Hockey Rambling

Barzal, Panarin Each Hit 80 Points […]

The big news from Monday was the announcement by Henrik and Daniel Sedin that they would be retiring from the NHL at season’s end. Both players will leave the NHL, barring something wacky over the final week, with 0.80 points per game in the regular season. The plaudits and stories told Monday were mostly of [...]

It’s getting near that time again, gang! My 13th annual Interactive Playoff Draft List is going to be released Thursday (and updated until next Monday). Pre-order it HERE. * Ryan Donato has come back to earth somewhat after his scorching debut, managing “just” three points in his last six games. Curious to see if Rick [...]

  Earlier this week I discussed the importance of goals-for percentage as it relates to future playoff success, specifically citing a 52.5% GF% as the cut-off for true contender status. This led to a good discussion about strength of schedule and how it might relate to a team’s ability to clear that cut-off, specifically looking [...]

For as well as the Bruins have been playing, it’s easy to forget that they still have a bevy of players out of the lineup. We have some good news for Boston fans as the injured players look to be returning soon. At the least, it looks like Jake DeBrusk will be back Saturday afternoon [...]

  Today’s ramblings will be a blowout Q+A. Enjoy!   {source} <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Will Mat Barzal be a PPG player again next year and/or what is his value if John Tavares leaves New York?</p>&mdash; Will Weiler (@wweiler) <a href="https://twitter.com/wweiler/status/978597798177333249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>{/source}   I have mild concerns about all [...]

Wednesday’s Action, The Future Price on Carey Price […]

Though it was probably assumed by fantasy hockey owners at this point, we got confirmation on Tuesday afternoon that Kevin Shattenkirk wouldn’t be returning this season. Not that we should worry about a huge decline but next year will be Shatty’s age-30 season. On a rebuilding team, what can we expect from him? His ADP [...]

  A few years ago I took a deep dive on the statistical qualities that best portended to playoff success concluding that the best predictor of any playoff series was goal differential. Since then, Adam Gretz has come out with his own model for Stanley Cup winners focusing on teams who finish top-10 in goal [...]

Ramblings: Impact of a new family on production. Also, the kids are arriving – Tolvanen, Andersson (Mar 26) *** Morning Update! The Minnesota Wild have signed prospect Jordan Greenway to a three-year ELC, turning pro after his junior season with Boston University. Greenway is one of the best "real" hockey prospects in the world and [...]