Jason Robertson is another statistical standout whose numbers blast off the page. Whether it’s standard stats, on-ice data, adjusted scoring or cohort data, Robertson shows extremely well. Unfortunately, he’s been limited in the scouting rankings by a couple of potential red flags. Whether or not he can overcome those may be the difference between Robertson…
This summer, the online Oilers community is unlikely to explode as it did last summer, mostly because the team has no Taylor Hall to trade. Unless Peter Chiarelli can find a deal big enough to trade the Nuge and Jordan Eberle on the same day, we’re going to have to rage watch the activities with less…
Coming in as the 21st ranked prospect in the 2017 NHL entry draft is St Cloud State University centre Ryan Poehling. A combination of size, vision and leadership that teams will covet, Poehling completed his freshman season in the NCAA with his two brothers, Jack and Nick. Ryan didn’t blow the doors off at St…
If you’ve been itching to start circling Oilers dates on your calendar then you’re in luck. The Oilers released their pre-season schedule this morning and we only have 102 days to wait!
This article is part of a 30-team series based at NHLNumbers.com. Each Nation Network team page will have articles posted relevant to the team’s respective division. The Calgary Flames had an eventful 2016-17 season. Armed with a new head coach in Glen Gulutzan, new contracts for Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau, and a pair of…
This week Gregor shook off his kidney stone that kept him on the shelf for last week’s podcast and the reunited trio talked with St. Louis Blues forward Magnus Paajarvi. Magnus was a great sport, having woken up in the middle of the night over in Sweden to appear on the show and talk some smack….
2016-17 Edmonton Oilers: No. 29 Leon Draisaitl When Leon Draisaitl signs what is sure to be a very rich, very long second NHL contract this summer, he should probably spare a moment to be thankful to his head coach. After all, it was Todd McLellan who became convinced that Draisaitl was the best player on…
The Stanley Cup Finals are a beautiful thing and this week’s Throwback Thursday article looks at some big moments from the Finals of years past. Here’s a look back at the week June 1-7 in the hockey world:
The big Russian power winger Klim Kostin, is this draft’s wild card. Limited in his draft season by a season-ending shoulder injury that also tainted much of his play before that, scouts will have to dig into their memory banks to remember the potential that Kostin showed is his impressive draft-minus-one season when they’re decided…
