-04:00May 15th, 2018|Hockey Rambling|

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 [...]

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