As the Edmonton Oilers looked to improve their forward depth this offseason, a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes materialized that saw the Oilers acquire Warren Foegele from the Hurricanes, while Ethan Bear headed to Raleigh. With less than 15 games played with their new teams, let’s take a much too early look at the trade returns for both teams.
Regular Season Report Card: Carolina Hurricanes (13 GP)
league before eventually falling to the Florida Panthers. While their skeptics wondered about offseason decisions to move on from Dougie Hamilton and Alex Nedjelovic, the Hurricanes don’t seem to be missing them to start the season. Let’s take a closer look the Hurricanes early season results.
Trade Check-in: Buchnevich / Blais (Nov 2021)
While it’s much too early to hand out final verdicts, I thought it would be fun to check in on the early returns for some of the offseason’s more significant moves. First up, the trade that sent Pavel Buchnevich to St Louis and Sammy Blais to the Rangers.
Regular Season Report Card: Nashville Predators (14 GP)
The Nashville Predators were certainly not a consensus pick as a favorite in the Central Division this season. Yet the Preds are hanging with the division leaders and seem intent on making some noise. Let’s take a look at their early season results to see how they’ve done it and assess whether it’s sustainable.
Regular Season Report Card: St Louis Blues (11 GP)
The St Louis Blues came out of the gate strong, stringing together 5 wins to start the 21/22 season. They have cooled since then, but have quietly climbed atop the Central Division full season projections with their solid start. Let’s take a look at their early season results.
NHL Regular Season Brief: Nov 10
Since last week’s update, we’ve seen a number of season opening streaks come to an end. The Carolina Hurricanes were handed their first loss by the Florida Panthers, the Panthers picked up their first regulation loss against the New York Rangers, and the Coyotes finally found the win column against the Seattle Kraken. The Dallas Stars now have the only active season opening streak, as they are the only team without a regulation win. Let’s recap how each division has fared over the past week.
Regular Season Report Card: Tampa Bay Lightning (11 GP)
three-peat? Let’s take a look at their early season results to see how their season is shaping up.
Regular Season Report Card: Florida Panthers (11 GP)
e the last remaining team without a regulation loss in the 21/22 season after they downed the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Are the Panthers the new beast of the east? Let’s take a look at their early season results and compare to my full season projections.
Regular Season Report Card: Vancouver Canucks (11 GP)
With star RFAs Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes re-signing just in time to join the Vancouver Canucks for the start of the regular season and a blockbuster offseason trade bringin Conor Garland and Oliver Ekman-Larsson to Vancouver, the Canucks started the 21/22 season looking to return to the playoffs after a disappointing 20/21 campaign. Let’s take a look at their early season results and compare to my full season projections.
Regular Season Report Card: Seattle Kraken (11 GP)
As the Seattle Kraken kicked off their inaugural season, they looked like a defensively minded team with good depth. Many analytics models had them projected as one of the stronger teams in the Pacific Division. Let’s take a look at their early season results and see how they compare with full season projections.