National Hockey League

This post is a continuation for a similar ranking I posted nearly five years ago. Back then, I went through all the significant pending UFAs that were acquired at the trade deadlines between 2015 and 2018, and evaluated whether the rental acquisitions were good or bad. The 15 trades that I went...

It is June 2023 and by all accounts the Habs continue to rebuild. What is a rebuild? What are the dimensions of a rebuild? How long do they last, what is the desired outcome, what can we expect to see happen? It’s all a bit unclear sometimes but let’s try to clear it up a bit and see what we...

Let’s talk about Mark Stone. He’s best known as a playmaking two-way forward, but his game looks a bit different this season. He's more of a shooter and net-front presence than a pure passer, which is reflected in his shot and scoring chance rates increasing across the board. The change is...

Well we put it all to a vote and came up with this list. Not as many votes as last years offseason predictions of the 2022 Cup favourites, which btw we did excellent on predicting the top two teams being the Aves and Lightening. Heres the list, how did we do??? 1 Colorado 65% 2023 HFBoards...

Results from a series of polls I conducted in the poll section. Discuss. The percentages are the percentage each team got for the round they were voted into their slot. 1-32, which environments surrounding the 32 franchises are the most pressurized. That can mean fans, ownership, media, prior...

In some cases this is easy, but some areas are less clear. I also wonder about places like Wisconsin or Saskatchewan, or some of the northern provinces like the Yukon Territories or Nunavut. I'm sure this'll generate some controversy since there are battleground areas. ANA: Orange County CA...

As crazy as it may sound, we're now a little more than 15 years removed from the lockout season and into to the salary cap. Hence, I think we're more than far enough into this era to evaluate who the best and worst franchises have been during this stretch. In my opinion: 5 Best 1. Pittsburgh...

I'm not one for breaking down stats and numbers to the thousandth to prove a point that was lost sixteen pages ago, but I wanted to point out my experience of watching the Isles of late vs the run and gun comedy of the recent Capuano / Weight era. The islanders are in the ECF by right. They...

Blues aside who get that title due to being the recent champs I guess, but Edmonton looks legit now, and I think there are a few factors. - Weak pacific division means in theory, they should have one of the easiest 1st and maybe 2nd rounds out of the entire league aside from whoever facing the...

We all know the flack ( and rightfully deserved) that Jim Benning has received on HF. It was the cool thing to do. Benning is a very polarizing figure in Vancouver, he has his supporters but there is also a large contingency of "haters" that want him fired. My question is, has your previous...

DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a Leafs fan by any stretch of the imagination. I do like their team though, and despite an annoying as hell fan base online they are quite loyal and are a grade A organization. Okay, yuck, moving on. This team is trending in the right direction, and yes they have next to no...

I put this chart together using penalty data from nhl.com from the last 10 years to take a look at "game management" in the NHL. It's obviously a very basic analysis for a complicated (alleged) issue, but the correlation is also incredibly high. If reffing were purely objective, you'd expect...

It is well known that the loser point (first introduced in 1999-00 season) inflates the point total. Nowadays, the playoffs cut is usually well above 90 points, and multiple teams per season routinely get more than 100 points. The purpose of this post is to quantify the effect of loser point in...

Thinking about the high turnover in NHL head coaches (leading all professional sports leagues), I did a bit of a back-of-the-napkin math on NHL head coaches and their tenure with a given team who made the Stanley cup Finals over the past 30 years, and here's the breakdown: Note that this...

I know, he hasn't retired yet and he hasn't won a Cup, but he's still pretty much unanimous as a future HHOF member, regardless, on this forum. I think he's worthy of discussion today, since the quality of many threads aren't that high. This thread will be of better quality than most. Above...

Wanted to see what everyone's thoughts are on this, it's no secret among the big 4 NA leagues that the NHL is dead last in popularity. I'm torn on the matter and I'll explain why. Pros: -The fans are generally knowledgeable, that isn't to say there are not bandwagoners but the ones who are, are...

Opening 2019-2020 NHL rosters by Original Drafting/Signing team Comparison Team/number of players on opening rosters/(Goalers+dmen+forwards)/2018-19 goals & points Ana 29 (2+13+14) 200/608 Arz 19 (0+7+12) 184/561 Bos 27 (2+7+18) 349/942 Buf 27 (2+11+14) 212/586 Cal 22 (3+8+11) 239/618 Car 21...

HERE WE GO AGAIN FOR 2019/20 These team rankings are based on the ELO rating system. This is purely mathematical based on wins and losses. Each team has a score. That score increases or decreases based on wins and losses. The amount of change is based on the score of the opponent. Eg. If a...

Quite a crazy draft with the original scouts getting the top 5-10 way off. Draisatl jumps into the top spot but Boston cleans up with Pasternak jumping into 2nd place from mid 20s and two other draftees jump into the 1st round. Larkin jumps into the top 5, and Point and Arvidsson jump up HUGE...

Doing it again! We all know it means very little, but yet we all want to know... Who will be this year's Preseason Champion!? Updated through September 28 TeamGPSSGWLOTPtsPt%OTWOTLSOWSOLGFGA+/- ANA6041190.750010015123 ARI7243080.571100021192 BOS60402100.833120022139 BUF6042080.66720101819-1...