tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71879788402535671452024-03-19T02:48:25.181+00:00Springing MalikAlpha-numeric hockey ramblings from across the pond...LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-39696932405597369102019-06-07T21:49:00.001+01:002019-06-07T21:49:37.356+01:00NHL Awards 2018/19 - meet the contenders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The NHL Awards show once again returns to <strike>Las</strike> Vegas, though at a new location, the Mandalay Bay Events Center, which is a larger venue and one that pays a worthy tribute to Jonathan Bernier's favourite athlete.<br />
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Host for the show is somebody called Kenan. I'll confess to being largely unfamiliar with his work, but no doubt he'll make the event a rare triumph despite trying to find an alternative, better paid job throughout the evening and nobody will dare to make an unnecessarily long speech after he forces Nikita Kucherov to stay out on stage talking for seven minutes after picking up the Art Ross Trophy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An embarrassing moment for Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall, as he realises the thing on which he just broke his tooth was not a pineapple, as he had been led to believe</td></tr>
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Here is the usual quick rundown of the main awards (those that are voted on) and those in contention:<br />
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<u><b>Hart Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The player adjudged most valuable to his team<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>A high-scoring forward, since goalies and defensemen "have their own awards", unlike high-scoring forwards<br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Further enhanced his status in the game by giving up his time to share the ice with players who could probably never have dreamed of getting such an opportunity.<br />
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<b>Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Racked up the first 120+ point season by a European player since 2005/06, or as long-time Hart Trophy voters would tell you, the first 120+ point season by a European player since 2000/01.<br />
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<b>Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)</b><br />
Born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, where you will find the David Dunlap Observatory telescope, the largest in Canada and the home of pioneering work on globular clusters, phenomena which feature a high density of stars around the centre, so a return visit should be a unique experience for him.<br />
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<u><b>Ted Lindsay Award</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The most outstanding player in the NHL<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> <i>"</i></b><i>Whatever means the lowest escrow"</i><br />
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<b>Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
Despite his slight frame, was shrewdly snapped up by the London Knights as a youngster, the team president and head coach hugely impressed by his skill level, determination and history of ending up <a href="http://puckjunk.com/2015/06/15/patrick-kanes-first-hockey-card/" target="_blank">behind a fallen Turgeon</a> in the mid-90s.<br />
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<b>Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
While the Lightning have been the subject of many envious looks from rivals after signing the star Russian to successive team-friendly contracts, for balance, the benefits of those deals to the player should be noted, which include no state income tax, an extra day off during first round playoff series and an April vacation in Europe.<br />
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<b>Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)</b><br />
While honoured to have received the Ted Lindsay Award a year ago, the Oilers phenom could not hide his bemusement at again winning the Edmonton media's prestigious Communal Piss Trough Trophy for leading the team in plus-minus.<br />
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<u><b>James Norris Memorial Trophy</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The Canadian defense player who demonstrates throughout October the greatest all-round ability to be "due" in the eyes of 90% of the press<br />
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<b>Brent Burns (San Jose Sharks)</b><br />
Despite again leading all NHL defensemen in scoring, the Shark's Norris candidacy was criticised by the always outspoken Drew Doughty, who felt that the key criterion of performance in 2012 should be taken into account.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Mark Giordano (Calgary Flames)</b><br />
Despite finishing second among all NHL defensemen in scoring, the Flame's Norris candidacy was praised by the always outspoken Drew Doughty, who felt that the key criterion of not being Brent Burns should be taken into account.<br />
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<b>Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Always wore #41 before reaching the NHL, but switched to #77 on arriving in Tampa Bay, partly as a tribute to Ray Bourque, partly because #41 was already in use by a teammate, marking the last time Mike Smith stopped something of significance.<br />
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<u><b>Vezina Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at wins, GAA and clutch wins<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Ben Bishop (Dallas Stars)</b><br />
Has an association with Jim Nill and owner of a record in his final season with the St. Louis Blues <a href="http://hkref.com/tiny/OG3ex" target="_blank">freakishly similar</a> to someone else's in their final season with the St. Louis Blues who has an association with nil gym.<br />
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<b>Robin Lehner (New York Islanders)</b><br />
I figure a good sign that a player has performed well is being able to find praise by fans of his team's biggest rivals, so thanks to @HankBlows69 and @MAGA4Avery for telling me that the Islanders goalie had produced <i>"the best ever season in the NHL by an ex-Frölunda goalie playing in New York"</i> and how they admired <i>"a guy who stops the damn puck instead of washing his hair"</i>.<br />
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<b>Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Recipient of the Order of Honour from Vladimir Putin in 2014, making him the only person pull off the combination of being recognised by a regime hostile to the sitting US president and winning the AHL Goaltender of the Month award, although only on a technicality, since Tim Thomas refused to collect his AHL Goaltender of the Month award.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackhawks emergency backup Scott Foster received a warm ovation to recognise his amazing achievement of breaking the franchise record for most minutes played by a goalie without playing outdoors</td></tr>
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<u><b>Calder Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the highest point-scoring forward in what might be his third year of competition in the National Hockey League after what might be no or several years of competition in another professional league<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues)</b><br />
Faced an uncommonly tough road to get to this point compared to most NHLers, evidenced by taking a full six years to become a regular on a big league roster after first making racially insensitive comments on Twitter, rather than the typical one or two.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres)</b><br />
After being suspended by the IIHF for an unsporting reaction to receiving a silver medal at the 2018 World Juniors, resolved with his new employers at the subsequent NHL draft to avoid in future being exposed to any possibility of coming close to second place.<br />
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<b>Elias Pettersson (Vancouver Canucks)</b><br />
A native of Sundsvall, a city on the east coast of Sweden which has burned down four times in its history, a statistic that is only one Stanley Cup Final defeat away from being matched by his new home city.<br />
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<u><b><br /></b></u><u><b>Frank J. Selke Trophy</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game<br />
<b style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to: </b>The forward who is considered by PHWA members to be the best defensively, based on a balanced analysis of zone-starts, Corsi %, quality of competition, usage and shot prevention while shorthanded and penalty differential, though an insignificant minority might just look at reputation and plus-minus.<br />
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<b>Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
Among his many achievements, famed for having played through a punctured lung, a separated shoulder, a broken rib and a broken nose during the Stanley Cup Final, but his Bruins teammates were also there when the Vancouver fans threw those things on the ice, so it's unclear why he gets all the credit.<br />
