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.
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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.
2021-2022 Season Preview: Vegas Golden Knights
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. In this post, we’ll preview the Vegas Golden Knights.
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.
2020-2021 Season Review: Vegas Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights were a force to be reckoned with throughout the 2020-2021 season. After a strong regular season, they were upended in the final four by the plucky Montreal Canadiens. Let’s take a look at the Golden Knights’ season.
Predicting On-Ice GF/60: Forwards
To forecast on-ice GF/60 for individual forwards, we will build a model following a similar process to the points predictor model.
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.
Anatomy of a Champion: 2019-2020 Tampa Bay Lightning – Forwards
How did the Tampa Bay Lightning’s forwards contribute to their championship season?
Anatomy of a Champion: 2019-2020 Tampa Bay Lightning – Defensemen
How did the Lightning’s defensemen contribute to limiting their opposition’s offense? What was their contribution to the Lightning’s offense?
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.