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Rookie Forward Deployments, League-Wide
Click here for the high-res image Each bubble in the graph above represents the the possession metrics of an NHL rookie. This chart is limited to rookies with a minimum of 25 games played. Those players include Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Sean Couturier, Adam Henrique, Matt Read,...
Comparing Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Gabriel Landeskog and Sean Couturier
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Gabriel Landeskog and Sean Couturier were three of the four most highly-ranked forwards in the prospect pool for the 2011 NHL draft. Hopkins went first overall, Landeskog second and Couturier mysteriously lasted until the Flyers selected him eighth overall. The three all...
Are The 2011 Minnesota Wild Better Than Their 2010 Team?
"Puck possession is everything."--Mike Babcock One of central pillars of the arguments from those who believe the Wild are a legitimate top-tier team is shot quality. The argument says something to the effect that possession metrics don't explain the Wild because they get better shots and generate...
Nashville's Trouble In Generating And Preventing Shots
The Nashville Predators have some serious structural issues with the foundation of the team, and it's not just Pekka Rinne's contract causing cracks. Though the likelihood of Nashville seeing value out of Rinne's contract is near-zero... For his contract to be about about equal in value to other...
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