Welcome to the Blue Bullet 2022 NHL Entry Draft Rankings. Another season is in the books, which means it is now time to turn our attention to those young men who are trying to make the difficult goal of playing in the NHL. After countless hours of practice and games, 224 of the best draft … Continue reading BLUE BULLET 2022 NHL ENTRY DRAFT RANKINGS
After three years, it is finally time for an update to the Blue Bullet Draft Pick Value Chart. The value chart is based off a combination of my research on historical rates for time on ice for defensemen and points per game for forwards, with that of Michael Schuckers’s work, which is based on games … Continue reading BLUE BULLET DRAFT PICK VALUE CHART (2022 EDITION)
Once again, it is time to update my draft model that I use in creating my rankings for the NHL Entry Draft. The model consists of using historical rates of return for players based on draft position and utilizing statistical measurements that I have developed. The intent of the model is to find where scouts … Continue reading Looking Into the Past – Historical Rates for NHL Entry Draft Selections
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
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