With the Vancouver Canucks currently in disarray, I decided to check in on one of the biggest trades from the past offseason. The Vancouver Canucks acquired Conor Garland and Oliver Ekman-Larsson from Arizona for a package of players and picks in what was clearly a move to win this season. Let’s take a look at the early returns on the deal.
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2021-2022 Regular Season Update: Oct 27
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.
2021-2022 Season Preview: Arizona Coyotes
For all my season previews, we’ll be utilizing my 2021-2022 team and player projections. You can find much more background on these models here, along with more on assessing value of contracts here. Last time, we looked at the San Jose Sharks. Next, we head to the desert to preview the Arizona Coyotes.
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.
2021 Offseason Update: July 27-29 – Western Conference
With the free agent frenzy starting to subside, I’m looking through each team’s moves over the past few days and analyzing their roster as it sits now. While we should expect a few more notable roster moves before training camps open, we probably have a reasonable picture of how things will look at this point.
2021 Offseason Update: July 22-26
In this update, we’re covering the period over the NHL Entry Draft, leading up to free agency. There were some impactful roster moves so let’s dig right into some of the notable ones.
2020-2021 Season Review: Arizona Coyotes
The Arizona Coyotes were sniffing around for much of the year, but couldn’t outlast the Blues for the final spot. What needs to improve in the desert for the Coyotes to return to the playoffs?
2020-2021 Trade Deadline Preview: West Division
With the NHL trade deadline now two weeks away, I’m taking a look at the needs of the potential buyer teams and identifying some of the likely candidates for rental players on the teams that are likely to be selling. Next up is the West Division.
2020-2021 Mid-Season Rankings: West Division Predictions
Looking at the West division in the last post of my series of mid-season predictions, including my prediction for the Stanley Cup champion.