After last night’s games, 30 of the league’s 32 teams have played at least five games. While it’s still too early to get a good sense of which early season performances are sustainable over the long haul, we’re starting to get a better picture of how the 2021-2022 standings may look.
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2021-2022 Regular Season Update: Oct 20
We’re now over a week into the new season and all 32 teams have seen action. Let’s take a look at some of the more significant roster news since my last update on Oct 15 along with updated projections based on the roster updates and actual results through the first week of the season.
2021-2022 Regular Season Update: Oct 15
The regular season has finally arrived and we’ve seen most teams in action with standings points on the line. Let’s a look at some of the more notable roster news through the first few days of the season.
2021-2022 Preseason Update: October 11
We’ve made it to the eve of a new season. The games count starting tomorrow and we have a pretty good picture of each team as we head into the regular season. Let’s take a final look at the projected standings by division before the puck drop on a new season, along with a review of some of the key player absences as the season gets underway.
Model Update: Special Teams Impacts
After 5-on-5 results, there are two areas that I suspected constitute the majority of the remaining impact on team point percentages; special team and overtime results.
Preseason Update: September 26
With the NHL preseason now underway, our view of the 2021-2022 season is getting more clear. While opening night lineups are still fuzzy, there were some notable developments over the first few days of the preseason.
Offer Sheet: Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Despite our desire as fans to see more teams use tender offer sheets to pursue RFAs, we’ve very rarely actually seen one in action. On Continue Reading
Cap Efficiency: Contract Value Distributions
In my last post, I looked at a method to visualize roster strength based on each player’s overall impact. While assembling a team chalk full Continue Reading
Visualizing Roster Strength
roster strength plots that I’ve added to the team projections. I thought I’d provide a bit of explanation on how the plots are built up to provide a better understanding.