Penguins Trade Deadline Targets Kyle Gipe | February 12, 2018 The 2017-18 season has not gone exactly as planned for the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. They started the season by going 10-7-3 in their first 20 games including…
Who’s Really Carrying Their Teams? Kyle Gipe | February 10, 2018 Which players have been best at carrying their teams this season? To me, carrying one’s team means that a player produces in wins and when he doesn’t produce, the team…
Europe Producing Better Rookies than North America Kyle Gipe | February 8, 2018 The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) has produced more talent than any other developmental league, representing 52 percent of NHL rosters on opening night this season. This should come as no…
P.K. Subban Deserves Some Norris Love Kyle Gipe | February 5, 2018 Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban won his first Norris Trophy during the lockout-shortened season of 2012-13. He was awarded the trophy as the league’s best defenseman after he posted 11…
What Is an NHL Win Worth? Kyle Gipe | January 30, 2018 I recently wrote an article that proposed a new way to predict team success by using goal differential. I introduced a formula called the Pythagorean Expectation (PE) that produced an…
A New Way to Predict & Measure NHL Success Kyle Gipe | January 24, 2018 Two weeks ago, I began looking into whether or not there has ever been research on how many goals equals a win in the NHL. I’m a fan of baseball…
5 Goalies’ Trends Affecting Their Team’s Performance Kyle Gipe | January 9, 2018 Teams are typically only as successful as their goaltending is good. Or maybe it’s that a goalie’s success is reflective of the quality of players in front of him. Either…
Best & Worst of the Week: Dec. 30 – Jan. 4 Kyle Gipe | January 6, 2018 The Best Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Three games: Dec. 30 vs New Jersey (W), Jan. 2 at Carolina (W) 2 G, 3 A, plus-4, 1 game-winning goal, 8 shots, 25.0…
Best and Worst of the Week: Dec. 22-28 Kyle Gipe | December 30, 2017 This is the inaugural edition of a weekly article highlighting the best and worst of the NHL. It will be player-focused and will utilize basic numbers with a slight inclusion…
Ryan Reaves: Keeping ‘Sid the Kid’ Safe? Kyle Gipe | December 20, 2017 Living in the Pittsburgh market, I am exposed to Penguins media and story lines. On June 23, the first day of this year’s draft, the team made a trade that…
3 NHL Players Excelling in New Roles Kyle Gipe | December 18, 2017 Every season, roster decisions are made by either adding new players through trade or free agency or by placing current players in new roles. Here, we’ll look at three players…
Top 5 Third-Line Centers in the NHL Kyle Gipe | December 12, 2017 In today’s NHL, with a hard salary cap and more money allocated to players at the top of the roster, having quality depth is as important as it has ever been.…
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