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Home Ice Faceoff Advantage
Someone asked me recently if there was any advantage to being able to put your stick down second for a face-off (as the home team's centerman does.) Let's look at the home-road numbers for 2003-08:# F...
New Puck Prospectus Post: The Dangers of Defensive Zone Faceoffs
"What are the risks of losing a faceoff in the defensive zone in comparison to the neutral zone, and does a coach`s usage of players in faceoffs affect player performance?"http://www.puckprospectus.co...
WorkHorc
Break time is over, for the NHL and for me. Been a little quiet here on Oil Droppings the last couple of weeks, I went out of town for a few days and hit the doldrums on my return. I have been writin...
Take It Easy - Who Benefits From The Easiest Starts in the NHL?
In my entry on the short-sightedness of using CORSI as a standalone stat, I asked the question: without looking, can anyone guess which NHL player had the easiest time of it in 2008-2009 with a ...
The Devil You Know or the Devils You Don't: Second Line Center Thoughts
One of the biggest complaints/concerns that Devils fans have in this offseason is that the Devils need a center for the second line. Not that the Devils don't have players who can play there, bu...
Stuck In The Middle With Cogs
The inevitable conclusion to this photograph is a car wreck. The inevitable conclusion to Andrew Cogliano staying in the faceoff circle is...yes, a car wreck. Andrew Cogliano is a young player with a...
The Cogliano Line
Congratulations are in order for Andrew Cogliano and Craig MacTavish. Cogliano has done something rare -- he's become so bad at faceoffs that Mario Mendoza is happy to welcome him to the Futility Hall...
Face-off Percentage, 2007-08
This is Jarret Stoll, facing off against one Joe Sakic, in what must have been a pretty typical encounter when the Oilers played the Avalanche this season. Stoll led the Oilers this season with a 55....
The Mighty Oil, According to EA Sports
The greatest indicator of an NHL player’s ability has just been released, and it shows troubling news for the Oilers. I’m not talking about hockey pool guides, or the NHL awards show, or even disc...
Kraftsmen
Milan Kraft is a player who has had a very interesting career. The bulk of his time in the NHL was spent with a very bad Pittsburgh Penguins squad; the Penguins were awful for a few years, although of...
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