Setting hockey's Hall of Fame standard
The details continue to emerge on the first best-on-best international hockey event since the 2016 World Cup. While fans and players aren't euphoric over a four-team format featuring Canada, USA, Sweden, and Finland in 2025, let's be honest -- we'll take what we can get. Since the 1972 Summit Series first teased the concept of… Continue reading The NHL’s Ryder Cup
All-time player rankings and a PPS Card generator have arrived! One year ago when this project launched, each player in NHL history had been ranked and tiered against a Hockey Hall of Fame standard. To find the rankings, however, you had two options: compare PPS Player Cards shared on social media, or swing by my… Continue reading Adjusted Hockey: Re-Launch
The fresh canvas of an 82-game schedule launches today. For some players, it's a blank slate, years of NHL action on the horizon. For others on the back nine of their careers, hockey immortality is at stake. To kick off the new season, we're counting down the five Hockey Hall of Fame cases for which… Continue reading 2023-24 is Critical to These Five Hall of Fame Cases
When the Boston Bruins named Brad Marchand its 27th captain on Wednesday, there were two logical ways one's mind could go. The first was that Marchand, a franchise fixture entering his 15th season in black and gold, was the heir apparent and most sensible candidate. The second thought drifts elsewhere -- to the theatrics, the… Continue reading Brad Marchand is One of the Most Underrated Players in NHL History
Series released May 9 to June 20, 2023 at Daily Faceoff: 1️⃣ Should six outstanding seasons get a player into the Hockey Hall of Fame?Featuring John LeClair 2️⃣ Do post-playing careers affect our view of Hockey Hall of Fame cases?Featuring Rod Brind’Amour 3️⃣ How important should team playoff success be to a Hockey Hall of Fame… Continue reading Daily Faceoff Series: 2023 Hockey Hall of Fame
Series released April 4 to 11, 2023 at Daily Faceoff: INTRO: Adjusted Scoring: How it works and why it matters 1️⃣ Where do they rank in History? Sidney Crosby & Alex Ovechkin 2️⃣ Where does Connor McDavid’s 2022-23 rank among the greatest seasons in NHL history? 3️⃣ Linus Ullmark is having one of the century’s… Continue reading Daily Faceoff Series: 2022-23’s Greatest Performances
This is the first in an upcoming series profiling the most intriguing HHOF cases. These profiles will focus on eligible candidates and will ramp up leading to the June announcement of the 2023 HHOF class. You can find an earlier post on 2022 inductee, Daniel Alfredsson, here. The HHOF Narratives 🎭 Big Proponent: "A dominant,… Continue reading HHOF Profile: John LeClair
If you missed Friday's instalment, check out Part 1, covering the #1 defencemen from the league's first eight decades. We begin today in 1998. Scoring is down. International NHL talent is here to stay. Dominance at the position for long stretches will soon fade faster than Mats Sundin's hairline. 🔥 1998, 2006-09: Nicklas Lidstrom After two… Continue reading The Torch 🔥: Defencemen (Part 2)
The Torch series launched in December with hockey's #1 forwards. Check out Part 1, explaining the High Noon player ranking system and covering 1918 to 1981. Part 2 featured the top forwards from 1982 to the present. Most of us are captivated by the feats of forwards. Checking the scoring leaders. Watching highlight reel goals.… Continue reading The Torch 🔥: Defencemen (Part 1)
Since launching the Adjusted Hockey project, a pair of goaltenders -- Mike Vernon and Chris Osgood -- are frequently in my Twitter mentions. Aside from being fixtures in Red Wing folklore, what do they have in common? Each won a pair of Stanley Cups as a starting goaltender. Each has had their HHOF case passed… Continue reading Should 2 Stanley Cups Get a Goalie into the HHOF?