In part three of fifteen in our look at GM ratings in the West, we will focus on Calgary and GM Brad Treliving who chose a life of hockey over pizza. Before being hired in Calgary as the GM, Treliving was the Assistant GM in Arizona from July 2007 to April 2014. He was unemployed [...]
In week two of our look at GM ratings we will focus on Arizona and GM John Chayka. He was hired as a 26-year old after serving as the assistant GM for 11 months and 12 days under prior GM Don Maloney. Rating: 5: below average 6: average 7: above average 8: top ten 9: [...]
It is always a subjective result when looking back at a general manager of an NHL team and rating them based on their success, because ultimately they are only successful if their team wins the Stanley Cup. In the salary cap era, it is a very difficult job, but the four pillars I’d consider the [...]
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 – [...]
