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NHL Awards Watch: Likely finalists, hipster picks, unfair snubs
While there was some brief confusion about where statistics from the qualification round would end up, they’re now playoff stats and the regular-season numbers are set in stone. Hence, we got the news that the stat-based regular-season awards for 2019-20 have been decided, with Leon Draisaitl taking home the Art Ross Trophy for most points, […]
Continue readingHow to avoid risking players’ health in a restarted NHL season
NHL players are creatures of habit, living a regimented life of training, nutrition, rest and recovery. Their bodies are machines built to withstand an 82-game regular-season grind and whatever postseason action their team earns beyond it. What Gary Roberts fears is that these machines aren’t built for several months of home confinement, off the ice […]
Continue readingNHL Awards Watch: You pick the winners!
With the NHL season suspended since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s unclear whether we’ve already seen the end of the regular season, or whether it gets restarted in some shape or form during the summer. The league still contends that its goal is to complete the season in full; although with each […]
Continue readingThe feel-good stories of the season for all 31 NHL teams
The 2019-20 season was shaping up to be a good one, and there were plenty of positive stories across the league. To cheer you up during this lonely time, we revisited a feel-good story for every team this season: Note: Emily Kaplan handled the Metro and Central divisions, while Greg Wyshynski wrote on the Atlantic […]
Continue readingNHL Awards Watch: Hart Trophy race even more chaotic with one month left
Recency bias is very much a thing, considering that the ballots aren’t sent out until near the end of the season and the votes are sent in right up until the first game of the playoffs. This is especially true of the Hart Trophy race, for which players such as Taylor Hall, Corey Perry and […]
Continue readingHow the NHL trade deadline altered the playoff landscape
The NHL trade deadline came and went, and we were treated to a flurry of moves of varying degrees of importance to the playoff races. For the most part, it was a pretty sensible deadline, in that the teams currently contending for playoff spots were the ones that generally added to their rosters at the […]
Continue readingJ.T. Miller, a grizzled vet? How the 26-year-old has brought playoff wisdom, swagger to up-and-coming Canucks
Teams don’t just throw those picks around in trades anymore. When they are dealt, it’s rarely for forwards who have never hit 25 goals or 60 points in a season, as Miller hasn’t. Fans questioned the investment. Miller took notice of the price tag, too. “I realized they gave up a lot for me, and […]
Continue readingLightning’s Nikita Kucherov suffers lower-body injury vs. Penguins
Kucherov got tangled with teammate Tyler Johnson in the second period. When he left the ice, Kucherov walked with a limp down the tunnel and to the locker room. Postgame analysis and highlight show airing each night throughout the season from Barry Melrose and Linda Cohn. Watch on ESPN+ Lightning coach Jon Cooper said after […]
Continue readingNHL trade deadline preview: Possible moves, latest rumors, what to watch for all 31 teams
Now that the 2020 NHL All-Star Weekend is in the rearview mirror, the league’s trade season is underway in earnest. The next several games for each team will be pivotal, as general managers decide whether their teams should be buyers, improving their chances for the Stanley Cup playoffs, or sellers, perhaps accelerating rebuilds. Get caught […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s Analytics Awards at midseason
But rather than running down the current leaders for individual awards, heralding players who will be recognized for their work in St. Louis this weekend or in Las Vegas at the NHL Awards this summer, let’s have some fun with it by creating new categories of our own. Here are your Analytics All-Stars for the […]
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