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<b>Ryan O'Reilly (St. Louis Blues)</b><br />
Bizarrely blamed by some fans in Winnipeg for the Jets GM's failed efforts to capitalise on a limited opportunity to win the Cup, but the Blues' centre is adamant that he had nothing to do with any Chevy pickup making a mess of the window.<br />
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<b>Mark Stone (Ottawa Senators / Vegas Golden Knights)</b><br />
Signed a $76 million contract extension with Vegas shortly after being acquired at the trade deadline, disappointing Senators management who had previously made an offer believed to be within $75 million of that figure in a bid to keep him in Ottawa.<br />
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<u><b>Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player who missed the most games through injury the season before<br />
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<b>Nick Foligno (Columbus Blue Jackets)</b><br />
A solid, if unspectacular, offensive career overall, yet still highlighted by the odd elite-level statistic, such as being in the <a href="https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl-all-star-game/en/teams/team-foligno-players-career-nhl-all-star-game-stats.html" target="_blank">all-time top 10 scorers for Team Foligno</a>.<br />
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<b>Robin Lehner (New York Islanders)</b><br />
Widely applauded for his almost unprecedented act of bravely revealing anything at all about his health while on a Lou Lamoriello team.<br />
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<b>Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks)</b><br />
Returning for the 2019/20 season would achieve the extraordinary feat of being criticised by Boston sportswriters across four different decades.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the inside of his suit based on military fatigues received underwhelming reviews from fashion critics in previous years, William Karlsson shocked everyone with the improvement in his results once he got away from khaki lining</td></tr>
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<u><b>Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have had the fewest penalty minutes when the voters quickly skim down the list of top 20 scorers five minutes before the deadline to send in their ballot<br />
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<b>Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)</b><br />
The star Finn notes on his <a href="http://www.aleksanderbarkov16.com/" target="_blank">personal website</a> that <i>"most people call me Barky. I am not sure how this name came about." </i>which sounds ridiculous reasoning but will make more sense when Dale Tallon puts down "Barksy" on his list of players to protect in the Seattle expansion draft.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Sean Monahan (Calgary Flames)</b><br />
Subject of what was recently voted the third best <a href="https://twitter.com/boringmonahan" target="_blank">parody account</a> on Hockey Twitter, behind <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLbyMatty/status/1114588962700414976" target="_blank">@NHLbyMatty</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1115671216839364608" target="_blank">@PR_NHL</a>.<br />
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<b>Ryan O'Reilly (St. Louis Blues)</b><br />
While the Blues were perhaps not the expected destination of most observers when the Sabres opted to trade the star pivot during the off-season, there is a least some indication that a deal between the teams had been in the works for at least 18 months.<br />
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<u><b>Jack Adams Award</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have coached either the most injured team or the team with the best PDO/shootout-fuelled record.<br />
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<b>Craig Berube (St. Louis Blues)</b><br />
Of First Nations descent and part of NHL history back in 2013, when bench boss of the Flyers against Ted Nolan's Sabres, making it the first time two head coaches in the same game had <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/24/sports/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-easy-night-for-hasek-as-caps-tactics-fail.html" target="_blank">severely annoyed Dominik Hašek</a> between 15 and 16 years previously.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
After replacing the fired Guy Boucher, almost instantly turned the Lightning into a perennial contender and top destination for elite talent, so it will be interesting to see if the person who replaces Guy Boucher after his third firing can do something similar.<br />
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<b>Barry Trotz (New York Islanders)</b><br />
Credited with outside the box thinking in devising as many ways as possible to reduce the number of goals conceded by his team at Barclays Center compared to the previous season.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The General Manager who best excelled at his role during the regular season<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The General Manager who best excelled at reaching the Conference Final during the regular season<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Doug Armstrong (St. Louis Blues)</b><br />
Ever since the ignominious end of his tenure as GM in Dallas, has been nicknamed "Sabres Crease" due to Brett Hull stepping in and taking something he hadn't earned.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Don Sweeney (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
It takes nothing more than a cursory glance at the Bruins' recent draft record to identify moves such as picking Jake DeBrusk ahead instead of Oliver Kylington in 2015 as key to the team's refreshed line-up staying among the league's best, so it's fair to assume anything more than a cursory glance is unnecessary.<br />
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<b>Don Waddell (Carolina Hurricanes)</b><br />
Among the small group of people to have only played in a single career NHL game and among the small group of people to have only won a single career Nino Niederreiter trade.<br />
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Awards post archive:<br />
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<a href="https://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2018/05/nhl-awards-201718-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2017/18 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2017/05/nhl-awards-201617-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2016/17 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2016/05/nhl-awards-201516-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2015/16 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/nhl-awards-201415-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2014/15 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/05/nhl-awards-201314-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013/14 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/05/nhl-awards-2013-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhl-awards-201112-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2011/12 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2011/05/nhl-awards-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2010/11 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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The 2018 NHL Awards show reverts back to normal after the excitement of last year, when the event was combined with the results of an expansion draft revealing an impending dreadful Vegas Golden Knights team stocked with the mere dregs of the player pool made available by 30 infallible general managers.<br />
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While this won't add to the proceedings on the night itself, some related anticipation comes from the recent announcement that voters' ballots will be subsequently made public, finally providing some accountability to the choices made by those with the responsibility, namely 200 Hockey Men and 200,000 employees of The Athletic.<br />
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Here is the usual quick rundown of the main awards (those that are voted on) and those in contention:<br />
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<u><b>Hart Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The player adjudged most valuable to his team<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>A high-scoring forward, since goalies and defensemen "have their own awards", unlike high-scoring forwards<br />
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<b>Taylor Hall (New Jersey Devils)</b><br />
His offensive dominance in taking an otherwise pedestrian Devils team to the playoffs caused many observers to remark that they could not believe how he alone was enough to get it done, words also used by Ray Shero to describe Adam Larsson a couple of summers ago.<br />
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<b>Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
