The rebuild has become the de facto strategy to build a contending caliber roster in the NHL. It seems simple enough on the surface: sell Continue Reading
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Rebuild Review: 2024 Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers won the 2024 Stanley Cup after a rise from a rebuild. Their cup winning roster was more than a decade in the Continue Reading
Introducing the HDC Rate Contribution Worm
In my last post, I explored some differences in key 5v5 metrics that lend some insight into which teams have playoff resilient rosters. We walked Continue Reading
Roster Ruminations: Florida Panthers – July 2024
The last time I looked at the Florida Panthers was back in May when they were one of the last four teams standing in the Continue Reading
Roster Ruminations: Florida Panthers – May 2024
While the Panther have done an excellent job of putting together a contention cohort that has a large contingent of core players in their prime together, they would be wise to start building a new wave of players that can take over as the current group starts to age out of their prime.
Midpoint Check-in: Atlantic Division
We’re at the midway point of the 23/24 season. Let’s take a look at where things stand in the Atlantic Division. Preseason Projections Going into Continue Reading
The Jeff Petry Trade Web: Part 7 – The Complete Trade Web
It’s time. The Jeff Petry Trade Web is massive. I’ve shared parts of it over the past few weeks but the reality is, there’s a lot left and I can’t possibly summarize all the connected storylines succinctly in a series of posts. Hopefully, the previous posts in the series have given an idea of the type of storylines that can be followed within the trade web. Now, it’s time to put it all out there and let you find the storylines that interest you. We’re about to stomp on the accelerator and power through the complete trade web. Let’s go.
The Jeff Petry Trade Web: Part 5 – The Curtis Glencross Thread
In Parts 1-4 of the Jeff Petry Trade Web series, we’ve been following the entire NHL chronologically as numerous origin threads appear independently. In Part 4, we saw a number of threads tie together. For Part 5, we’re going to change our approach as the threads start to branch off again and focus on a complete look at individual threads.
The Jeff Petry Trade Web: Part 4 – Senators Start a Teardown
The 2018 offseason saw some big name defensemen on the move and some star power added to the trade web as a result. There were also a few draft day trades that connect some of the threads from previous chapters.
The Jeff Petry Trade Web: Part 2 – Shock Waves
On June 29, 2016, the NHL landscape was shaped by three massive transactions over the span of 23 minutes. The last of those transactions was Steven Stamkos deciding to stay in Tampa Bay and signing a long term extension. The first two were trades.