andings are starting to take shape as we approach the quarter mark of the season. Historically, most teams that sit in playoff positions at American Thanksgiving are still there at the end of the season. Yet there are most often a few surprises mixed in. This week, we’ll look for one team in each division that appears most likely to break into the playoff picture over the rest of the season, along with one team that looks most likely to fall out.
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Trade Check-in: Bear / Foegele (Nov 2021)
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.
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.
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: Carolina Hurricanes
background on these models here, along with more on assessing value of contracts here. In this post, we’ll look at the Carolina Hurricanes.
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
2021 Offseason Update: July 27-29 – Eastern Conference
ith the free agent frenzy in the rear view mirror, I’m looking through each team’s moves and analyzing their roster as it sits now. This post will focus on the Eastern Conference teams.Â
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.
Potential UFA Impacts: Dougie Hamilton
Which teams might target adding Hamilton to their D-corps and who would benefit the most?