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Possible Forwards who Could Kill Penalties for the New Jersey Devils
While Jacques Lemaire has adjusted and shifted his forward lines many times this season, one area where he hasn't made too many changes at forward on the penalty kill. So far this season, the New Jers...
Flyers Special Teams Better Than You Think
The Philadelphia Flyers are good at special teams. Ranked sixth in the league at both penalty killing percentage and power play percentage, they are a formidable opponent whenever the ice is tilted in...
Thrashers Re-sign Jim Slater
Meh. I suppose I was crazy to think that a team that finished 27th out of 30 would try to purge all their below-replacement-level guys off the roster in one summer. With Exelby gone, and Johan Hedberg...
2009 NHL Free Agents: Are Any Effective PK Specialists Left?
The Thrashers PK unit was 2nd worst in the NHL last season allowing 88 Power Play Goals Against! The recent re-signing of Chris Thorburn did not address this pressing problem since he never plays on t...
2009 NHL Free Agency: Nik Antropov Analysis
The Atlanta Thrashers took a major step towards competing for a playoff berth in the last last two days with the addition of the Nik Antropov and the exchange of Pavel Kubina for Garnet Exelby. Like a...
Chris Thorburn And the Myth of the "Best 4th Line in Hockey"
The Atlanta Thrashers announced today that re-signed UFA checking winger Chris Thorburn to a two year extension worth slightly more than the NHL minimum. My question is why? I hate to be "Debbie...
Penalty Kill Perfection (Or Close to it)
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Penalty-Killing, 2007-08
The Edmonton Oilers penalty kill this season went to work at a 84.7% success rate, good for fifth in the league. Penalty-killing is historically a strength on a Craig-Mactavish coached team, going ba...
Scoring By Forwards: Last Ten Games
What follows is a list of Oilers’ forwards and their offensive production over their last ten games.Some caveats first: everybody gets cold, so this isn't intended to make any grand statements about...
Tom Poti: The Key To The Kill?
On their recent swing through Florida the Capitals did a lot of things right. Most of them - significant offensive output, timely goaltending, a strong powerplay, contributions from rookies - we...
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