We will look at each graduated rookie (26 or more games in the NHL) for each of the Western Teams and see how they fared this season. Anaheim Sam Steel – It is easy to look at only six goals in 65 games as a disappointing season, but Steel was able to hold his own [...]
With nothing left to do but reflect on a season that maybe was, I thought I would look back at my bounce back candidates from the start of the year and see what I was smoking. I had written a three part column here, here and here. I’ve put in Italics what I thought, back [...]
With the break in the NHL, this is as good a time as any to post the final four teams in the West and look back at their draft history from 1999 on. I’ve charted each year with the team’s point total (blue), the NHL average point total (green), the average number of NHL games [...]
The Wild West – Risers and Fallers By Grant Campbell on March 16th, 2020 Weekly Western Leaders (to March 11th, 2020) Goals – 43 – Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton Assists – 67 – Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton Points – 110 – Leon Draisaitl -Edmonton PPP – 44 – Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton Shots on Goal [...]
Weekly Western Leaders (from March 2nd to March 8th) Goals – 4 – Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton Assists – 6 – Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado, Nathan Mackinnon – Colorado, Darnell Nurse - Edmonton Points – 9 – Gabriel Landeskog - Colorado PPP – 3 – Evander Kane – San Jose, Timo Meier – San Jose, [...]
Weekly Western Leaders (from February 17th through March 1st) Goals – 7 – Andrew Mangiapane - Calgary Assists – 7 – J.T. Miller – Vancouver, Connor McDavid – Edmonton, Ryan Ellis - Nashville Points – 11 – Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg, Kevin Fiala – Minnesota, Mikael Backlund – Calgary, J.T. Miller - Vancouver PPP – [...]
Weekly Western Leaders Goals – 5 – Elias Lindholm – Calgary, Craig Smith – Nashville, Zach Sanford – St. Louis Assists – 7 – Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton Points – 10 – Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton PPP – 3 – Brandon Sutter – Vancouver, Tyler Seguin – Dallas, Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton, Quinn Hughes – [...]
With two weeks until the trade deadline, it is time to look at each team in the West and determine if they might be buyers or sellers and who they might move from or look to acquire for their roster, draft picks, or prospect pools. Weekly Western Leaders Goals – 4 – [...]
A look at PP trends and usage from teams around the Western Conference Weekly Western Leaders Goals – 4 – Alex Iafallo – Los Angeles Assists – 6 – Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton Points – 8 – Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton PPP – 3 – Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Shots on [...]
Western Leaders at All-Star Break (Leaders at break in 2018-2019) Goals – 30 – Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado (29 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton, Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary, Patrick Kane – Chicago, Gabriel Landeskog - Colorado) Assists – 49 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton (52 – Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg) Points – 76 [...]
