We took our last look at the Pacific Division on July 20, two days before the biggest trade of the salary cap era rocked the NHL. Training camps are underway and, while teams still have some final roster decisions to make, we have a pretty good idea of what each team will look like this season. Let’s take a look at how the landscape has changed since mid July as we get set for puck drop on the regular season.
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Team Synopsis: Seattle Kraken – August 17, 2022
The Seattle Kraken’s inaugural season went down as one to forget. With plenty of promise for a respectable season going into the campaign, the Kraken quickly sunk to the bottom of the Pacific. Will the Kraken’s second season be better than the first?
Pacific Division Snapshot: July 20, 2022
The free agent frenzy is now in the rearview mirror. A majority of this year’s crop of unrestricted free agents have found home for next season and RFA season is now upon us. Let’s take a look at how the Pacific Division landscape has changed since my last snapshot prior to the opening of free agency.
Pacific Division Snapshot – July 9, 2022
I took an initial look at the Pacific Division landscape heading into the 2022 offseason in early June. With the draft now in the rear-view mirror and free agency opening in a few days, I’m taking a look at how the picture has changed over the past month. This update includes all transactions up to the end of the NHL entry draft.
Pacific Division Snapshot – June 2022
What’s in store for the Pacific Division in 22/23? Which teams are the early favorites? Which teams have cap flexibility to improve this offseason? Which teams are in cap purgatory and have some difficult decisions ahead?
2022 Trade Deadline Tracker
deadline approaches. Check back for new updates as teams position themselves for the stretch run.
Roster News Roundup: 2022-MAR-11
In the roster news roundup, we take a look at some of the more noteworthy roster moves from around the NHL from the perspective of the current set of models. Read on for insights on moves made since the last roster news roundup post.
Biggest Surprises of the 21/22 Season: Point % Edition
We’re now well into the 21/22 NHL season and teams have generally settled into a pecking order in the standings. Some teams are performing as expected. Others are not. Let’s take a look at which teams have been the biggest surprises relative to the model projections so far this season in terms of overall performance.
Regular Season Brief: Nov 24
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.
Regular Season Report Card: Seattle Kraken (11 GP)
As the Seattle Kraken kicked off their inaugural season, they looked like a defensively minded team with good depth. Many analytics models had them projected as one of the stronger teams in the Pacific Division. Let’s take a look at their early season results and see how they compare with full season projections.