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Ryan Donato’s 4-Year Extension: Analyzing His Value to the Blackhawks
On June 18th, 2025, the Chicago Blackhawks announced that they extended 29 year old forward Ryan Donato to a 4 year and $16M extension ($4M AAV). This comes on the heels of a career high 62-point campaign with the Blackhawks. There is some concern that this anomalous season could have Donato overvalued, but let’s break… Read more
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Analyzing the Kreider Deal: Impact on Rangers and Ducks
After months of dialogue and rumors, the New York Rangers have finally traded Chris Kreider. The Rangers agreed to send Kreider (along with a 2025 4th round pick) to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Carey Terrance and a 2025 3rd round pick. For New York, this trade is another step in Chris Drury’s… Read more
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2025 PWHL Draft Preview: Final NCAA Production Rankings
With the PWHL draft just ahead, the time has come for yet another draft board. Last season, our NCAAW hockey production model (similar to the one we use for the PWHL) saw 9 of who we perceived as the 10 most likely draft eligible NCAA players to be selected in the draft. Additionally, of… Read more
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Analyzing PWHL Seattle and Vancouver’s Star Signings
The PWHL Expansion started on June 3rd, with Seattle and Vancouver making strategic signings to build competitive rosters. Vancouver has focused on acquiring young talent alongside stars, while Seattle gambled on high-profile players like Hilary Knight. Both teams have potential but face challenges ahead as they prepare for the upcoming season. Read more
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PWHL 2024-2025 GSAA Tracker
We’re back with another piece of more advanced analytics for the average PWHL fan, as the PWHL’s website still doesn’t publicly track and share GSAA. The value of GSAA, is much like Points per Game, it stands to measure a goalie’s nightly impact on their team relative to their peers by aggregating save percentage against… Read more
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The right picture: London completes their quest of vengeance
After another dominant campaign, the London Knights were not going to come up short this season on the biggest stage in junior hockey. The final game of the year saw them tested early and often by LW Gavin McKenna (2026 NHL Entry Draft) and the other great talents on the Medicine Hat Tigers, with MHT… Read more