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Answering big U.S. hockey questions: Best moment, most underrated player, top women’s player and more
The best moment in U.S. hockey history (outside of the Miracle on Ice) The most underrated American player of all time Potential U.S.-born Hart Trophy winners on the horizon Challengers to Cammi Granato for the greatest American women’s player ever Winners of a theoretical 2020 international best-on-best men’s competition Let’s jump in. Greg Wyshynski, senior […]
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 readingThe cases for, against every top NHL MVP candidate
In the eyes of many, you need to be on a good team. But the team can’t be too good, or you risk being docked points for receiving too much help. Nikita Kucherov bucked that trend with his preposterous 128-point 2018-19 season, but it certainly played a role in the 2017-18 race, when Taylor Hall […]
Continue readingNHL Awards Watch: Calder, Norris trophy races in state of chaos
Here’s the NHL Awards Watch for February. Again, this is a prediction of how I expect the voters would consider the current candidates, as well as a look at their merits. Keep in mind that the PHWA votes for the Hart, Norris, Calder, Selke and Lady Byng trophies; broadcasters vote for the Jack Adams; and […]
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 […]
Continue readingKHL player poll: All-Stars on the next city to get a team, misconceptions about the league and more
Editor’s note: Interviews with Vyacheslav Gretsky, Kirill Kaprizov, Alexander Semin and Ilya Sorokin were conducted through interpreters. Some answers have been lightly edited for clarity. Vyacheslav Gretsky, Dinamo-Molodechno (Belarusian): I would pick Stockholm, or Bern. Because the national teams are quite strong, and it would be interesting to have teams from those countries in the […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: 1-31 poll, plus one stunning stat for every team
How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1-31, and those results are tabulated to the list featured here. Teams are rated through Tuesday night’s games, taking into account overall record, recent success and other factors such as injuries. The previous ranking for each team is its spot in our final […]
Continue readingNHL experts buy/sell Lightning winning the Atlantic, Justin Williams’ scoring pace, more
This week, we’re looking at: The Lightning’s chances in the Atlantic Scoring expectations for the Hurricanes’ newest signing The Red Wings’ options in the (likely) event they have the No. 1 pick in the 2020 draft The chances that a team in the red in goal differential makes the playoffs Whether a goalie with 45 […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey – Forecaster for the week of Dec. 30-Jan. 5
And the Columbus Blue Jackets went into the brief holiday break making hay with a roster full of injuries. Among forwards hurting who are arguably top-six forwards for the team when healthy are Josh Anderson, Cam Atkinson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Sonny Milano and Emil Bemstrom. They aren’t all locks for a scoring line, but would be […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s All-Regression team: Bounce-back candidates, players due for decline
That’s why it’s particularly dangerous to put too much stock into wild shooting percentage swings over a short stretch of games. While there’s no doubt that a shot from Nikita Kucherov is more likely to go in than one off of a fourth-liner’s stick, those are two ends of the extreme. For the players in […]
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