Something of a controversial selection, given the outcry among those who believed Connor McDavid remained an eligible candidate for the award, but tough to argue with the case built by the pivotal role he played in extending the Kings' season a full 10 minutes beyond the voting deadline.<br />
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<b>Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)</b><br />
Looking to emulate something previously done by Eric Lindros under Bobby Clarke, in becoming MVP while playing for a G.M. who is a past winner of the award, but not looking to emulate anything else that happened to Eric Lindros under Bobby Clarke.<br />
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<u><b>Ted Lindsay Award</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The most outstanding player in the NHL<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> <i>"</i></b><i>Whatever means the lowest escrow"</i><br />
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<b>Taylor Hall (New Jersey Devils)</b><br />
A year before becoming the first pick in the NHL Draft, was actually drafted as low as 89th overall in the 2009 KHL Draft, although this is now widely acknowledged by Edmonton media to have been a historically strong draft for low-scoring second pair defensemen.<br />
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<b>Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)</b><br />
Endless comparisons to fellow Cole Harbour product and first overall pick, Sidney Crosby, did not ease off after dramatically stepping up his game after the trade of a teammate centre taken in the top three of the draft, much in the same way that Crosby only emerged as a Cup-winning talent after the trade of <a href="https://twitter.com/SunGarrioch" target="_blank">Evgeni Malkin to the Los Angeles Kings in 2008</a>.<br />
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<b>Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)</b><br />
Was appropriately made the cover star of NHL 18, a video game that lets you pull off spectacular individual moves on the ice and have the chance for your team to be rebuilt through hugely unrealistic trades.<br />
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<u><b>James Norris Memorial Trophy</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The Canadian defense player who demonstrates throughout October the greatest all-round ability to be "due" in the eyes of 90% of the press<br />
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<b>Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
Continues to take some heat for a mid-season proclamation about the relative quality of the Golden Knights and the Kings, but his statement that there was no way he'd be on the losing side four times in the playoffs to Vegas proved entirely accurate.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Joined Erik Karlsson in dressing up as a pirate when arriving to the All-Star skills competition, causing some chatter given nobody could remember seeing Karlsson in close proximity to a good defenseman wearing the same outfit before.<br />
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<b>P.K. Subban (Nashville Predators)</b><br />
His outgoing nature in a sport riddled with conformity makes him a target of much coded criticism, though I'm not sure the French language really counts as a code.<br />
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<u><b>Vezina Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at wins, GAA and clutch wins<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets)</b><br />
Broke Tom Barrasso's record for most wins in a season by a US-born goalie and is seemingly well on the way towards becoming a similar favourite of the <strike>troops</strike> media for his loquacious nature:<br />
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<b>Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators)</b><br />
Despite a long history of strong results and personal accolades, remains a player with as many critics as supporters, since it is an incontrovertible truth that for every person that says no team has made a better eighth round draft pick since he was taken, there is one who says that no team has made a worse one.<br />
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<b>Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
The third Russian player taken in the first round of the 2012 draft, has easily surpassed the achievements of Nail Yakupov and Mikhail Grigorenko thanks to his much-admired ability to not be drafted by the Oilers or Sabres.<br />
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<u><b>Calder Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the highest point-scoring forward in what might be his third year of competition in the National Hockey League after what might be no or several years of competition in another professional league<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Mathew Barzal (New York Islanders)</b><br />
Gave the New York Islanders an elite 1-2 scoring threat down the middle, unlikely to be matched by any team next year, especially the New York Islanders.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Brock Boeser (Vancouver Canucks)</b><br />
An outstanding rookie season was cut short by injury after a collision with Cal Clutterbuck and an open bench door, earning the multi-positional and hard-hitting door a five-year $17.5m contract extension from an impressed Garth Snow.<br />
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<b>Clayton Keller (Arizona Coyotes)</b><br />
The Coyotes have been keen to capitalise on the rookie's marketability as a clutch scorer, but attempts to trademark the nickname 'Clayton Killer' were rebuffed on finding <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/clayton-stoner-pleads-guilty-1.3421884" target="_blank">it was already taken</a>.<br />
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<u><b>Frank J. Selke Trophy</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game<br />
<b style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to: </b>The forward who is considered by PHWA members to be the best defensively, based on a balanced analysis of zone-starts, Corsi %, quality of competition, usage and shot prevention while shorthanded and penalty differential, though an insignificant minority might just look at reputation and plus-minus.<br />
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<b>Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
Although credited with one assist in Game 5 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, that goal was not scored by Marchand, as he could not complete a key pass to Braddy in the game that ended the Boston team's season.<br />
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<b>Sean Couturier (Philadelphia Flyers)</b><br />
By scoring seven points in two games playing with a torn MCL, entered the pantheon of Flyers to ultimately suffer failure after performing playoff heroics in the face of adversity, joining Kate Smith (dead) and Michael Leighton (Michael Leighton).<br />
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<b>Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
A Selke finalist for the fourth time in the past five seasons, after finishing second in 2013/14, placing third in 2014/15, winning in 2015/16 and having a -10 rating in 2016/17.<br />
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<u><b>Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player who missed the most games through injury the season before, especially if injury caused by incident of vehicular donutshopicide<br />
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<b>Brian Boyle (New Jersey Devils)</b><br />
After failing to break through with the Los Angeles Kings, went on to become a defensive specialist in the league, a reputation first attached to him by one shrewd observer after apparently <a href="https://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers-sather-goes-back-to-drawing-board-1.1261410" target="_blank">shutting down a young Artem Anisimov in the AHL playoffs</a>, despite facing Artem Anisimov in the AHL playoffs precisely as many times as I have.<br />
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<b>Roberto Luongo (Florida Panthers)</b><br />
A rollercoaster career bookended by the confidence-boosting experience of being traded by Mike Milbury and the confidence-shattering experience of not being traded by Dale Tallon.<br />
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<b>Jordan Staal (Carolina Hurricanes)</b><br />
Engaged in a tight family competition for most playoff points over the past six years, currently sitting alongside Jared, a mere three points behind Eric and eight behind Marc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Travis, congratulations on winning the NHL Foundation Award. Like you, I also pledge to devote a large amount of time over the next year aiming to enrich the lives of certain people in the Calgary community."</td></tr>
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<u><b>Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have had the fewest penalty minutes when the voters quickly skim down the list of top 20 scorers five minutes before the deadline to send in their ballot<br />
