The Wild West

I thought we would match Brennan Des in the East and look at each team in the West and see who were the most disappointing players. Anaheim - Jakob Silfverberg The Ducks are not short in this department as any number of disappointing players could be listed including Kevin Shattenkirk, John Gibson, Adam Henrique, Danton [...]

A few weeks back we looked at how the Colorado Avalanche’s current roster was built. As I sat and watched Vegas beat Montreal in game four of the playoffs, I was curious how many players on the current Vegas roster were part of the expansion draft, traded for, signed for or drafted. Here is what [...]

I’m going to focus on some players that could potentially improve their production next season and might be a bargain in some leagues and pools. I know the fourth-year breakout is a thing, but some of these players might be ahead or behind that theory. We will only look at players from Western teams and [...]

Wild West: Colorado Avalanche - Built by Analytics? By Grant Campbell on June 7th, 2021 There has been a lot of murmuring online about the old analytics/eye test argument once the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated. Some would like to point out that the Leafs losing is a failure of the analytics movement and there [...]

Teams in the Wild West were under-represented this year with only seven squads in the playoffs and now it is down to three remaining after the first round. Winnipeg, Colorado and Vegas remain in their quest for the Stanley Cup but only two of those can get through to the next round. Colorado can’t win [...]

With the Seattle Kraken making their final payment a few weeks ago, the team is now free to make trades and sign players. Using the ‘Seattle Expansion Draft Simulator’ on www.capfriendly.com can be a little overwhelming, so I thought I would make an attempt at each team and what players would be protected and what [...]

Weekly Western Final Leaders (to May 16th, 2021) – in bold leads the NHL Goals – 33 –  Connor McDavid  (41 – Auston Matthews) Assists – 72 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton Primary Assists - 50 -  Connor McDavid - Edmonton Secondary Assists - 27 - Tyson Barrie - Edmonton Points – 105 – Connor [...]

Weekly Western Leaders (to May 9th, 2021) – in bold leads the NHL Goals – 32 –  Connor McDavid  (40 – Auston Matthews) Assists – 68 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton Primary Assists - 48 -  Connor McDavid - Edmonton Secondary Assists - 26 - Tyson Barrie - Edmonton Points – 100 – Connor McDavid [...]

Weekly Western Leaders (to May 2nd, 2021) – in bold leads the NHL Goals – 29 –  Connor McDavid  (38 – Auston Matthews) Assists – 58 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton Primary Assists - 41 -  Connor McDavid - Edmonton Secondary Assists - 23 - Tyson Barrie - Edmonton (23 - Adam Fox) Points – [...]

Weekly Western Leaders (to April 25th, 2021) – in bold leads the NHL Goals – 26 –  Mikko Rantanen - Colorado (34 – Auston Matthews) Assists – 52 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton Primary Assists - 38 -  Connor McDavid - Edmonton Secondary Assists - 22 - Tyson Barrie - Edmonton (22 - Adam Fox) [...]