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Top 10 All-Time European-Born NHL Forwards
October 8th, 2018 Europeans are having a bigger impact in the NHL now than ever before. Of the 985 players to play in at least one game this season, 268, or 27 percent, were born in Europe. Europeans have been at the pinnacle of success in recent seasons, winning five of the past 10 Hart, Art Ross, and Norris Trophy winners. But European success in the...
The NHL's Exclusive 13 x 30 Club
October 7th, 2018 The 2017-18 season was an incredible season for Russian sniper Alex Ovechkin as he joined not one, but two exclusive clubs. On Mar. 12, he became the 20th member of the 600-goal club and on Jan. 25, the 10th player to join the 13 x 30 club, a group of players who scored 30 goals in at least 13 seasons. Ovechkin also became only the sixth...
NHL Elite: Consistent Point-Per-Game Players
September 13th, 2018 Russian superstars Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin joined a rare group of players who have averaged a point-per-game played (P/GP) or better for at least 10 seasons. They join Sidney Crosby as the only active players to do so - Crosby has 11. I chose 40 games played as the minimum to qualify because it is low enough to preserve the...
Best & Worst Trades in Panthers History
September 3rd, 2018 In the 25 years since the Florida Panthers became a franchise, their 10 general managers have made a lot of trades. As an expansion team for the 1993-94 season, they made 16 trades in their first year alone. Some of these early trades made an impact as the team finished one point outside the playoffs in their inaugural season and reached...
The NHL 600-Goal Club
September 3rd, 2018 For most hockey players, winning the Stanley Cup is the ultimate goal. From being drafted to helping a team through the regular season, playoffs and eventually Stanley Cup Finals, hoisting the cup is always the end-goal. Along the way, however, players all seek to play the best they can for a variety of purposes. While players always...
Oldest Players With 100-Point Seasons
August 7th, 2018 It is difficult to score in the NHL. Not exactly breaking news. That's why only three players -- Connor McDavid, Claude Giroux, and Nikita Kucherov -- reached the 100-point mark last season. That doesn't seem like many players, and it's not compared to the 1981-82 season when 13 reached the century mark, but it's still the most since...
