NHL Trade Deadline: SKATR Profiles of TSN’s Top 5 Trade Bait Candidates
With just nine days until the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline, let's take a quick look at the top five on TSN's Trade Bait List...
Does a Tyson Barrie for TJ Brodie trade make sense for the Toronto Maple...
Yesterday, I wrote about the Toronto Maple Leafs defense and the difficulties pending UFA Tyson Barrie has been having in his own zone. One...
John Tavares is returning: It’s a big deal
Welcome to the Hot Stove Bar, as we listen in on a couple of hockey fans talking about the return of John Tavares to...
The Toronto Maple Leafs Special Teams: How much are they holding them back?
The books are now closed on October and it's time we took a closer look at the Toronto Maple Leafs' special teams performance.
It was...
What Draft Round Can Tell Us About a Player’s Expected Long-Term Performance and Development...
This article is being co-posted on MLHS, as well as on my own site, www.originalsixanalytics.com. Find me @OrgSixAnalytics on twitter.
The hockey analytics community has looked at...
Projecting the Toronto Maple Leafs November Roster & Cap Situation
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a unique predicament in the wake of the $10.893M Mitch Marner deal.
They are so stretched within the $81.5M...
Tyler Bozak is back to his old self. Mostly.
In the summer, I wrote about Bozak's statistically-improved 2013-14 season.
In that post, I observed that Bozak had significantly improved his 5v5 offensive production last season,...
JVR, PDO and the Leafs Defense
I didn't have any particular topic I wanted to write about this week, so yesterday morning I asked my twitter followers what they wanted me...
Game 30 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Kings 3 (SO)
Through the first half of this game, the Leafs looked in great shape, especially given it was the second half of a back-to-back; they...
Mythbusters Series: Three Arguments Against the Idea that “The Leafs are Decreasing Their Focus...
This article is being co-posted on Maple Leafs Hot Stove as well as on my own site, OriginalSixAnalytics.com. Find me @OrgSixAnalytics on twitter.
As we...
Carlyle vs. Horachek: WOWY Comparison for Tyler Bozak and David Booth
Last week, I took at look at zone start changes from Randy Carlyle to Peter Horachek and found some interesting differences.
Among them was a...
Negotiation Leverage and the Massive Hidden Value in ELC/RFA Deals
This article is being co-posted on Maple Leafs Hot Stove as well as on my own site, www.originalsixanalytics.com. Find me @OrgSixAnalytics on twitter.
I recently...
The Bozak-Corsi Dilemma
A significant portion of modern hockey analytics revolves around Corsi (or SAT% as defined by the NHL), which is really nothing more than looking...
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Scoring Chance Tracking – Season Recap
My season-long project to chart Toronto Maple Leaf scoring chances mercifully finished on Saturday; you can take a look at my methodology in my...
Attempting to quantify Mike Babcock’s on-ice impact
There are potentially a number of impacts that the Mike Babcock signing could have on the Toronto Maple Leafs, including off-ice impacts such as...
Toronto Maple Leafs Preseason 2015-16: Scoring Chances and Zone Starts
Assessing much of anything from preseason games tends to be a mistake, as the wide range of quality in rosters and in amount of...