The NHL resumes play on Wednesday, but information on teams and players may be sparse to come. A lot of Olympians just returned to North America on Monday, Team USA may be heading to the White House on Tuesday, and some NHL squads are canceling practices or are going to be without key players, so [...]
Teams have returned practicing and one bit of good news for the Buffalo Sabres is that forward Josh Norris was at practice and had shed his non-contact jersey, according to Matthew Fairburn. Norris was injured mid-January, but it looks like he’ll be ready to go when Buffalo returns to game action on Wednesday. Remember that [...]
Sidney Crosby was injured during Canada’s quarter-final win against Czechia. He got tangled up, took a couple of awkward falls during the second period, and did not return for the third period. Hopefully we’ll get more of an update soon. * In Tuesday’s Ramblings, we covered how many scoring chances were created off zone entries [...]
One thing that really matters for good offensive production is efficiency. Not only does that mean being able to drive high shooting percentages – though that is important – but it’s creating as many chances as possible on the fewest number of touches or zone entries as possible. We can attempt to quantify that by [...]
In yesterday’s Ramblings, we covered changes in market share of shots and expected goals among forwards. To get everyone up to speed, the term ‘market share’ refers to the percentage of a team’s shots or expected goals taken by a specific player when they’re on the ice. So, if Cale Makar is on the ice [...]
In a Ramblings two months ago, I wrote about player market share of shots, shot attempts, and expected goals. To be brief about it, market share is what percentage of shots, shot attempts, or expected goals that accumulate with a given player on the ice are taken by that player. So, if the Minnesota Wild [...]
With the NHL on break for over the next couple of weeks and the roster freeze in effect, there is an opportunity to free-wheel these Ramblings a bit. For today, I want to review two players that are having breakout seasons in Josh Doan and Darren Raddysh, and whether they are ‘for real’ or whether [...]
In a bit of a surprise, as there had not been any indications it would be the case, Pierre-Luc Dubois returned to the Washington Capitals lineup on Thursday night. Dubois has not played since October following multiple surgeries, and the initial timeline was 3-4 months. The three-month mark would be a couple of days from [...]
We had a couple huge pieces of news on Wednesday, and the first was that New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin would be traded to the Los Angeles Kings in return for prospect Liam Greentree and a conditional 3rd round pick. (That trade was broken by Adam Schefter, of all people.) While Panarin did not [...]
Barry Trotz announced he will be stepping down as General Manager for the Nashville Predators. He will stay in the role until the team finds a replacement, which could take until the end of the regular season, but this will be his last season as GM. He also said that he will not be looking [...]
