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Stamkos didn't see the end of the Hurricane's game, but maybe there's a bright side to his misconduct penalties.

A user questioned the lack of sample size in looking at on-ice and on-ice impact numbers for pending 2010 UFA centers on special teams. To follow up, I brought up the 2007-08 and 2008-09 special teams stats to provide further information on who performed well and who did not.

Ilya Kovalchuk has been a fixture on his team's power play units for the last three seasons; however his impact was not as high as you may think. This post looks as to what it was in terms of scoring and shooting and asks how this could be.

Ilya Kovalchuk is a fantastic shooter and a goal scoring machine, but what impact does he have on a team when he steps on the ice? This post answers that with an in-depth look into the on-ice and on-ice impact numbers for Kovalchuk and other NHL forwards from the 2007-08 through 2009-10 regular seasons.

After writing and analyzing Paul Martin's performance quite a bit, I have to ask: what makes a #1 defenseman a #1 defenseman? I ask the question for the readers to see what they think - offer your own thoughts in the comments.

How do the New Jersey Devils compare to the rest of the league in drawing and taking even strength penalties? A follow up to yesterday's post finds the Devils to be about average.