📊The Numbers Room

Scoring Chance Suppression Is the Most Underrated Skill in Hockey — Here's Who Has It

HDCA/60 is the stat that captures defensive value the box score misses. The defensemen who suppress high-danger chances — and why it's worth four wins a season.

Advanced StatsJun 21

🕵️The Wire

Werenski Vetoed the Dallas Trade. Now What Does Columbus Do With Two Years Left?

The Norris winner blocked a done deal to stay in Columbus — but his $9.58M cap hit and 2027-28 expiry still leave the Blue Jackets in limbo.

Trade TalkJul 2

💼The Cap Sheet

Utah Mammoth After Year Two: What the Financials Actually Look Like

Playoffs in year two, a renovated Delta Center, and $119M in first-year revenue. The expansion bet is paying off faster than expected.

BusinessJun 19

🏒Leaf Nation · Die Hards

Toronto Blew Up the Roster. Here's What the Rebuild Actually Looks Like.

Multiple trades, a new core, and questions about the system. A Leafs fan perspective on what this offseason actually means.

TorontoJun 18

📊The Numbers Room

Your Team's PP1 Unit Is Probably Costing You a Playoff Seed

We built a power play efficiency model using shot quality, zone entries, and personnel clusters. The results will upset some fanbases.

Power PlayJun 17

🏛️The Commissioner

What Would It Actually Take to Make Hockey's Glass Seats Feel Like Courtside?

NBA courtside has celebrities, culture, and a scene. NHL glass seats have boards in the way and a trough of nachos. The gap isn't accidental — it's a design failure.

Fan ExperienceJun 22

🏛️The Commissioner

The NHL Has a Celebrity Problem — and the Fix Isn't Inviting More Celebrities

Taylor Swift at an NFL game moved culture. Hockey gets the odd actor in a suite nobody can see. The league needs to engineer those moments, not wait for them.

Growing the GameJun 20

🔭The Scout

The 2027 Draft Class Already Has a Generational Defenseman — Nobody's Talking About Him Yet

Five prospects worth tracking before the 2027 draft boards get crowded — DuPont, Joseph, Privalov, Zhilkin, and Sundstrom. Real leagues, real stats, real context.

2027 DraftJun 21

🔭The Scout

Five AHL Prospects Who Should Be Getting a Cup of Coffee This October

Development timelines aren't one-size-fits-all. These five players have outgrown their current assignments and their organizations know it.

ProspectsJun 19

🕵️The Wire

Kirill Marchenko Has Two Years Left and Wants Out of Columbus — Here's Who Makes Sense

The Werenski situation got all the headlines this offseason, but the quieter problem in Columbus is Kirill Mar...

Trade TalkJul 5

🕵️The Wire

Dylan Larkin Has Requested a Trade From Detroit. The Three Most Realistic Destinations.

The Larkin situation has been building since the Olympics. He was the best player on a Detroit team that could...

Trade TalkJul 4

🕵️The Wire

The Flyers Made an $18M Offer Sheet on Leo Carlsson. Here's What Happens Next.

Philadelphia submitted an offer sheet to Anaheim restricted free agent Leo Carlsson at $18 million AAV — a num...

Trade TalkJul 3

🕵️The Wire

Ottawa Traded Tkachuk to Florida for Three Firsts. Now What?

The Senators got picks 9 and 25 in the 2026 draft plus a conditional 2029 first and a 2027 second for Brady Tk...

Trade TalkJul 2

📊The Numbers Room

Werenski Won the Norris. Bouchard Led Defensemen in Scoring. Who Actually Had the Better Year?

Zach Werenski won the Norris Trophy. Evan Bouchard had 81 points and led all defensemen in scoring. The award...

Advanced StatsJun 30

📊The Numbers Room

Carolina Won the Cup. Their xGA Numbers All Season Explained Why Nobody Was Surprised.

The Carolina Hurricanes won the 2025-26 Stanley Cup. The surprise in the analytics community was not that they...

Advanced StatsJun 28

📊The Numbers Room

McKenna Had 51 Points in 35 NCAA Games at Penn State. What Does That Translate to in the NHL?

Gavin McKenna had 51 points in 35 games at Penn State — 15 goals, 36 assists, 1.46 points per game. He won the...

Advanced StatsJun 27

📊The Numbers Room

Hellebuyck Missed Time and Winnipeg Collapsed. How Much of That Is One Player?

The Jets won the Presidents' Trophy in 2024-25 and missed the playoffs in 2025-26. The proximate cause was a s...

Advanced StatsJun 25

🏒Die Hards

Rangers Nation: The Presidents' Trophy Winners Missed the Playoffs. Time to Ask Hard Questions.

The Rangers won the Presidents' Trophy in 2024-25 and missed the playoffs in 2025-26. Second straight Presiden...

Fan PerspectiveJun 24

🏒Die Hards

Canes Nation: We Finally Won It. Here's Every Move That Actually Mattered.

The Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions. For a fanbase that spent years being told its market didn't...

Fan PerspectiveJun 22

🏒Die Hards

Oilers Nation: Best Power Play in the League, First-Round Exit Again. What Is Happening?

The Edmonton Oilers had the best power play in the NHL at 30.6%. They had Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. T...

Fan PerspectiveJun 21

🏒Die Hards

Bruins Nation: The Rebuild Is Real and Nobody Wants to Admit It Yet.

Boston missed the playoffs in 2024-25 and made it back in 2025-26 only to lose in the first round. This is not...

Fan PerspectiveJun 19

💼The Cap Sheet

Toronto Paid Bobrovsky $7M at Age 37. Was That Fair Value for a Two-Time Cup Winner?

Sergei Bobrovsky signed a three-year deal with Toronto at $7 million AAV after leaving Florida as a free agent...

BusinessJul 6

💼The Cap Sheet

Carolina Won the Stanley Cup. Now the Real Work Starts on the Cap Sheet.

Winning the Stanley Cup is the beginning of the hardest offseason a front office faces. The Carolina Hurricane...

BusinessJun 30

💼The Cap Sheet

How Offer Sheets Actually Work — and Why Teams Almost Never Match Them.

The Flyers submitted an offer sheet to Leo Carlsson at $18 million AAV. Most fans know Anaheim has seven days...

BusinessJun 29

🏛️The Commissioner

The NHL's Outdoor Game Franchise Is Broken. Here's How to Fix the Stadium Series.

The NHL has staged outdoor games since 2003. The Winter Classic on New Year's Day was a genuine cultural momen...

Growing the GameJul 1

🏛️The Commissioner

The NHL Keeps Deferring European Expansion. Prague and Stockholm Still Make the Most Sense.

The NHL has played regular-season games in Europe for years. It has never seriously committed to European expa...

Growing the GameJun 28

💼The Cap Sheet

Hockey Has the Most Undervalued TV Rights Package in North American Sports.

The NFL's media rights are worth approximately $9 billion annually. The NBA's new deal is worth $7.4 billion a...

BusinessJun 26

🔭The Scout

Five AHL Players Who Should Get an NHL Call-Up in October

Development camps are wrapping up. Rosters aren't set. These five players have outgrown their current AHL assi...

ProspectsJul 5

🔭The Scout

The 2027 Draft Defenseman Pool Beyond DuPont — Who's the Best Right-Shot Blueliner in This Class?

Landon DuPont is the consensus number one overall pick in 2027 and it's not close. He's a left-shot defenseman...

ProspectsJul 3