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Ron Goldberg From R.I.T. Answers Questions About Canucks' Signing Chris Tanev
When the Canucks signed undrafted Rochester Institute of Technology defenceman Chris Tanev on May 30, many of us, including myself, wondered who in the heck this guy was. While we learned that Tanev was a late-bloomer size-wise, his fave player is Niklas Lidstrom, and he recieved praise from his...
Pacific Division Previews
Over the last month, I wrote previews for the Pacific Division over at Puck Prospectus. The order of finish comes from Tom Awad's VUKOTA projection system, which is further based on Tom's GVT statistic. GVT combines all of a player's contributions - goals, penalties, face-offs, PP and PK, among...
How good is John Tavares?
[Originally appeared in the Nov. 16, 2008 edition of 'The Committed Indian', the unofficial Chicago Black Hawks program...]Can you imagine baseball fans across the country getting excited about a 16-year-old shortstop? Football fans getting worked up because a freshman running back is dominating...
Russian KHL League Equivalency to date
The 2008-09 KHL season is about 14 games in, and we can take our first stab at producing a league equivalency. There are 23 skaters in the KHL who played at least 20 games in the NHL last year. Their cumulative stats:GPGAPP82NHL 2007-08119113122825KHL 2008-09260547641That would give a league...
Canadian Junior A NCAA/Major Junior Equivalencies
I now have five-to-seven years of player data for Canadian Junior A leagues, so it's now possible to generate equivalencies for each league. I ran the data for British Columbia (BCHL), Alberta (AJHL), Saskatchewan (SJHL), Manitoba (MJHL), Ontario (OPJHL), Quebec (QJAHL) and the Maritimes (MJAHL)....
Leafs in the Playoffs? Nah...
"Can Leafs overcome the odds? Just when it seemed that any chance of reaching the post-season was lost, hope has been rekindled..."Toronto Star, March 3rd, 2008 [link here]Hope certainly springs eternal in Leafs land - I know you've got to believe. But when you talk about overcoming the odds,...
Kyle Okposo and Projecting the NCAA to the NHL
Kyle Okposo made a few headlines this week: after the World Junior Championships are over, he's quitting the University of Minnesota and joining the New York Islanders. He was drafted 7th overall in 2006, which puts him a bit behind the curve in jumping to the NHL: he's the only player in the top...
Starting in the NHL as a teenager does mean success
"Getting to the big time early doesn't necessarily mean you've made it big. Or to stay." - Damien Cox, ESPN.com, 12/12/07 in Starting in NHL as a teenager doesn't mean instant success.Sometimes you run across something that's so illogical, it must be true. And Damien Cox's article on ESPN was one...
Lots of hits on USHL Article
The short column I wrote the level of play in the USHL has generated a lot of interest in the last couple of days.Marc Foster's junior hockey blog made reference to it:Junior Hockey BlogAnd the USHL President's office and Director of Scouting got in touch with me to express their gratitude at...
Projecting goalie performance
The road to the NHL is an arduous one, and all but the supremely gifted must spend time honing their craft in lower professional leagues. This is particularly true of goaltenders. The developing goalie of most interest for Oiler fans is currently Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (pictured), who played his...
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