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Evolution of the NHL Defenceman - Part 7
Defencemen being good at both ends of the ice will help a team perform well, but if we have to have one or the other, a difference emerges.
10 Interesting (To Me) Stats For This Week - July 28, 2026
Welcome back to another week of ’10 Interesting (To Me) Stats’. We have spent the last couple of weeks looking at forwards who’ve changed their zone exit involvement and defencemen who’ve changed their playmaking skills. Today, let’s look at more changes, but which forwards have become better
Evolution of the NHL Defenceman - Part 6
Defencemen taking more shots and improving their playmaking has generally helped their teams, but the expected goals tell another story.
10 Interesting (To Me) Stats For This Week - July 21, 2026
On my Ghost blog yesterday, I wrote about changes in tracking data over the last decade, and one finding was that forwards were becoming much more responsible for zone exits, and zone exits with possession, over the last 10 years. It got me thinking as to which forwards had their