When it comes to goalies, it can seem that you are better off putting names on a wall and throwing a dart at the board than actually scouting. However, that does not need to be the case and to better understand the future we need to look at the past to find new information. Without … Continue reading RETHINKING HOW TO DRAFT GOALIES
In trying to determine whether or not I should invest time in a defenseman, I have come up with a system which I previously applied to the 2015 WHL draft crop. For my system for evaluating d-men, I took every d-man drafted between 1998 and 2006 that had 250 NHL games played (at the start … Continue reading ANALYZING THE 2015 NHL DRAFT: QMJHL D-MEN
In trying to determine whether or not I should invest time in a defenseman, I have come up with a system which I previously applied to the 2015 WHL draft crop. For my system for evaluating d-men, I took every d-man drafted between 1998 and 2006 that had 250 NHL games played (at the start … Continue reading ANALYZING THE 2015 NHL DRAFT: OHL D-MEN
After three weeks of breaking down the forwards for the 2015 NHL entry draft, it is finally time to give the defenseman a turn. In an earlier post, I found that junior scoring in defenseman has a weak correlation with their NHL scoring. Due to this, I do not have a formula for projecting offensive … Continue reading ANALYZING THE 2015 NHL DRAFT: WHL D-MEN
One way to evaluate prospects is by comparing them statistically against prior draft years. Typically, most people simply compare just points-per-game but that discounts the fact that different players score a different percentage of their points on the power play versus at even strength. I created what I call the NHL Projection formula (NHLP), which … Continue reading ANALYZING THE 2015 NHL DRAFT: QMJHL FORWARDS PART III
One way to evaluate prospects is by comparing them statistically against prior draft years. Typically, most people simply compare just points-per-game but that discounts the fact that different players score a different percentage of their points on the power play versus at even strength. I created what I call the NHL Projection formula (NHLP), which … Continue reading ANALYZING THE 2015 NHL DRAFT: QMJHL FORWARDS PART II
One way to evaluate prospects is by comparing them statistically against prior draft years. Typically, most people simply compare just points-per-game but that discounts the fact that different players score a different percentage of their points on the power play versus at even strength. I created what I call the NHL Projection formula (NHLP), which … Continue reading ANALYZING THE 2015 NHL DRAFT: QMJHL FORWARDS PART I