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<b>Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)</b><br />
While many have suggested that the talented Finn will be given away to Seattle at the earliest opportunity, the concept is clearly a joke, since Vegas isn't ever going to consider letting him go.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>William Karlsson (Vegas Golden Knights)</b><br />
Many viewed his 43-goal breakout as one of the biggest surprises ever seen in the NHL, but as one of the <a href="http://hkref.com/tiny/384S0" target="_blank">six greatest playoff goalscorers in Columbus Blue Jackets history</a> at the time of the expansion draft, perhaps this should have been expected.<br />
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<b>Ryan O'Reilly (Buffalo Sabres)</b><br />
Has admitted recent struggles as alternate captain on a poor Sabres team, igniting trade talk, so donut be shocked to see him put himself in the shop window, ending up in a position of no responsibility and coming away with his reputation intact.<br />
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<u><b>Jack Adams Award</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have coached either the most injured team or the team with the best PDO/shootout-fuelled record.<br />
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<b>Jared Bednar (Colorado Avalanche)</b><br />
Coached the Avalanche to a 47-point improvement on the previous season, which sounds impressive until you realise Patrick Roy's ability to make his 2013/14 team ready to play so much more than the season before translated to a 73-point gain.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Bruce Cassidy (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
After his first playoff appearance as an NHL head coach 15 years ago ended in his team blowing a series lead by losing four straight games to the Tampa Bay Lightning, this season with the Bruins showed just how much he had learned over that time.<br />
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<b>Gerard Gallant (Vegas Golden Knights)</b><br />
In a never-to-be-repeated occurrence, was let go by the Florida Panthers before joining the Golden Knights and playing a major part in their wildly successful first season.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four feet tall, a mix of silver and mahogany and silent at a podium in front of the media; John Tortorella with the Jack Adams Award</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The top National Hockey League General Manager<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The National Hockey League General Manager Who Apparently Did A Slightly Better Job Than [checks notes] Peter Chiarelli and Pierre Dorion?<br />
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<b>Kevin Cheveldayoff (Winnipeg Jets)</b><br />
Drafted 16th overall out of the Western Hockey League by the New York Islanders and no subsequent NHL playing career to speak of, which is also a sentence describing two sides of a Peter Chiarelli trade involving a finalist for a different award.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>George McPhee (Vegas Golden Knights)</b><br />
Shaped a remarkable season for a first-year expansion team, featuring NHL career best performances from, among others, Tomáš Hyka, Vadim Shipachyov and 40% Of Derick Brassard's Cap Hit.<br />
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<b>Steve Yzerman (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
After winning the award with the 2014/15 Tampa Bay Lightning, looking to make history by winning the award with the 2013/14 New York Rangers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In hindsight, there was a clue as to which assistant GM would be favoured by the Maple Leafs for promotion, when Kyle Dubas represented the team at the 2017 awards show while Mark Hunter stayed at home</td></tr>
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Awards post archive:<br />
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2017/05/nhl-awards-201617-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2016/17 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2016/05/nhl-awards-201516-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2015/16 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/nhl-awards-201415-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2014/15 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/05/nhl-awards-201314-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013/14 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/05/nhl-awards-2013-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhl-awards-201112-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2011/12 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2011/05/nhl-awards-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2010/11 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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Despite a hugely negative response from fans and media who strongly disagreed with the NHL's rigid stance on the merits of televising a major event revealing of the outcome of a player selection process, league officials have sadly ignored feedback and chosen to again broadcast its awards show.<br />
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In addition, the event will feature the Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft, where thousands of tourists in attendance and hundreds of television viewers will learn the names of the bad contracts and 5-10 goalscoring first liners heading to <strike>Las</strike> Vegas that were first learned several hours earlier when leaked on Twitter by hockey insiders:<br />
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<u><b>Hart Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The player adjudged most valuable to his team<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>A high-scoring forward, since goalies and defensemen "have their own awards", unlike high-scoring forwards<br />
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<b>Sergei Bobrovsky (Columbus Blue Jackets)</b><br />
Recipient of the Order of Honor from President Vladimir Putin following the Russian team’s 2014 World Championships victory, perhaps explaining his apparent disinterest in a Stanley Cup win, since he is already welcome at the White House whenever he likes.<br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Has a chance to become only the second player, alongside Gordie Howe, to win a Hart at least ten years after first doing so, a feat sure to remain unmatched until Jaromir Jágr's victory in the 2024/25 season.<br />
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<b>Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)</b><br />
Despite some controversy, was content with his third place finish in Calder Trophy voting a year ago, citing a long-standing team policy of not accepting major gifts after only being competitive for half a season.<br />
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<u><b>Ted Lindsay Award</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The most outstanding player in the NHL<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> <i>"</i></b><i>Whatever means the lowest escrow"</i><br />
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<b>Brent Burns (San Jose Sharks)</b><br />
Living up to the expectations of scouts prior to the now-vaunted 2003 draft, who claimed that drafting a <a href="http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/j/jessihu01.html" target="_blank">right-wing at least 6-5 220lb</a> would either result in an elite scoring defensemen or something marginally less valuable.<br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Some fellow players have apparently soured on the Penguins star, without being sure of the reasons; one Canadian defenseman admitting off the record that his vote had gone elsewhere but <i>"couldn't quite put his finger on it"</i> as to why.<br />
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<b>Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)</b><br />
With the Oilers' chances of success resting so heavily on the continued good fortune of keeping their star centre healthy, the fans at Rogers Place have not only been crossing their fingers but also crossing their legs all season.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Powerful symbolism on display at the 2016 awards show as sitting above the shoulders of Patrick Kane are personifications of good conscience (Ted Lindsay) and evil conscience (Patrick Kane)</td></tr>
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<u><b>James Norris Memorial Trophy</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The Canadian defense player who demonstrates throughout October the greatest all-round ability to be "due" in the eyes of 90% of the press<br />
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<b>Brent Burns (San Jose Sharks)</b><br />
29 goals and 76 points from the blue line makes him a candidate for the award. Being from Ontario, unshaven, without front teeth and playing in California makes him the odds-on favourite.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Has been likened to Chris Pronger due to his very similar size, being a fellow #2 overall draft pick and the value for money provided by his contract to an unfashionable sunbelt franchise.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Erik Karlsson (Ottawa Senators)</b><br />
