Now that August is officially here, we are going to be transitioning from our roundup-related articles (like the MVP and playoff series’) to some more specifically forward looking content. This week we are going to return to the idea of potential breakout players. Historically in this column we review the 4th year breakout candidates, but [...]
This week we are turning our collective attention to a Dobber Report that focuses a bit more on descriptive information than the data that informs our typical analysis. Usually, we are looking at data points that can help us determine if a performance we are seeing from a player is sustainable or if we should [...]
This week we are wrapping up our division reviews and identifying candidates to bounce back and candidates to avoid on draft day. We have already reviewed the Pacific, Central, and Metro Divisions, so today we move on to the Atlantic. As a reminder here is a little context setting from the original article. In order [...]
This week we are returning to our division reviews and identifying candidates to bounce back and candidates to avoid on draft day. We have already reviewed the Pacific and Central Divisions, so today we move on to the Metro. As a reminder here is a little context setting from the original article. In order to [...]
This week we are returning to our division reviews and identifying candidates to bounce back and candidates to avoid on draft day. We have already reviewed the Pacific Division, so today we move on to the Central. As a reminder here is a little context setting from the original article. In order to make this [...]
In honor of free agency opening this week we are going to pause the division reviews and spend a little time looking at recent signings. The focus is going to be a bit more historical, though we may touch on current signings later on. Players who sign free agent deals over the summer are often [...]
Today we are kicking off a mini-series focused on helping us make smarter player decisions at the draft table. It is not enough to know how a player performed in the previous season, but we need to try to determine whether that level of performance was reasonable or unsustainable. We will go division by division [...]
This week we are returning with the final part of our playoff series review. In last week’s article we covered the teams that were eliminated in the second round and this week we are going to take a look at the final four playoff teams. This means the Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars, and [...]
This week we are returning with part three of our playoff series review. In the last two articles we covered the teams that were eliminated in the first round (East here and West here). This week we are going to take a look at teams who were eliminated in the second round. This means Toronto, [...]
This week we are returning to our playoff series with the second part of our first-round review. Last week we covered the teams eliminated from the Western Conference: St Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, and Minnesota Wild. This week we are moving on to talk about the Eastern Conference so we will be [...]
