The NHL trade deadline is March 21st, 2022, but it is never too early to look at some trade targets in mid-December. I’m going to focus on the one or two players per team that might be available or sought after by other teams. These players might not be dealt before the deadline, but the [...]
We will look at a few players in the West that had very good Octobers but have fallen off a little since or vice versa, with poor Octobers and done well since. Some of these players are reverting to where they should be in terms of historical production, but others are pushing for career highs. [...]
Teams are always looking for the next French Connection or West Coast Express. Once players have success and chemistry playing together, it makes things so much easier for the coach. Here are some of the top lines in the West and a look at some interesting line combinations as well. To put things in perspective [...]
Teams have played between 15 and 19 games so far, so we have a pretty good sample pool of stats to go through. I’m going to focus on some players in the West that if you have on a fantasy team, I would look to sell at their highest value. These players will more than [...]
This week we are going to look at how each team in the West is doing on the power-play so far and how each team is allocating ice time. With the players, we are going to look at the percentage of power-play time and power-play points per 60 minutes. To put things in perspective, last [...]
After about a month of play, I’m going to go through each team in the West and choose an MVP and the most disappointing player to date. I’m going to look at factors like faceoffs, blocks, hits, Corsi, time on ice and of course production. I’m sure there are other opinions out there, so let [...]
I rarely write about goalies in the NHL, because quite frankly they are all a little strange and usually unpredictable. Every season, there seem to be one or two goalies who were playing in the Swedish 3rd division or the league below the ECHL and emerge to win 10 games in a row and propel [...]
This week we are going to focus on an unsustainable stat line that goes hand in hand with production. The one metric I will be focusing on is points per 60 minutes (pts/60). I’m not saying that other metrics like 5 on 5 shooting percentage, PDO, IPP and CF% aren’t important, but I find that [...]
There have only been a few games so far, but ice time and deployment are two factors that can significantly affect a player’s production. I’m going to list a few players who are in potentially reduced roles from what I figured they would be and who I have some concern about their production levels this [...]
With only a day before the puck drops for the 2021-22 regular season, rosters are taking shape and a few surprise cuts have been announced by teams. Some notable rookies sent down to the AHL were Calen Addison - Minnesota, Alex Turcotte - Los Angeles, Josef Korenar - Arizona, David Farrance - Nashville, Pierre-Olivier Joseph [...]
