Posts About "4-day"
A New Way to Predict & Measure NHL Success
January 24th, 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 and know that plenty of work has been done to determine the value of a run in MLB. I didn't find any reported findings for the NHL but what I did find was an article written by Bryan Grosnick of...
Pittsburgh Penguins Playoff Prophecy
January 18th, 2018 From before biblical, to the days of digital, mankind has fretted about the future. The seemingly simple, yet infinitely cryptic question of "What comes next?" perplexes prophets and economists alike. While the hockey world isn’t immune from wondering what’s to come, puck prophecies don’t usually run rampant until the NHL playoff...
Has Brock Boeser Saved Jim Benning’s Job?
January 18th, 2018 As the Canucks have entered the mandated five-day break, it is time to look at just how impressive rookie phenom Brock Boeser has been. A week ago, the right winger was announced as the Vancouver Canucks' selection for the 63rd NHL All-Star game in Tampa Bay, Florida. He is the first Canuck rookie to make the All-Star game since Dale...
NHL Standings Predictions: 2018 Midseason Edition
January 18th, 2018 Like everybody else, I was wrong about the Vegas Golden Knights. Nobody, that I know of, had the expansion team making the playoffs in their preseason predictions, let alone leading the Pacific Division as well as the Western Conference and possibly winning the Presidents’ Trophy or even the Stanley Cup. I was among the majority...
Penguins Still Trying to Replace Departed Stars
January 17th, 2018 While a handful of consecutive wins can hardly be considered a resurgence and season-defining stretch, the Pittsburgh Penguins appear to be rounding into shape at the right time. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel have become a dominant three-headed offensive monster, with the trio accounting for 32 points in January as the...
Top 10 Swedes in The NHL Today
January 17th, 2018 Sweden has produced some very talented hockey players over the years. The country is stocked with world-class-skating forwards and talent-rich defensemen. The odds-on favorite to be the number one overall draft pick at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft is a Swede, Rasmus Dahlin. Today, the NHL is full of Swedish hockey stars. Here are the...
