Peter Ferrell
Peter Ferrell covers the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs, with a side of jersey and logo (over)analysis, for The Hockey Writers.
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Maple Leafs’ Nylander: Win the Battle, Lose the War?
October 15th, 2018 William Nylander has now missed six games of the 2018-19 National Hockey League season. So far, his Toronto Maple Leafs seem not to have missed him very much – at least on the offensive side of the puck, going 5-1 and averaging nearly five goals per game. As such, the pressure is more on Nylander than the team – at the...
Panthers X-Factors for 2018-19
September 30th, 2018 Once the 2018-19 National Hockey League season finally gets underway, the Florida Panthers have a real chance to make some noise. Much of the Atlantic Division – the whole Eastern Conference, really – is in disarray, with only the Tampa Bay Lightning anywhere close to a lock for success. The Panthers have a tremendous opportunity...
Maple Leafs X-Factors for 2018-19
September 28th, 2018 The 2018-19 National Hockey League regular season is fast approaching, and the time for season previews is upon us. The vast majority of people agree that, barring some sort of biblical catastrophe, the Toronto Maple Leafs will make the playoffs. What’s definitively less certain is where they’ll qualify. Will they snag a...
Panthers Practicing Patience With Tippett
September 25th, 2018 The Florida Panthers announced Monday that they had trimmed their training camp roster to 32 players. Included in the cuts was Owen Tippett, the Panthers’ first-round selection, 10th overall, in 2017. Tippett will be rejoining his major junior team, the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League. Lauded for his speed and...
Panthers Must Pounce Now
September 22nd, 2018 The notion of a “window to win” is nothing new when it comes to the National Hockey League and its ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup. In a salary-capped league, it’s not enough for franchises to simply assemble a talented group of players. Instead, teams have to have the right players, on the right contracts, at the right...
Ranking the Last Decade of NHL Draft Results
September 18th, 2018 What follows is a team-by-team analysis of the last 10 years of the NHL draft – 2008 until 2017, inclusive – with regards to the success of said teams’ draft picks at the NHL level. Methodology for Judging NHL Draft Success This article revolves around the definitely-scientific-and-not-at-all arbitrary Drafting Score measure,...