During the season, proposed to his girlfriend by putting a ring on top of a pizza, the unusual approach seen by most people as a heartwarming gesture, but mostly criticised by Canadian hockey writers as the pizza wasn't Doughy enough.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In most years, awards night provides a rare opportunity for P.K. Subban to not have to cope with people with white faces pointing at him and trying to hold him back</td></tr>
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<u><b>Vezina Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at wins, GAA and clutch wins<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Sergei Bobrovsky (Columbus Blue Jackets)</b><br />
After his second season in the NHL was mostly spent backing up Ilya Bryzgalov who had just signed a nine-year contract, was traded away by the Philadelphia Flyers, a choice considered by some knowledgeable observers to be in the top 500 of worst goalie decisions made in Flyers’ history.<br />
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<b>Braden Holtby (Washington Capitals)</b><br />
If securing a save percentage north of .900 in matching the career accomplishment of two playoff series defeats to the Pittsburgh Penguins was not enough, a second Vezina win would surely raise him above Jim Carey in the pantheon of Capitals netminders.<br />
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<b>Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
Wife Angela's <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/carey-price-announces-that-hes-engaged" target="_blank">maiden name is Webber</a>, so while their marriage will be entirely free of distractions, things will likely sour over the next ten years and be very expensive to get out of.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The strain of Vancouver's poor play over recent years is beginning to show on Henrik Sedin, but not so much on Daniel for some reason</td></tr>
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<u><b>Calder Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the highest point-scoring forward in what might be his third year of competition in the National Hockey League after what might be no or several years of competition in another professional league<br />
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<b>Patrik Laine (Winnipeg Jets)</b><br />
The flashy winger has been likened to both Teemu Selänne and Alexander Ovechkin by virtue of also never having scored a playoff goal for the Colorado Avalanche.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)</b><br />
Among many impressive rookie accomplishments, uniquely managed to score four goals in a game in Ottawa without Nick Holden and Marc Staal being on the ice for any of them.<br />
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<b>Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets)</b><br />
Despite a stellar first year, perhaps gained most recognition as a result of the Pittsburgh Penguins scoring a playoff goal while he staggered up slowly from a prone position in the middle of the defensive zone, a tactic brought to prominence in recent years by Brooks Orpik.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game<br />
<b style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to: </b>The forward who is considered by PHWA members to be the best defensively, based on a balanced analysis of zone-starts, Corsi %, quality of competition, usage and shot prevention while shorthanded and penalty differential, though an insignificant minority might just look at reputation and plus-minus.<br />
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<b>Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
Has taken 5,725 face-offs over the past three seasons, more than any other player in the league, a number which translates to roughly the same amount of time spent hunched over during Bruins games as players speared by Brad Marchand.<br />
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<b>Ryan Kesler (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
A regular Selke finalist and in the top five in voting in six of the past nine years, it remains a mystery why the thoughtful voters went somewhat cold on his candidacy during the other three years...<br />
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<b><br /></b><b>Mikko Koivu (Minnesota Wild)</b><br />
Curiously, would become only the third Selke winner in the past 22 years to have been a top-10 overall draft pick. Coincidentally, no Edmonton Oiler has finished higher than 33rd in voting since the 2005/06 season.<br />
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<u><b>Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player who missed the most games through injury the season before, especially if injury caused by incident of vehicular donutshopicide<br />
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<b>Craig Anderson (Ottawa Senators)</b><br />
Known throughout his junior career as Craig Andersson despite it not being his actual surname, was forced to drop the extra 's' on signing with the Chicago Blackhawks after director of player personnel Dale Tallon, a notorious stickler for proper contractual procedure, noticed the discrepancy.<br />
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<b>Andrew Cogliano (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
Played four seasons in Edmonton between 2007 and 2011 before spending some time in the Austrian League in 2012/13.<br />
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<b>Derek Ryan (Carolina Hurricanes)</b><br />
Played four seasons in Edmonton between 2007 and 2011 before spending some time in the Austrian League in 2012/13, but never had to play for the Oilers or be a teammate of Corey Perry, so is definitely behind at least one other finalist in the voting for the award.<br />
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<u><b>Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have had the fewest penalty minutes when the voters quickly skim down the list of top 20 scorers five minutes before the deadline to send in their ballot<br />
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<b>Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary Flames)</b><br />
Notably suffered a fractured finger this season after being the target of stickwork from several Minnesota Wild players, making him one of the many thousands of men in Alberta to be unable to take a slash during a hockey game this year.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Mikael Granlund (Minnesota Wild)</b><br />
Drafted 9th overall in the 2010 draft, behind the likes of Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin and Nino Niederreiter, meaning he is scheduled to be given away in a terrible trade any day now.<br />
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<b>Vladimir Tarasenko (St. Louis Blues)</b><br />
Drafted 16th overall in the 2010 draft, behind the likes of Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin and Nino Niederreiter, meaning he is scheduled to be given away for 24 games of David Rundblad any day now.<br />
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<u><b>Jack Adams Award</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have coached either the most injured team or the team with the best PDO/shootout-fuelled record.<br />
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<b>Mike Babcock (Toronto Maple Leafs)</b><br />
Although surprisingly not a previous winner of the award, could be considered to be the Connor McDavid of coaches, if only for narrowly avoiding ending up in Buffalo before earning a massive contract in Canada.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Todd McLellan (Edmonton Oilers)</b><br />
Originally a New York Islanders draft pick, played a handful of games for that franchise before moving on to much greater success in later life, which is thought to be very much be a unique career path.<br />
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<b>John Tortorella (Columbus Blue Jackets)</b><br />
Despite a famously fractious relationship with the media, has recently been counselling hundreds of ex-ESPN journalists due to his shared experience of once having all his duties being assumed by an unqualified Barry Melrose.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The top National Hockey League General Manager<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The National Hockey League General Manager Most Unexpectedly In The Conference Final Regardless Of What He Did This Year Because That's Weirdly When the Voting Is Done<br />
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<b>Peter Chiarelli (Edmonton Oilers)</b><br />
His acquisition of a key Swedish defenseman has been credited as a major reason for the Oilers’ vast improvement and, while controversial, it is now clear that injured Oscar Klefbom is the price you have to pay to trade for healthy Oscar Klefbom.<br />
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<b>Pierre Dorion (Ottawa Senators)</b><br />
Already in his brief time in the role, has displayed commendable loyalty and a desire to keep people in jobs longer than others might have done, Chris Neil and Jim Benning, for example.<br />
