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The 2023/24 NHL Season for the New York Rangers starts tonight. Before the season begins, I have three bold predictions for the Rangers during this season. What are my predictions? Well, check out my article on Empire Sports Media #NewYorkRangers #NYR #NHL

There’s a saying in hockey that your goalie is only as good as the team in front of him. The best goalies in the world have a 92% save percentage, but if that percentage drops just 1% to 91% they give up roughly 24 more goals in a year. 24 goals can be the difference in making the playoffs or hitting the golf course early in the NHL. It sounds like it’s all up to the goalie, but when you dig into it, save percentages are directly relational to how many shots a team blocks. The more shots a team blocks, the higher the goalie’s save percentage is. If you could do something as simple as blocking a shot to make someone on your team 1% better would you do it?

7 Free Agents NHL Teams Should Steer Clear of This Offseason - The Hockey Writers - https://lnkd.in/dpf_wNae As long as seven- and eight-year maximum-term deals exist in NHL free agency, questionable contracts will always be delivered on July 1. This year, especially with a talented free agent class, will be no different. Let's take a look at seven unrestricted free agents that teams should be

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THW Daily - Blue Jackets Should Avoid Garland Trade & NHL's Top 10 Dirtiest Players Also, Sharks' Zadina working to revive career, latest news and rumors from Chicago & more In today’s edition, we have more on Sharks forward Filip Zadina trying to revive his career, the latest news & rumors from Chicago, the league’s dirtiest players, and much more. https://lnkd.in/eeYEBKj4

A COMPILATION OF 2024 NHL DRAFT RANKINGS AS OF 6/17/24 Attached is a comprehensive list of various recent first round rankings published by recognized sources. In particular, I noted several things here. The first thing that stuck out to me was the presence of the USNTDP’s Teddy Stiga on each of these lists with several notable exceptions, the biggest one being central scouting. The Boston College commit was ranked 44th among North American skaters in central scouting’s final rankings, which I felt undervalued his talents and productivity (79 points [36 G 43 A] in 61 games this past season). However, draft analysts vary quite a bit on where he will land on the draft board (TSN’s Bob McKenzie & Craig Button rank him 68th and 64th, respectively). The second thing I noted is the relatively low ranking on several of these lists given to CHL Defenseman of the Year Zayne Parekh. Given his performance during both the 2023-24 OHL regular season and the Memorial Cup playoffs, I would have thought he was a lock for a top 10 draft slot. Perhaps not, as he is at #14 and #12 by The Hockey News’ Tony Ferrari & Mike Morreale, respectively. However, most of these rankings do have him going in the top 10, some in the top 5 (once more, I point to the fact that TSN’s Craig Button has him at #5). Last but not least is the presence of defenseman EJ Emery in numerous rankings. Again, the obvious list lacking his presence is central scouting, where he is #39 on its final rankings of North American skaters. Perhaps that can be solely attributed to his lack of offensive output to this point (16 assists in 61 games for the NTDP in 2023-24), although many scouts feel his upside completely outweighs this current lack of productivity. https://lnkd.in/g-DXgdpb

Conventional hockey wisdom puts the goalie as the most important player on the ice, akin to the quarterback in football or the point guard in basketball. In my first hockey analysis for The Paraball Notes, I’ll evaluate the NHL’s goalies and goal scorers to determine at which points in the player value distribution this conventional wisdom holds true. My ultimate objective is to find the relative value of goal scorers versus goalies. #ParaballNotes https://lnkd.in/dbVGu5pr