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There's nothing like an unexpected present to make a girl happy. Although I have to admit that I'm pretty weirded out by how excited I am to get a statistics present. I have no idea at what point this number thing became less of a chore and more of an obsession. I had been doing some research on...
Whoever Coaches the New Jersey Devils Next Season Should Get Them To Shoot More at Evens
On a whim, I decided to see how the New Jersey Devils compared to the rest of the league at even strength in a few stats. I wanted to see where the Devils have been deficient as a starting point as to where they can improve for next season. Behind the Net goes as far back as the 2007-08 season...
A Functional Post -- And a Call for The Best Articles of 2010
Just wanted to catch the weekly readership with a number of things concerning the blog, as well as a call for some input... Good friend of BTN Rob Vollman is looking to compile some of the best stats analysis articles of 2010. Please give us your suggestions in the comments section below. ...
All-World Shooter, But Is He An Impact Player? Ilya Kovalchuk's 5-on-5 On-Ice Impact from 2007-2010
In recent days, I've turned my focus from Paul Martin to Ilya Kovalchuk, the other big unrestricted free agent (UFA) coming out of New Jersey this summer. In Tuesday's look at the team's PDO, which is the summation of on-ice even strength shooting percentage and on-ice even strength save...
Dustin Penner - 9th Most Valuable Skater In The League
Dirk Hoag at On The Forecheck has been crunching numbers to figure out who the most valuable players in the NHL are this year. The results are not exactly shocking for this correspondent - Dustin Penner is the 9th-most valuable skater in the league. Dirk's methodology is here: The idea here is...
I Need A Coach That Won't Drive Me Crazy
I was one of Craig MacTavish's foremost critics for the way he managed his team last season. While he self-admittedly lost control of the team and burned bridges with a number of players, he maintained tactical superiority against most coaches during games throughout his tenure as Oilers' head...
Olli Jokinen - Performing as expected
Olli Jokinen was once the darling of certain Oilers message boards and blogs, and was the topic of conversation around more than one Edmonton water cooler. He was the "big scoring center" that would compete against other dominant centers in the Western Conference and bring back the glory to the...
The Numbers
Both David Staples and Lowetide (Update: and Covered in Oil) have been talking about statistics in the last couple of days. Due to the speed and efficiency of the Future Shop maintenance department, I didn't comment on either of their posts, and it's a discussion that I have relatively strong...
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