This has been quite the week for hockey metrics. On Friday, a very well-known hockey blogger, author and radio personality Sean McIndoe a.k.a. DownGoesBrown posted an article on the basic ins-and-outs of hockey metrics over at Grantland. I strongly recommend reading it even if you have a grasp for hockey metrics as McIndoe has a […]
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The schedule for the 2013-2014 NHL season was released today which is pretty big news for hockey writers in the middle of July. The first thing that is noticeable is that they finally came out with the new division names. To refresh your memory a bit, the NHL announced last year that there would be
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One thing sports give us is something to talk about after we all agree that it’s “some weather out there.” Invariably, whenever I wear my Kevin Durant or J.P. Arencibia jersey out to a bar or pub (I love Aaron Cibia, I was young and foolish when I bought it), I will get a few
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For as long as there have been sports and competitions, there have been people trying to gain every advantage possible over their opposition. The ancient Olympic Games were known for bribery being a recourse to ensure victory or even the consumption of wild boar manure to gain a competitive advantage. Rosie Ruiz was an out-of-shape marathon runner
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This summer marks a fairly busy free agent (and trade) season in the NHL. There are numerous reasons for this, most of them tied into the salary cap going down nearly $7-million this year as part of what was agreed upon in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. This has meant high-priced players being shipped out
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The NHL is a less electrifying place today after the news came down that New Jersey Devils RW Ilya Kovalchuk was retiring from the top hockey league on the planet. Needless to say, I was simply stunned when I refreshed Twitter for the first time in a little while. I was stunned in the sense
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In a move that took me by surprise initially, but made more sense as I looked into it, the St. Louis Blues sent winger David Perron to the Edmonton Oilers for Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson (although he doesn’t use Svensson anymore) and a second round draft pick in the 2014 draft. I say it took me by
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It seems like every year there are a few players that I look at during the off-season and say to myself “yeah, he could do better this year!” But I am often disappointed. Derek Roy, Danny Briere and Stephen Weiss have found themselves a new team during the Free Agent Frenzy and are hoping for
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