Subject: Boston Bruins Date: 2024-Nov-20 Previous Entry: Bruins Roster Ruminations – March 2024 Trouble Bruin In Boston The Boston Bruins fired Head Coach Jim Montgomery Continue Reading
Greg Amundsen
Devils Notebook 24.11.19
Subject: New Jersey Devils Date: 2024-Nov-19 Previous Devils Entry: Roster Ruminations – August 2024 General Observations Goaltending Upgrade? The Devils big splash this summer was Continue Reading
10 Teambuilding Tenets
I’ve spent a lot of time looking at roster building strategies here over the past while. Regardless of the strategy a team deploys, there are Continue Reading
Introducing the HDC Rate Contribution Worm
In my last post, I explored some differences in key 5v5 metrics that lend some insight into which teams have playoff resilient rosters. We walked Continue Reading
Building Roster Resilience for Playoff Contention
The NHL playoffs are a grind. They’re a different beast than the regular season. Sample sizes are small, creating an environment where good regular season Continue Reading
Nashville Predators Roster Roadmap: Veteran Pack
Barry Trotz sent shockwaves through the NHL this summer with an aggressive free agency period. The Nashville Predators caught some of the summer’s biggest fish, Continue Reading
Dallas Stars Roster Roadmap: Regenerative Cohorts
In the last couple of posts, I’ve put together roadmaps for a couple of teams in very different positions. The Calgary Flames are in the Continue Reading
Roster Roadmap: Extending the Edmonton Oilers Window
Nine years into the Connor McDavid era, the Edmonton Oilers are still searching for a Stanley Cup. They came up one win short last spring, Continue Reading
Building A Cohort Contention Roadmap: Calgary Flames
I’ve been looking at teams from a high level strategy perspective in my Roster Ruminations series of posts. It’s been interesting to see how the Continue Reading
Roster Ruminations: Calgary Flames – August 2024
It’s hard to believe Craig Conroy stepped into the Calgary Flames GM role less than 18 months ago. The Flames roster was in need of Continue Reading