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<b>David Poile (Nashville Predators)</b><br />
The veteran GM’s much-respected tenure in Nashville follows on from a lengthy body of work in successfully developing Washington Capitals draft picks into stars, such as Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar and Filip Forsberg.<br />
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Awards post archive:<br />
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2016/05/nhl-awards-201516-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2015/16 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/nhl-awards-201415-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2014/15 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/05/nhl-awards-201314-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013/14 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/05/nhl-awards-2013-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhl-awards-201112-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2011/12 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2011/05/nhl-awards-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2010/11 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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At a time of unpresidented (sic) support for science and environmental causes in North America, the NHL is again celebrating <a href="https://www.nhl.com/info/nhl-green" target="_blank">Green Week</a> (3GP, 0 goals, 2 assists, -6).<br />
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As usual, the NHL and wider hockey community have supported the initiative by making a range of important pledges. Here are a few:<br />
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<b>Chicago Blackhawks:</b> Will play a minimum of 65 games a season under natural lighting conditions<br />
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<b>Alain Vigneault:</b> To keep re-using his favourite broken glass<br />
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<b>Ryan O'Reilly: </b>Will still drive to the doughnut store, but committed to always returning home on foot<br />
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<b>USA Hockey: </b>A 100% reduction in all travel to Women's World Championship events<br />
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<b>NHL Hockey Operations: </b>Agreement with goalie equipment manufacturers to reduce raw materials used by 0.000000001% by 2023<br />
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<b>Arizona Coyotes: </b>Will permit three of the team's highest paid players to work from home<br />
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<b>Edmonton Oilers:</b> To promote sustainable food production by pricing burgers sold at Rogers Place at $45<br />
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<b>Toronto Maple Leafs: </b>Will help maintain ocean stocks by restricting team fishing expeditions to days before games they win<br />
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<b>Mark Streit: </b>To reduce unnecessary use of detergents by leaving all his Tampa Bay Lightning memorabilia unwashed<br />
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<b>Steve Simmons:</b> Will turn off any computer he sees at a hockey rink<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Professional Hockey Writers Association:</b> Aim to minimise carbon footprint relating to transportation of trophies to Europe<br />
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<b>SAP: </b>Commitment to a comprehensive database of game records and advanced statistics being transferred from paper records to the NHL website by 2134<br />
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<b>Bill Daly: </b>To assist in building 500,000 new homes for African communities displaced by desertification by donating Edmonton Oilers draft lottery reveal cardsLW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-1356034967448260032016-05-15T18:34:00.000+01:002017-04-23T16:21:34.227+01:00NHL Awards 2015/16 - meet the contenders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The NHL continues to perform due diligence on its potential expansion, a necessarily lengthy process to ensure that, by the end of it, intercontinental drift has caused Quebec City's location in the Arctic Circle to make it unsuitable as a franchise destination (further complicated by FIFA's likely decision to award it a World Cup at that time).<br />
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As such, the many, many NHL fans residing in Las Vegas will have to remain satisfied by the city's hosting of the NHL's annual awards show, the only televised showbiz event where the average uneducated viewer is more likely to have heard of the attending Nate Prosser than the celebrity invited to sit next to him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anson Carter's emotional speech in 2015 after receiving a special award in recognition of being the last living player to have been traded for Jaromír Jágr</td></tr>
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Here is the usual quick rundown of the main awards (those that are voted on) and those in contention:</div>
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<u><b>Hart Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The player adjudged most valuable to his team<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>A high-scoring forward, since goalies and defensemen "have their own awards", unlike high-scoring forwards<br />
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<b>Jamie Benn (Dallas Stars)</b><br />
While he might not be able to ridicule every single one of the pundits who predicted that he could not repeat last season's performance after coming off two hip surgeries, the Stars captain certainly mocks a bunch.<br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Lauded for his drive to make improvements in a different facet of the game each year, seamlessly adding "scoring like a third liner" to his armoury over the first six weeks of the season.<br />
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<b>Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
Immense value to his team demonstrated by the vast improvement in its handling of the next serious criminal allegation against one of its players to come along, from mostly atrocious to pretty incompetent.<br />
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<u><b>Ted Lindsay Award</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The most outstanding player in the NHL<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> "</b>Whatever means the lowest escrow"<br />
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<b>Jamie Benn (Dallas Stars)</b><br />
As a fifth round draft pick out of western Canada, was not considered a can't-miss prospect by any means, but against all expectations, once he headed south, he stayed there.<br />
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<b>Braden Holtby (Washington Capitals)</b><br />
Born in the city of Lloydminster, which unusually has a provincial border running through the middle of it, perhaps explaining teammate Mike Richards' refusal to come and visit.<br />
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<b>Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
During the season, lives in Chicago's Trump International Hotel and Tower, a somewhat embarrassing association to carry for the extremely wealthy, poorly behaved, mulleted sociopath with questionable attitudes towards women.<br />
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<u><b>James Norris Memorial Trophy</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The Canadian defense player who demonstrates throughout October the greatest all-round ability to be "due" in the eyes of 90% of the press<br />
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<b>Brent Burns (San Jose Sharks)</b><br />
The dominant offensive year from the blue line that everyone had been waiting for since first converted to a defenseman in his wookie season.<br />
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<b>Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
Always destined for stardom, <a href="https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2010/01/31/the_early_reign_of_good_king_drew.html" target="_blank">received a hockey stick for his first birthday</a> and had skates by the age of two, enough to secure a second place Norris vote from Pierre LeBrun in the 1992/93 season.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Erik Karlsson (Ottawa Senators)</b><br />
Last year's winner trying to defend the trophy, apparently by staying 200 feet away while Mark Borowiecki stands in front of it by himself.<br />
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<u><b>Vezina Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at wins, GAA and clutch wins<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
The giant goalie has had an interesting career path: First NHL appearance was caused by <a href="http://www.espn.co.uk/nhl/news/story?id=3662877" target="_blank">Sarah Palin's carpet</a>, trade to Ottawa was a result of a <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/bishop-ready-to-be-senators-backup-goaltender/article535483/" target="_blank">kitchen knife accident</a>, stolen by the Lightning due to Cory Conacher sustaining an impression of Martin St. Louis for a few months.<br />
