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Joshua Jarman:
I think Minnesota misses the playoffs this year. They lost their elite winger to cap hell from a buyout, and in exchange they got a rookie.
They lost their 1B goaltender to cap hell as well, and they filled the spot with a young, unproven goaltender named Filip Gustavsson.
I don’t expect Hartman to do nearly as well as he did last year, since he was carried by Kaprizov.
Because of this, their depth compared to last year is lacking.
The other teams in their division that are making it are the avalanche (lock), the blues, the jets (new coaching turns things around), and then the stars and canucks from the pacific.
At least one of the stars, canucks, and wild has to miss, and the other two did very well in an extremely tightly contested playoff race last year and have only gotten better while the wild lost a considerable amount.

3:08pm
10/02/2022

Conor O'Croinin: Congrats to the top 10 analysts in the month of March!

1. James Davis: 256 points
2. Conor O'Croinin: 247 points
3. Ben O'Croinin: 230 points
4. Van Trieu: 227 points
5. Joshua Jarman: 224 points
6. Joshua Le: 215 points
7. Kelvin Phung: 205 points
8. Courtney Cathcart: 190 points
9. Kaiz Somji: 189 points
10. Jake Hennig: 174 points

3:08pm
10/02/2022

Ben O'Croinin: Here are the top 10 analysts in the month of February, good job everyone!

1. Conor O'Croinin: 219 points
2. Van Trieu: 217 points
3. James Davis: 212 points
4. Jake Hennig: 209 points
5. Courtney Cathcart: 207 points
6. Joshua Jarman: 204 points
7. Ben O'Croinin: 201 points
8. Joshua Le: 200 points
9. Kaiz Somji: 199 points
10. Kelvin Phung: 185 points

6:00pm
02/28/2022

Ben O'Croinin: Here are the top 10 analysts in the month of January, keep up the great predictions!

1. Kelvin Phung: 166 points
2. Kaiz Somji: 162 points
3. Ben O'Croinin: 150 points
4. Joshua Jarman: 149 points
5. Jordan Ma: 147 points
6. Courtney Cathcart: 139 points
6. Conor O'Croinin: 139 points
8. James Davis: 137 points
9. Joshua Le: 132 points
10. Van Trieu: 129 points

9:00pm
01/31/2022

Conor O'Croinin: Here are the top 10 analysts in the month of December, well done!

1. Ben O'Croinin: 92 points
1. Van Trieu: 92 points
3. Joshua Le: 90 points
4. Kaiz Somji: 86 points
5. James Davis: 84 points
6. Courtney Cathcart: 83 points
6. Vaylou Vinayagasothy: 83 points
8. Conor O'Croinin: 81 points
8. Stavros Greer: 81 points
10. Jake Hennig: 80 points

4:00pm
01/04/2022

Ben O'Croinin: Here are the top 10 analysts in the month of November, great predicting!

1. Van Trieu: 182 points
1. Joshua Jarman: 182 points
3. Ben O'Croinin: 178 points
4. Kaiz Somji: 177 points
5. Conor O'Croinin: 176 points
5. James Davis: 176 points
7. Vaylou Vinayagasothy: 170 points
8. Stavros Greer: 163 points
9. Griffin Maloney: 155 points
10. Andrew Kaup: 151 points

7:48pm
12/06/2021

Conor O'Croinin: Here are the top 10 analysts in the month of October, well done everybody!

1. Andrew Kaup: 147 points
2. Van Trieu: 141 points
3. Vaylou Vinayagasothy: 140 points
4. Chase Gratton: 137 points
5. Conor O'Croinin: 134 points
6. Chris Skuse: 132 points
7. Ben O'Croinin: 128 points
7. Kaiz Somji: 128 points
9. Joshua Jarman: 127 points
9. Bennett Piercy: 127 points

11:37pm
10/31/2021

Joshua Jarman: I think Carolina misses the playoffs this year. They lost their elite goaltending to a bad trade and free agency, and in exchange they got a wild card and a solid backup. They lost their star defenseman to free agency as well, and they filled the spot with a toxic locker room presence and a 2nd pairing defender. They also lack depth compared to last year with the loss of McLovin'. The other teams in their division that are making it are the islanders (lock), the rangers, the flyers (alternating year syndrome), and then the pens and caps. At least one of the pens, caps, and canes has to miss, and the other two did very well in an extremely tightly contested division last year and haven't changed too much about their team while the canes lost a considerable amount.

10:25pm
08/31/2021

Vaylou Vinayagasothy: I think this will be the last year for the Arizona Coyotes as a NHL franchise. With Glendale terminating the arena lease, this signals the end of hockey in Glendale. With the combination of lower arena attendance averages throughout pre-covid hockey, a team that is destined to finish lower in the standings with how this off-season unfolded, a team with a ton of cap to come in the near future, and potential profitable suitors in other areas of the country, hockey will come to its end in Glendale.

