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 I’ve spent the last month or so working on a new way to measure hockey players. I call it the Heavy Lifter Index (HLI). I didn’t invent the term heavy lifter for hockey players, I just added the index part. I’m pretty sure my contribution to the name is much more important than the rest. For [...]   Here’s a article I wrote on the merits and detriments of the contracts handed out to the Blues David Backes and the Flyers Jeff Carter for Hockey Prospectus. I also have a post coming up on HP soon where I unveil the Heavy Lifter Index to profile some of the NHL’s best players against the other [...]  This is a story I posted on Matchsticks & Gasoline as part of our player preview series. Come take a look at some of the other articles if you’re interested. Sometimes things just don’t work out like we thought. Items bought on eBay looked better in the picture than when they arrive in the mail, your [...]  an article I posted at Matchsticks & Gasoline this week Last week I proposed a few trades the Flames could potentially make in order to get both under the cap and to add a prospect. All trades aside, I am ridiculously curious to see what the line combinations will be for the Flames this year. There are a [...]  For those of us that believe outshooting the opponent is the most surefire way to victory in the NHL, the LA Kings signing of Alexei Ponikarovsky should set off fireworks. In his book, Moneyball, Michael Lewis referred to Kevin Youkilis’ as “The Greek God of Walks”. For NHL GMs, Ponikarovsky could be Ukrainian for “Net-peppering Ninja”. I [...]  Let’s put it this way. I don’t give a flying puck where LeBron is going on July 1st. I care about celebrating Canada Day and seeing where NHL free agents end up. As a fan, there are always players that are more fun to track than others, since they could have a big impact on [...] Here is the latest analysis I wrote for the great team at Puck Prospectus. Feel free to read it over there with this link or continue reading below. The reason I wanted to explore the contract value was the initial reaction so many people had to the dollar figure. I personally felt it was WAY too much [...]  I have to admit that I’m pretty excited today. The great people over at Puck Prospectus have agreed to publish one of my articles. A special thanks to Timo Seppa for all his ideas and help along with Andrew Rothstein for agreeing to publish it. For those of you that have never been to PP’s site, [...]  After watching the ‘Hawks appear to decimate the Flyers in Game 5, I couldn’t help but think that the last few games had seemed so different from the beginning of the series. The ‘Hawks just seemed more aggressive with the puck and appeared to control the play more. Now if I was a TV announcer, [...]  I can’t lie to you, I was awesome in the conference finals. No, I didn’t actually play any games, but I picked those series bang on. Sure a monkey or a coin could do the same thing 25% of the time, but just let me gloat. Just a little more….a few more minutes….OK, I’m good, [...]  While the playoffs are in full gear, a fairly interesting piece of news was announced in the NHL in the last week. Nicklas Backstrom signed a 10-year deal with the Washington Capitals that ensures they have their top pair of he and Alex Ovechkin intact for a very long time. At first, $67 million over 10 [...]  If you missed my predictions for the Eastern Conference Finals, go take a look. The East Finals will be flooded with stories about which Cinderella has the more dainty glass slipper. Here’s a tip for you though, it doesn’t matter. The West has two powerhouse teams playing and whomever wins the West will win the Cup. Just [...]  We’ve just hit my favorite part of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the conference finals. We’re down to only four deserving teams and it’s now possible to watch every game left without ending up in a divorce. The real question, as always, is who will win. Here is my Eastern Conference prediction, and I’ll try to post [...]  Not since 1987 has a Shark gotten his revenge like this. But that was on the silver screen and this is on the frozen stage. “Jumbo” Joe Thornton was shipped out of Boston for his failure to lead the Bruins to the promised land. And since his arrival in San Jose, he’s been a regular season [...]  For the last 8 years the LA Kings have missed out on the playoffs and have been treated like the younger, less successful Golden State brother by the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks. At one time, the Kings were the talk of the town. Wayne Gretzky isn’t around to boost the team reputation any more, [...] |
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