2009--10-nhl-season Stories - Raw Charge
Colin White Compared to His Salaried Peers Part 2: Offensive Advanced Stats
On Wednesday, I made a post detailing how Colin White's defensive performance last season matched up with similarly paid defensemen in the league, a response to a request by ILWT user FrankG929. I found that White was above average within the group (and all other defensemen in the league who...
How Colin White's Defensive Performance Compared with Similarly Paid Defensemen in 2009-10
Yesterday, I posited that Colin White was a pretty good #3 defenseman. In analyzing his usage, I used his ice time (from NHL.com, quality of competition, and zone start information (the latter two from Behind the Net) to determine his role on the New Jersey Devils in the last three seasons. It...
2010 Devils Offseason: UFA Centers by 5-on-5 On-Ice & On-Ice Impact Stats
One of the New Jersey Devils needs this summer is the center position. The team doesn't have a natural center for their second line. Should Rob Niedermayer and Dean McAmmond walk, they will need replacements on the third and fourth lines. Short of hoping a prospect is ready now - and there's no...
2010 UFA Centers by Faceoff Percentage and Usage - Devils Could Benefit from Market at Draws
The New Jersey Devils currently have one true center under contract for the 2010-11 season in Travis Zajac, according to the current chart at CapGeek. Sure, they have wingers who can and have played center in Patrik Elias, Dainius Zubrus, and Rod Pelley. However, last summer, just before the...
The Conundrum of Ilya Kovalchuk's 5-on-4 On-Ice Impact in Last 3 Seasons
Yesterday, I explored the even strength on-ice stats and on-ice impact, the change in those stats, of Ilya Kovalchuk from the last three seasons. While he showed some improvement, he was only among the best NHL forwards in terms of on-ice shooting percentage, goals for per 60 minutes (GF/60),...
All-World Shooter, But Is He An Impact Player? Ilya Kovalchuk's 5-on-5 On-Ice Impact from 2007-2010
In recent days, I've turned my focus from Paul Martin to Ilya Kovalchuk, the other big unrestricted free agent (UFA) coming out of New Jersey this summer. In Tuesday's look at the team's PDO, which is the summation of on-ice even strength shooting percentage and on-ice even strength save...
What Makes a #1 Defenseman a #1 Defenseman?
One of the larger questions I've grown to ponder over the last week when putting all of these posts together about Paul Martin (recap: here, here, here, here, here, ultimately concluding that he's the most effective defenseman available on the marker this summer and concluding that the Devils...
In 5-on-5 Penalties Drawn to Taken, New Jersey Devils Around Average over Last 3 Seasons
In continuing to look at penalties drawn and penalties taken at 5-on-5, I looked at the past three seasons to determine how the New Jersey Devils as a whole combined in each. I discovered that Zach Parise has drawn the most calls by far; that Bryce Salvador and David Clarkson "contributed" the...
Opening Night for the Tampa Bay Lightning
Last time you looked, and we're talking regular season here, the Bolts had just lost every one of their remaining games in the 2008-09 season debacle after Vinny Lecavalier shut things down and had wrist surgery. Ryan Malone had busted his hand. Lukas Krajicek was playing 20-odd minutes a night...
The Lightning defense - the 09-10 edition
Defenseman Matt Smaby avoided arbitration and signed a two-year deal worth $1.05 million ($500,000 for the first season, $550,000 the second) with the Tampa Bay Lightning. For much of last season, Smaby helped anchor down a blue line that was decimated by injuries, waivers, and trades. And he...
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