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  • Speculating on Whether Regehr Should be Traded by the Flames reggie

    Based on a few comments on the Illegal Curve radio show, I put up a post on Matchsticks & Gasoline yesterday about the Flames potential to trade Regehr and why it’s time to do so.

    The article is posted here.

    Below is an excerpt from the article.

    “Now before everyone gets their guard up and says Regehr is [...]

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  • Posted on HP: NHL Team Architecture nashville draft

    Here is a study that I did for Hockey Prospectus on NHL Team Architecture.  Obviously since I posted it on HP, I believe they have a great site, so definitely take a look at some of the material from their other great writers too.

    Front Office Focus – NHL Team Architecture 

    What is the best way to [...]

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  • Jay Bouwmeester: Disappointment or Not Used Properly? J-Bo

    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 [...]

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  • Fireman Ed Should Pour a Stiff Drink fireman ed

    Rex Ryan may be the king of the F-bombs, but he better use as many as he can during the regular season.  The Jets won’t be making the playoffs.

    The Jets used up all their luck last year.  There are no playoff-bound cakewalk games at the end of this season’s schedule.  Opposing kickers are all out [...]

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  • What is Darrelle Revis Worth to the Jets? revis

    Revis Island can be a lonely place for receivers.  At the moment it’s also a lonely place for a Darrelle Revis.  The man who was hands-down the best defensive player in the league last year is not practicing or spending time with his teammates, and it HAS to be a frustrating way to follow up [...]

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Giordano's Contract & Flames' Meltdowns: on M&G

There are two new articles up at Matchsticks & Gasoline.

The first, is my analysis of Mark Giordano’s new contract with the Flames.  Definitely go read and comment if you get the chance.  In the meantime, here is an excerpt of the article.

“Potential.  It’s the buzz-word that gets every fan pumped about their favorite player and [...]

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Posted on HP: NHL Team Architecture

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Here is a study that I did for Hockey Prospectus on NHL Team Architecture.  Obviously since I posted it on HP, I believe they have a great site, so definitely take a look at some of the material from their other great writers too.

Front Office Focus – NHL Team Architecture 

What is the best way to [...]

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A Couple New Flames Articles at M&G

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In case some of my readers don’t regularly frequent Matchsticks & Gasoline, I thought I’d link a few new articles I wrote over there.

The first is a response article to the issue of having either a clear cut #1 goalie or two decent goalies and which situation is better.

You can find that article here.

The second [...]

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Published on Puck Prospectus: Questions facing the Flyers GM

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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, [...]

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The Stanley Cup Finals by the Numbers...so far

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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, [...]

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Italy's Great Forward Debate: Who SOARed the highest?

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It’s a topic we all love discussing, and we all have different opinions about.  Some of us would rather see a pure poacher in the lineup while others believe that target men are the most effective and still more believe that a striker who plays well with the ball at his feet is essential.

We can [...]

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A Statistical Look at the Calgary Flames

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For those that read any of my analysis columns during the NFL season, you’ll know that I trust offensive & defensive statistics such as DVOA and DYAR as created by the Football Outsiders.  You’ve probably also seen my reference to Win Probability on Advanced NFL Statistics to help evaluate coaching decisions.  I use stats in [...]

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