Month: October 2015

To evaluate draft eligible CHL forwards, I created a point prediction model called NHLP which predicts their career season point totals in an 82 game season. In  previous posts, I applied the NHLP formula to every CHL forward selected top 15 overall in the draft since 1998. #1-3 Overall #4-6 Overall #7-10 Overall #11-15 Overall To … Continue reading APPLYING THE NHLP FORMULA: CHL FORWARDS DRAFTED 16-20 OVERALL

When the 2010-11 season started there were three players that stood out as the top selections for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Those three players were Sean Couturier, Adam Larsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and they were the only ones to receive a first-place vote on Bob McKenzie’s pre-season rankings. Source By the end of the … Continue reading DRAFTING RNH: A SEASON OF TWO HALVES

The debate that dominated leading up to the 2010 NHL Entry Draft was who should go first overall, Taylor Hall or Tyler Seguin. For my final rankings, Taylor Hall ended up being my top choice. This is how I saw it in 2010: Now it is five years later and who is the better player … Continue reading TAYLOR VS. TYLER WAS A TOSSUP

To evaluate draft eligible CHL forwards, I created a point prediction model called NHLP which predicts their career season point totals in an 82 game season. In  previous posts, I applied the NHLP formula to every CHL forward selected top 6 overall in the draft since 1998. #1-3 Overall #4-6 Overall To continue along in the … Continue reading APPLYING THE NHLP FORMULA: CHL FORWARDS DRAFTED 7-10 OVERALL

Last week, I used my point prediction model (NHLP) to predict the rookie scoring of Connor McDavid. By comparing the NHLP score of McDavid, relative to 16 CHL forwards who were all selected in the top three and made the immediate jump to the NHL, I was able to come up with a point prediction … Continue reading JACK EICHEL: ROOKIE SCORING PREDICTION

To evaluate draft eligible CHL forwards, I created a point prediction model called NHLP which predicts their career season point totals in an 82 game season. In a previous post, I applied the NHLP formula to every CHL forward selected top three overall in the draft since 1998. To continue along in the series we now … Continue reading APPLYING THE NHLP FORMULA: CHL FORWARDS DRAFTED 4-6 OVERALL

With the Calder race set to begin, what should one expect out of Connor McDavid? Recently, I updated my NHLP formula that predicts a CHL forward’s career NHL season based on their junior points in their draft year. Connor McDavid predicts to be a 97-point player over an 82 game season, which places him 2nd … Continue reading CONNOR MCDAVID: ROOKIE SCORING PREDICTION