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Karri Ramo to KHL, and the Tampa Bay Lightning suddenly lack stability in goal
I like Mike Smith. Really, I do. I think he's got great skills and can be a show-stopper in net when healthy. That being said, not only was the public-over-the-top-vote-of-confidence by Br...
Goals per game by league
As a quick follow up to my post from last night on European goaltenders, what follows is a quick and dirty look at goal-scoring rates in eight top professional leagues. As a rule of thumb, the NHL a...
Searching for Jonas Hiller
There's been a bit of a buzz around a European netminder the whole postseason so far. It started with Henrik Lundqvist, who won three games essentially on his own, but the attention quickly moved to R...
The NHL by nationality: 52 per cent Canadian content
Here's another stats breakdown I like to run every season: A look at which countries NHLers come from in a given season (based on birthplace). The basics are that, with 768 players having appeared ...
On Hockey Europe: It's about 'surviving'
A week ago, I wrote about the formation of Hockey Europe, a new organization that was essentially six European leagues banding together to help them compete against larger leagues like the NHL and K...
Six leagues form 'Hockey Europe'
This isn't an issue getting any coverage in North America right now, but I've had a few European sources drop me notes about how upset some hockey leaders in Sweden and Finland are with the leadership...
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