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DAMIEN’S DELIBERATIONS: FAVORITE PWHL FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
This series is undergoing a revamp and will now include a few of my favorite PWHL transactions, in addition to the standard 10 NHL pickups. Arguably the best acquisition of the 2024 free agency signing period in the PWHL goes to Toronto for signing Daryl Watts to a two year contract. Daryl Watts had a… Read more
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“Uncapped”: A speculative fiction work
Preface: This story has conceptually been in the works since the brand started. It was born out of multiple conversations about what a dynamic similar to the one in the 2010 NFL season, wherein a salary cap did not exist in a “de jure” sense, would look like in the contemporary NHL. However, this work… Read more
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Nightmare years in the history of the Swift Current Broncos
[Content warning: Though this article only discusses the topics at hand in simple, not detailed terms, it does cover a horrific vehicular accident that claimed the lives of four teenagers/young men and sexual abuse of minors. Several of the links herein also discuss these events/offenses in more detail. Reader discretion is advised.] In continuation with… Read more
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Troubling headlines and events in the 2023-24 WHL season
I have had this article conceptually in the works for quite some time. For those who listen to our podcast, you may recall that I used to talk about occurrences such as the ones discussed in this article often in the early phases of the Canadian Hockey League’s constituent organizations’ seasons. However, I was withheld… Read more
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Diamonds in the rough: My favorite day two selections in 2024
We are back after quite a bit of a hiatus from written content due to various obligations and personal demands, as well as the season winding down meaning there were less events to cover/the dev league seasons all having already come to a close and all on-ice matters for the PWHL having concluded, therefore causing… Read more
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NCAAW: Production Model 1.0
For those of you familiar with our PWHL and NCAA Men’s Hockey Analytics, this is a continuation of that type of production model, this time extending to NCAA Women’s Division 1 ice hockey. This model has more variance than the PWHL model did, as the gap between the top and bottom performers was simply 30%… Read more