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<b>Braden Holtby (Washington Capitals)</b><br />
Career progression has seen him move from a stint in the AHL to now matching the season wins record set by the Devils' iconic goalie, a sentence which is the first and only time anyone has considered the words "Hershey" and "shared with Martin Brodeur" in close proximity.<br />
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<b>Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
The subject of fierce debate between traditional hockey observers and the new analytics movement, the two-time Cup winner is a polarising figure, in that he tends not to occupy the middle ground between the posts.<br />
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<u><b><br /></b></u><u><b>Calder Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the highest point-scoring forward in what might be his third year of competition in the National Hockey League after what might be no or several years of competition in another professional league<br />
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<b>Shayne Gostisbehere (Philadelphia Flyers)</b><br />
Drafted four years ago while at college, an event now recognised as being the only positive thing to happen to a hockey player associated with a Union in 2012.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)</b><br />
Looking to become the first Oiler to win the Calder, a fact explained by Wayne Gretzky's ineligibility in his first NHL season and the team being completely bereft of opportunities to make high draft picks in almost 12 months.<br />
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<b>Artemi Panarin (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
Nicknamed the "Bread Man" by his Blackhawks colleagues, on account of stories of how people in Russia would line up to see him at work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KHL veteran Artemi Panarin (far left) was first courted by the Blackhawks while attending the 2015 awards ceremony as a guest of the Toews family</td></tr>
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<u><b>Frank J. Selke Trophy</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game<br />
<b style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to: </b>The forward who is considered by PHWA members to be the best defensively, based on a balanced analysis of zone-starts, Corsi %, quality of competition, usage and shot prevention while shorthanded and penalty differential, though an insignificant minority might just look at reputation and plus-minus.<br />
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<b>Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
Led the Eastern Conference with 389 defensive zone faceoff wins, a tally he will definitely shatter repeatedly in the years to come, according to Bruins GM Don Sweeney.<br />
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<b>Ryan Kesler (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
Led the league with 441 defensive zone faceoff wins, a tally he will definitely shatter repeatedly in the years to come, according to hopefully returning Ducks coach Randy Carlyle.<br />
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<b>Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
As the <a href="https://www.nhl.com/news/selke-trophy-finalists/c-280504308?tid=280503612" target="_blank">NHL's official announcement</a> on the Selke finalists notes, the Slovenian's candidacy was boosted by a strong plus-34 rating, bringing his career mark of plus-79 just above the universally recognised threshold for elite defensive ability, Alexander Ovechkin's plus-78.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While taking it with his usual good grace, Patrice Bergeron enjoyed Brad Marchand's superglue-on-the-Awards-photoshoot-chair prank slightly more the first three years in which it happened</td></tr>
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<u><b>Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player who missed the most games through injury the season before, especially if injury caused by incident of vehicular donutshopicide<br />
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<b>Pascal Dupuis (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Carved out a more than respectable career after only playing six games with the New York Rangers in the 2006/07 season, but pales in comparison with the accolades received by a player who joined that <a href="http://hkref.com/tiny/m2mN2" target="_blank">select group</a> five years later.<br />
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<b>Jaromír Jágr (Florida Panthers)</b><br />
Among the many remarkable statistics about the legendary Czech, perhaps the most amazing is that when he was born, not a single one of his current Panthers team-mates had yet been born.<br />
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<b>Mats Zuccarello (New York Rangers)</b><br />
Recovered from a brain injury that required speech therapy, making it the second most <a href="https://youtu.be/oTh9fo9znHk" target="_blank">painful thing</a> to happen to a Norwegian in the NHL.<br />
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<u><b>Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have had the fewest penalty minutes when the voters quickly skim down the list of top 20 scorers five minutes before the deadline to send in their ballot<br />
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<b>Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)</b><br />
The Lady Byng typically awarded to more diminutive skaters, the young Finn being listed at 6-3, 212 lbs would likely make him the largest player to ever win the award, or at least the largest at the time of winning it, as a snacking Brett Hull reminds me.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Loui Eriksson (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
Although not a consideration in the voting for the award, the impending UFA took no penalties at all during the playoffs for the team the rebuilding Bruins assuredly traded him to at the deadline.<br />
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<b>Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
The Kings' perennial top scorer, recently rewarded with a long term, $80m contract, featuring a full no-movement clause in the first four years, after which he will submit a list of seven cities with which he is willing for Dean Lombardi to arrange his arrest.<br />
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<u><b>Jack Adams Award</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have coached either the most injured team or the team with the best PDO/shootout-fuelled record.<br />
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<b>Gerard Gallant (Florida Panthers)</b><br />
As a player for Detroit, averaged 37 goals and 236 penalty minutes a season over a productive four-year stretch in the late 1980s, ranking 10th on the Red Wings and 150th in the league in both categories at that time.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Lindy Ruff (Dallas Stars)</b><br />
17 years after the career disappointment of losing a Cup final elimination game to a goal that should not have been allowed, has been working closely with Antti Niemi and Kari Lehtonen to ensure Stars games feature as many legitimate goals as possible.<br />
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<b>Barry Trotz (Washington Capitals)</b><br />
Played a part in the suspension of Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn while head coach in Nashville during an ultimately unsuccessful playoff series, so was a natural fit at the Verizon Center, the home of meaningless banners.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whatever the outcome of the Jack Adams voting, Barry Trotz is considered the overwhelming favourite in the "Award Finalist Looking Most Like the Merged Faces of the Other Two Finalists" category</td></tr>
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<b><u>G</u><u>eneral Manager of the Year Award</u></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The top National Hockey League General Manager<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The National Hockey League General Manager Most Likely To Be Fired Within A Couple Of Years As A Direct Consequence Of Short-Term Moves That Led To Being A Finalist For The Award<br />
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<b>Brian MacLellan (Washington Capitals)</b><br />
With a playing career that featured a World Championship silver medal and time spent as a line-mate of Marcel Dionne, a Hall of Fame scorer who never played beyond the second round of the playoffs, the former assistant was considered to have impeccable credentials to guide the Capitals when hired as GM.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Jim Nill (Dallas Stars)</b><br />
Along with NHL Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald and the rock band Nickelback, the Stars GM is one of the most famous exports of the small town of Hanna, Alberta, as well as being the second most respected musical export of the small town of Hanna, Alberta, behind NHL Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald.<br />
