comparables Stories - The Copper & Blue
Sam Gagner Comparables Lead Us To The 1980s
Last September, I went in search of comparables for Sam Gagner. Oilers' fans were frustrated by Gagner's lack of progress, but weren't considering other similar players who produced at similar levels early in their careers. The three closest statistical comparables I could find were Bobby...
Brad Richards Is A Great Comparable For Ryan Nugent-Hopkins; It's Just That... Sean Couturier Is Better
In an effort to figure out a way around Scott's comparables list for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, commenters in three different commonly-traveled sites have determined that Brad Richards is, in fact, the best comparable for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins based on the need for a better class of comparable player. ...
Teemu Hartikainen, The Next Mikko Leinonen? Niko Kapanen? Jere Lehtinen?
Jonathan Willis' methodology of normalizing stats to compare players over time has helped us find the comparables of Bobby Clarke, Dave Keon and Bobby Carpenter for Sam Gagner. It's helped us recognize that Magnus Paajarvi statistically compares to Michael Nylander, Peter Forsberg and Mats...
Magnus Pääjärvi, The Next Michael Nylander? Peter Forsberg? Mats Lindgren?
Sam Gagner is tracking closely to Dave Keon and Bobby Clarke, at least according to the numbers. Last week, I queried every NHL forward in history in search of a comparable for Gagner and came up with a couple of names that weren't previously considered. Today I'm in search of the statistical...
Sam Gagner, The Next Bobby Clarke? Dave Keon? Bobby Carpenter?
Yesterday, we looked at Sam Gagner's place in hockey history among other under-21 players. Today, we'll look at other comparable players that might give us an idea as to what the Edmonton Oilers have on their hands. The incomparable Lowetide loves his comparables, and after searching high and...
Finnish Comps - The Military Service Problem
When I reviewed Teemu Hartikainen's sophomore year, I mentioned some issues about the Finnish comps that I've been using for the last year: Hartikainen's full season numbers look suspiciously like Jere Lehtinen's rookie season in the the SM-Liiga, and tracks ahead of Ville Nieminen, Mikko Koivu,...
Comparables
Hi from the Wet Coast. I've been travelling for a few days so the blog has been quiet.I have, however, been pondering the matter of comparables that was discussed in the comments of the (second) Smid post. Popularized if not introduced by Bill James, the method is particularly useful in baseball...
Mock Arbitration - Denis Grebeshkov
Between Monday and August 4th, 20 NHL players will be taking taking their teams to arbitration. Among those twenty is Oilers' defenseman Denis Grebeshkov. That being the case, we've decided to give a preview of how that arbitration hearing might go here at Copper & Blue. We...
Mets Top Prospects: #26 Cesar Puello
Here at Amazin' Avenue, were going to start a comprehensive running list of top Mets prospects. To debut the list, I will be counting down the top 26 (because 25 wasn't enough) prospects in the Mets' farm system, starting with 26 today. Mark Himmelstein (a.k.a. Meddler) has graciously volunteered...
Developing Devan Dubnyk
There’s a fun discussion going on over at Lowetide’s about how good Devan Dubnyk’s season was. At first glance, a .906 SV% doesn’t seem terribly impressive for a 21-year old, especially one as highly touted as Dubnyk. On the other hand, Springfield was atrocious this past...
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