Last June, I created the Blue Bullet Draft Pick Value Chart in which I combined my research on the NHL Entry Draft with that of Michael Schuckers work from 2011. Schuckers fantastic work is based on games played and provides a value for selections 1 through 210. While it is a great start for a draft … Continue reading EXPANDED BLUE BULLET DRAFT PICK VALUE CHART
A year ago, in of my first posts here at the Blue Bullet Report, I determined that there was no evidence that the point per game of a first year draft eligible CHL defenseman was a factor for their best point per game season in the NHL. What was useful though is the discovery that … Continue reading IMPROVING YOUR ODDS WHEN SELECTING CHL DEFENSEMAN
In doing a series of articles related to projecting future offensive potential of a first year draft eligible forward from the CHL, there have been a few discoveries. The first discovery is that there is a strong relationship between junior stats and NHL stats. The second discovery is that age does play a factor with … Continue reading NHL PROJECTIONS: CROSBY VS MCDAVID
NHL equivalency has become a popular tool used to evaluate prospects by accounting for the quality of the league. For example, a prospect who is playing in the KHL should put up different numbers than a players in the Swedish junior league or an American in the USHL based on the difficulty of scoring in … Continue reading THE Q IS NOT INFERIOR
It is a commonly held belief that age is a significant factor on draft eligible players. The theory is that at 17 and 18 years of age, players see a significant growth in their development and that an older player should have a higher production level than that of a younger player. Therefore, if you … Continue reading AGE MATTERS SORT OF
There used to be a time and place, that when doing my rankings, if faced with the choice of a similarly valued forward and defenseman I would always choose the defenseman. My theory was that defensemen are more valuable as an asset than forwards, as they play a more important position. While nothing wrong with … Continue reading DRAFTING DEFENSEMAN IS HARD