9:15pm
08/31/2021

Mehul Nimpal: My impeccable predicting skills tell me the Oilers will actually make it to the conference finals this year, can't say why - just feeling good about the team.

8:52pm
08/31/2021

Conor O'Croinin: I think that the New York Rangers will be challenging for top of the metropolitan division this year. Although it’s one of the toughest divisions, players like Lafreniere and Kakko are primed for a breakout season and with a solid goaltending duo and elite talent like Fox, Panarin, and Zibanejad NYR are the real deal.

12:59pm
08/31/2021

Harinderpal Sekhon: My prediction for the upcoming season is that Darnell Nurse will put together a career season (even better than last year) and get nominated for the Norris trophy. This may be wishful thinking with his gigantic contract kicking in after this season, but I really believe Nurse has it in him to be a top three defender in the league this year.

12:10pm
08/31/2021

Ben O'Croinin: To get the season started, myself and the other execs are going to be submitting our bold predictions for this season (feel free to submit your own as well). Here is my prediction:

The Seattle Kraken will be just as successful as Vegas were in their inaugural season. The defensive unit that Seattle has assembled is just too strong to miss the playoffs. They are also built like a team who can go far in the playoffs, maybe even all the way to the final.

11:50am
08/31/2021

Conor O'Croinin: Here are the final standings for the 2020-21 year, well done everybody!

1. Chase Gratton: 1168 points
2. Ben O'Croinin: 1074 points
3. Conor O'Croinin: 1055 points
4. Joshua Jarman: 974 points
5. Branden Merkley: 951 points
6. Vaylou Vinayagasothy: 940 points
7. Mehul Pal: 743 points
8. Henry Wang: 687 points
9. Harinderpal Sekhon: 287 points
10. Reid Parker: 274 points
11. Bennett Piercy: 113 points
12. Will Chau: 91 points
13. Markian Zmewsky: 62 points
14. Evan Maloney: 53 points
15. Andy Lee: 32 points
16. An Bui: 31 points
17. Cody Hennig: 24 points

3:55pm
08/29/2021

Vaylou Vinayagasothy: Now that we are past the midway point of the 2021 Season, what team is the biggest surprise so far this season?

For me, Buffalo Sabres, and their outright free fall this season. A team that took a swing at Taylor Hall, and a team who were hoping to be fighting for a playoff spot, sitting bottom of the NHL. With stars like Dahlin, Eichel, Hall, Reinhart, and Cozens and decent depth players like Mittelstadt, Montour, Sheahan, and a decent goaltender in Ullmark, the Sabres, on paper, should not be last place. But they are.

A team that is lacking an identity and resolve of more successful teams, a last place finish should signal a full rebuild to this current "rebuild".

No one imagined the Sabres below the Senators and the Red Wings. Changes throughout the organization are coming, to get a team that used to be consistent playoff performers back into the post-season.

11:55am
03/22/2021

Conor O'Croinin: Here are the standings at the end of the offseason, congrats to Chase once again on being our most successful analyst so far! The leaderboard has been reset for the start of the season.

1. Chase Gratton: 392 points
2. Conor O'Croinin: 350 points
3. Ben O'Croinin: 345 points
4. Vaylou Vinayagasothy: 238 points
5. Joshua Jarman: 206 points
6. Mehul Pal: 184 points
7. Harinderpal Sekhon: 102 points
8. Reid Parker: 70 points
9. Will Chau: 68 points
10. Bennett Piercy: 67 points
11. Raymond Ren: 56 points
12. Andy Lee: 24 points
12. Cody Hennig: 24 points
14. Hasnain Tariq: 21 points
15. Ethan Bayduza: 18 points
16. An Bui: 12 points
17. Shannon Nguyen: 6 points
18. Henry Wang: 3 points
18. William Irwin: 3 points
20. Markian Zmewsky: 0 points

1:58pm
01/13/2021

Conor O'Croinin: Here are the standings at the end of the playoffs, congrats to Chase on being our most successful analyst so far!

1. Chase Gratton: 119 points
2. Conor O'Croinin: 105 points
3. Ben O'Croinin: 102 points
4. Reid Parker: 65 points
5. Bennett Piercy: 63 points
6. Raymond Ren: 51 points
7. Joshua Jarman: 48 points
8. Mehul Pal: 44 points
9. Vaylou Vinayagasothy: 42 points
10. Andy Lee: 24 points
10. Cody Hennig: 24 points
12. Hasnain Tariq: 21 points
13. Ethan Bayduza: 18 points
13. Harinderpal Sekhon: 18 points
15. An Bui: 12 points
15. Will Chau: 12 points
17. Shannon Nguyen: 6 points
18. William Irwin: 3 points
19. Markian Zmewsky: 0 points

9:29pm
09/29/2020

Conor O'Croinin:

9:06pm
09/28/2020

Joshua Jarman: Tyler Seguin was asked about the stat claiming the stars are the first team to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals on a negative goal differential since 1968. His response: "It says that analytics are overrated."

