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Seven stats: Non-traditional statistics for evaluating player performance
Goals, assists, time-on-ice, even plus-minus. There are a lot of stats hockey fans pay attention to on a daily basis. These stats give us some idea of what kind of contributions our boys are making to the team's fortunes. We decide whether they are under- or over-performing based largely on these...
Question of the week: Grade the new kids
Dear Faculty, It is the middle of the season and time once again for mid-semester progress reports. As you know, we have with us this year some new students. It is important that we evaluate their progress for our files.o Members of the "freshman class" of 2011-12 come to us from many ...
Who should the Bolts sign this summer?: UFA D-men and goalies
This summer, Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman is likely to be looking to fill in the holes on the defense and in the net. It's unclear exactly what sort of players he's going to be looking for, but "young" and "proven" are likely to be pretty high on his checklist. Going by the...
The flip side of the Connolly conundrum
Tampa Bay Lightning rookie Brett Connolly will stay with the Tampa Bay Lightning past the nine-game mark this season. To quickly explain the entire nine-game rule, let me cite the NHL Collective Bargaining agreement, Article 9 states: 2005 NHL-NHLPA CBA ARTICLE 9 ENTRY LEVEL COMPENSATION 9.1...
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