Posts About "Central Division"
How Does Mark Scheifele Compare?
February 25th, 2017 When Olympic hockey comes around every four years, Canadians trade in their toques, parkas, and double-doubles for a cozy spot on the couch watching their nation dominate the international stage. While the answer of whether or not the NHL will play in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea is still very much up in the air, hockey fans...
Blues' Top 3 Things to Remember About Final Stretch
March 23rd, 2016 The NHL is nearing the end of its regular season, often titled the "final stretch." These games are the only thing separating teams from their playoff dreams or an unfortunately long offseason. While the St. Louis Blues find themselves within a few points of clinching their fifth consecutive playoff appearance, there are a few things...
Race for Central Division Lead: 13 Games To Go
March 12th, 2016 The battle for the Central Division lead is the closest race in the NHL right now, with three teams separated by two points. The Dallas Stars are currently one-point up on the St. Louis Blues and two ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks with all three teams having 13 games remaining in the regular season. Up for Grabs With the race being...
Blues Gear Up for Post-Break Divisional Games
December 23rd, 2015 St. Louis has had a rather successful start to the season as far as their record goes, but their play hasn't been at the level it needs to for them to keep up their pace. With the toughest part of the year just around the corner the Blues will have to focus on playing a more cohesive game if they wish to return to the...
Rough Road Ahead for Dallas Stars
December 14th, 2015 Saturday night, the Dallas Stars were held scoreless for the first time this season. In just their second game in the last two weeks against a team currently in playoff position, Dallas was caught flat-footed in the first period. Though they found their game in the second stanza, the Stars couldn't find the back of the net against the...
How Was Your Favorite Team Built? - Central Division
December 9th, 2015 Teams these days are built mainly through three areas; Trades, free agency and the draft with some waiver claims here and there. The common thought is to build through the draft and then plug the holes with trades and free agency. Is that how most teams are operating right now? The Dallas Stars are a team that comes to mind when you...
Are the Dallas Stars a Playoff Team?
November 20th, 2015 What a difference a year makes. Thursday night in Washington, the Dallas Stars were out-hit and out-shot, but not outscored. With their 3-2 win over the Capitals, the Stars improved to 16-4-0 on the year, beating out the 1971-72 Minnesota North Stars and the 1998-99 Dallas Stars (remember those guys?) for the best season start in...
Division Games Must Be Nashville's Central Focus
November 13th, 2015 It's no secret that the Nashville Predators play in the best division in hockey in the Central. There are at least playoff-caliber teams in the division and even the last-place Colorado Avalanche have showed signs of life in games. Every team has a threat to win on any night. The importance of divisional play goes up even more since...
For the Dallas Stars, Playoffs Start in October
October 8th, 2015 Last season, the Dallas Stars missed the playoffs for the sixth time in seven seasons. A number of factors contributed to what proved to be a disappointing season in Big D: a slow start, poor team defense, even worse goaltending. Over the summer, the Stars said and did all the right things, stressing the need for a fast start to the...
The 4th Line Podcast: The Central Preview
September 7th, 2015 The guys preview the Central division with Alli Baker (@allibaker23) and Dan Mount (@DanMountSports) from The Hockey Writers. They also break down the news of the week (Voynov, Peverley and Vasilevsky) and give away a mini stick as they name their giveaway segment. Also, Joel asks the listeners to reach out to us in a new and special...
Predicting the Unpredictable, Expected PDO: Central Division
July 28th, 2015 With the rise of the influence of the analytics community over the landscape of hockey, many new statistics have come to the forefront of forward-thinking analysis. One of those stats, known as PDO, was created with the primary goal of quantifying how lucky or unlucky a given team or player has been. The statistic is largely used only...
How the Central Division is Shaping Up
July 16th, 2015 The St. Louis Blues are a part of arguably the best division in the NHL, making it the best division in hockey. With that comes some serious competition and the six other teams in the Central have lived up to that expectation of late, especially this off-season. Although the Blues traded TJ Oshie and acquired Troy Brouwer this month,...
Central Division: Strengths and Weaknesses
July 6th, 2015 The Central Division was easily the best division in the NHL this past season. All seven teams finished with at least 90 points and five of them qualified for the postseason, including Nashville and Winnipeg. Before the season began, those two teams were not often being considered as playoff contenders in the Central. Nashville was able...
