Nashville’s Strong Drafts Are the Foundation of This Team Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - May 28, 20170 Pittsburgh - - The Nashville Predators have been a team who can find NHL quality players in the later rounds. Even though the best NHL teams average well under 30% from the third round on, they’ve been pretty successful. One player who fits that description is their star goaltender, Pekka
2017 NHL Draft Profiles – – Casey Mittelstadt, Luke Martin and Keith Petruzzelli Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - May 23, 20170 Casey Mittelstadt may be the player with the highest upside in the Top 10. We know what Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier can do. They have upside but a lot of what you can see is very measurable. The talented center hasn’t played a lot of games so there is a
The Ottawa Senators’ other weapon from Sweden Hockeyology by Jeffrey Morris - May 12, 20171 Do you cringe when you are at a party or a wedding reception and Cotton-Eyed Joe comes on?Hey, I’m an idiot from the 80s, and the Diva cringes every time I try to go all Boogaloo Shrimp or Shabadoo on the dance floor when Pump Up the Jam is played.But
2017 NHL Expansion Draft Thoughts Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - May 3, 20170 How many people think this expansion team, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, will have the best roster in the history of expansion teams? I don’t share that opinion. The biggest reason why is the fact that the NHL’s general managers are so sharp, too sharp, to hand over top-notch players
2017 NHL Draft My Top 45 Rankings Version 1.0 Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - April 21, 2017June 11, 20170 2017 NHL Draft My Top 45 Rankings Version 1.0 Nolan Patrick – 6-3, 198 - C – He plays a heavy game and gets better as the game goes on. Good on draws. Good stick on defense. Works hard in the corners. Excellent passer. Smooth skater gets in on the
Sebastian Aho – – This Season Was a Nice Surprise Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - April 10, 2017April 10, 20170 Philadelphia - - Most people knew that Sebastian Aho had a boatload of talent even though the Carolina Hurricanes were lucky enough to draft him 35th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. It happens. The draft is a fluid situation and teams go by their boards and not enough
Gabriel Carlsson – He’s Getting Closer to the NHL Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - April 9, 2017April 9, 20170 Philadelphia - - When you reach games 81 and 82 in the season a lot of teams will call up their prospects to reward them. Blue Jackets prospect, Gabriel Carlsson, got that treatment yesterday and he was paired with Seth Jones. “It was a fun first game. Getting a feel for
2017 NHL Draft – – My Top 30 Rankings – – Version 2.0 Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - April 5, 2017June 11, 20171 Nolan Patrick – 6-3, 198 - C – He plays a heavy game and gets better as the game goes on. Good on draws. Good stick on defense. Works hard in the corners. Excellent passer. Smooth skater gets in on the net quickly. Nico Hischier – 6-0, 174 –
Flyers’ Madsen Could Take Harvard All The Way Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - March 24, 2017March 24, 20170 Providence - -The constant at Harvard University is head coach, Ted Donato. He was a solid NHL player and he’s been guiding the ship since 2004. Jimmy Vesey aside, this team still has Alex Kerfoot (Devils), Ryan Donato (Ted’s son), and goalie Merrick Madsen (Flyers) to name a few. It’s
How Corsi Ratings Help Win Your NHL Bets Hockeyology by Knowing more about analytics in hockey, especially Corsi Ratings, will help you consistently win more of your NHL bets. *Sponsored* - March 23, 2017March 29, 20170 Analytics aren’t new to hockey but the debate over their importance still rages on, even though the quantitative evidence is front and center for everyone to see. The Toronto Maple Leafs, long resistant to the analytics wave, embraced it once Brendan Shanahan took over as team president and this season