4:42pm
09/17/2020

Conor O'Croinin: The Dallas Stars have reached the Stanley Cup Finals!
They are the first team since 1968 to make it to the finals with a negative playoff goal differential (-2).
-SNstats

9:37pm
09/14/2020

Conor O'Croinin: These are the final standings of the summer 2020 analysts competition. The leaderboard has been reset for the start of the conference finals.

1. Conor O'Croinin: 170 points
2. Mehul Pal: 156 points
3. Ben O'Croinin: 147 points
4. Cody Hennig: 137 points
5. An Bui: 115 points
6. Harinderpal Sekhon: 110 points
7. Andy Lee: 101 points
8. Markian Zmewsky: 63 points
9. Chase Gratton: 31 points
10. Raymond Ren: 25 points
10. Bennett Piercy: 25 points
12. Will Chau: 15 points
13. Matt Yip: 8 points
14. David Dang: 3 points

8:57pm
09/06/2020

Mehul Pal: Although many have doubted my impeccable predicting ability, against all the odds both the Stars and Islanders seem to be moving on to the conference finals. However given their lackluster playing ability, it's almost certain that the next stage will be their last. You heard it here first - Vegas v Tampa in the stanley cup final.

5:51pm
09/02/2020

Bennett Piercy: I don't like the move from Montreal. I think it's good business to spend relatively little on your goalies since the correlation between goalie salary and performance is so weak. $15 mil on a tandem is wild, but even then I'd rather nab Holtby, Markstrom, Khudobin, or Lehner in free agency than trade for Allen.

4:16pm
09/02/2020

Harinderpal Sekhon: In my opinion this is a good pick up for Montreal but with almost $15 million in cap space dedicated to goaltenders next year I wonder if they will regret this when it comes time to renew contracts.

St. Louis is taking a gamble not keeping Allen, putting all their faith in Binnington despite his awful playoffs this year.

12:26pm
09/02/2020

Conor O'Croinin: A trade has occured between Montreal and St. Louis.

To Montreal: Jake Allen(G) and 2022 7th round pick.

To St. Louis: 2020 3rd round pick and 2020 7th round pick.

11:48am
09/02/2020

Conor O'Croinin: Quinn Hughes sets the record for most playoff assists by a rookie defenseman with 13.

He surpasses the record of 12 assists held by Al MacInnis, and Hughes still has games to play.

10:16am
09/02/2020

Ben O'Croinin: Arizona is stripped of their 2020 2nd round pick and 2021 1st round pick due to violation of the league's combine testing policy. -PRNHL

Arizona did admit they conducted physical testing on draft eligible players before the combine. This is a very strict ruling but it sets a precedent to prevent future violations.

4:05pm
08/26/2020

Conor O'Croinin: In my opinion this is a huge overpay for Kapanen by Pittsburgh.

The Penguins lose arguably their fourth best prospect in Hallander, as well as a first round pick. This is not good business for a team on the decline.

This trade frees up valuable cap space for Toronto as well as gives them a first round pick in this years draft, which they didn't have before.

Although Kapanen could become a key player in the near future for the Penguins, once Crosby, Malkin, and Letang have retired the future does not look bright, with Pittsburgh only picking in the first round of the draft once from 2015-2021, barring future trades.

2:23pm
08/25/2020

Ben O'Croinin: A trade has occured between Pittsburgh and Toronto.

To Pittsburgh: Kasperi Kapanen (RW), Jesper Lindgren (D), and Pontus Aberg (LW).

To Toronto: 2020 15th overall pick, Evan Rodrigues (LW), Filip Hallander (C), and David Warsofsky(D).

2:07pm
08/25/2020

Conor O'Croinin: Congratulations to Cody Hennig for being the most successful analyst during the first round of the playoffs, getting a total of 99 points!

10:59pm
08/21/2020

Conor O'Croinin: Tonight's 7-3 win by Dallas over Calgary is the first time in post season history that a team was both up by 3 and down by 4 in the same game.

11:51pm
08/20/2020

Ben O'Croinin: With today's Flyers win, they become the first team in NHL history to lead a best of seven after four games while scoring 5 or less goals.
-Credit to Sam Carchidi on twitter.

7:18pm
08/18/2020

Conor O'Croinin: Tampa Bay Lightning defeats Columbus Blue Jackets in game one in a fifth overtime.

It was the fourth longest game in NHL history and longest game since 2000.

Joonas Korpisalo set an NHL record for most saves in a game with 85, and still lost.

Seth Jones sets the record for most ice time in a game with 65:06.

From puck drop to overtime winner was approximately 6 hours and 13 minutes, forcing the Carolina vs Boston game which was due to happen in the same arena to be postponed.

9:57pm
08/11/2020

Conor O'Croinin: The New York Rangers have won the first overall pick in the 2020 draft.

8:11pm
08/10/2020

Conor O'Croinin: Welcome to the NHL Analysts Club.

7:44pm
08/08/2020

Cody Hennig: The website is up and running!

7:42pm
08/08/2020