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<b>Jim Rutherford (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
The vastly experienced GM has been praised for his acceptance of the increasing role of analytics, but <a href="https://www.nhl.com/news/rutherford-named-gm-of-penguins-bylsma-fired/c-721924" target="_blank">made clear when hired</a> that he would still rely heavily on "Gut Decision", that being the name of the hot dog emporium close to Consol Energy Center now thought to be behind the impressive form of his key acquisition.<br />
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Awards post archive:<br />
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/nhl-awards-201415-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2014/15 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/05/nhl-awards-201314-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013/14 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/05/nhl-awards-2013-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhl-awards-201112-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2011/12 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2011/05/nhl-awards-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2010/11 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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The NHL's annual awards show is universally recognised as the second most exciting Vegas-related event connected to the league in recent times, ranking somewhere between a season ticket drive for a potential expansion franchise and Jarret Stoll's next pool party.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Observers had the contest for the award for "Most Inappropriate Use of Team Logos" as being too close to call between the two main contenders</td></tr>
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Here is the usual quick rundown of the main awards (those that are voted on) and those in contention:<br />
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<u><b>Hart Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The player adjudged most valuable to his team<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>A high-scoring forward, since goalies and defensemen "have their own awards", unlike high-scoring forwards<br />
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<b>Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)</b><br />
Looking to join a select group of Eddie Shore, Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky as four-time MVPs, which would likely precipitate an unprecedented surge in the number of Google searches by Canadian sportswriters for "What are the career plus-minus ratings of Eddie Shore, Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky?"<br />
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<b>Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
Just like the previous goalie to win the award, managed to haul a low-scoring, Michel Therrien-coached Canadiens team to the heady heights of a second round playoff exit in six games to a southern US team.<br />
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<b>John Tavares (New York Islanders)</b><br />
The only other time an Islander won the Hart, a phenom Edmonton Oiler then won the trophy in each of the next eight seasons consecutively, which is going to put a lot of pressure on Auston Matthews if Tavares wins it next year.<br />
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<u><b>Ted Lindsay Award</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The most outstanding player in the NHL<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> "</b>Whatever means the lowest escrow"<br />
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<b>Jamie Benn (Dallas Stars)</b><br />
His scoring title has been viewed as fortuitous by some, after collecting four points in the final game of the season, including a goal and an assist in the final seconds of a game already won, but as linemate Tyler Seguin frequently tells his landlord, there's no such thing as garbage time.<br />
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<b>Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitals)</b><br />
After successive underwhelming point-per-game, 50-goal (or pro-rated equivalent) seasons, bounced right back into the conversation as to the league's best player with a dynamic point-per-game, 50-goal season.<br />
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<b>Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
While clearly deserving of plaudits for his own spectacular performances, Montreal's' 2010 playoff run and Team Canada's gold medal win in Sochi build a case that his teams are ultimately only successful when he faces no shots at all.<br />
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<u><b>James Norris Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>Zemgus Girgensons<br />
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<b>Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
Showed impressive dedication to his <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/drew-doughty-calls-corsi--crap--even-if-it-validates-jake-muzzin-231910255.html" target="_blank">controversial view on the merits of possession metrics</a> by leading the Corsi-deficient Kings to yet another deep playoff run.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Erik Karlsson (Ottawa Senators)</b><br />
Occasionally pays tribute to fellow Swede and previous star player and leader of the Senators, Daniel Alfredsson, by <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Erik_Karlsson_-_Jokerit_-_2012_1.jpg" target="_blank">wearing a jersey featuring his likeness</a>.<br />
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<b>P.K. Subban (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
Recognised as the jewel of Montreal's bounty of elite players obtained in the 2007 draft, ahead of Max Pacioretty and the future rights to Michael Busto.<br />
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<u><b>Vezina Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>Not a Canadian<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Devan Dubnyk (Minnesota Wild)</b><br />
Spent much of the 2013/14 season preparing for this awards race by being ranked several places behind Pekka Rinne and Carey Price.<br />
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<b>Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
It is thought that nothing at all stands between Price and this award, which presumably means Chris Kreider is presenting it.<br />
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<b>Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators)</b><br />
Has an outside chance of becoming the second alumnus of Oulun Kärpät to win the Vezina, although the phrase "alumnus of Oulun Kärpät" is usually mistaken as membership of an obscure right-wing cult when seen on Tim Thomas's Facebook profile.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew Ference's previously impeccable green credentials came into question when he was found incinerating a suit and several thousand copies of this photograph after the 2014 awards show</td></tr>
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<u><b><br /></b></u><u><b>Calder Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the highest point-scoring forward in what might be his third year of competition in the National Hockey League after what might be no or several years of competition in another professional league<br />
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<b>Aaron Ekblad (Florida Panthers)</b><br />
Has much in common with the only other player drafted first overall by the Panthers, Ed Jovanovski: Born in Windsor, Ontario; Defenseman nominated for the Calder; Busy doing the same thing as the Colorado Avalanche in June of his rookie season.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary Flames)</b><br />
Clearly impressed more than fellow 2011 draftee of the Flames, Sven Bärtschi, evidenced by being kept around so he can be included in the package to soon be sent the other way in the blockbuster Tyler Biggs trade that Brian Burke is reportedly pushing his GM to make.<br />
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<b>Mark Stone (Ottawa Senators)</b><br />
One year after Shawn Thornton's failure, credited with finding a way to <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/588518050141343745/photo/1" target="_blank">disguise intentionally squirting water</a> at P.K. Subban from the bench to avoid being fined.<br />
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<u><b>Frank J. Selke Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game<br />
<b style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to: </b>The forward who is considered by PHWA members to be the best defensively, based on a balanced analysis of zone-starts, Corsi %, quality of competition, usage and shot prevention while shorthanded and penalty differential, though an insignificant minority might just look at reputation and plus-minus.<br />
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<b>Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
As well as winning the Selke in at the 2014 awards show, was voted as the official cover athlete of NHL 15, bringing an end to the supposed curse of the cover athlete, that curse being "Why the f--- is Marty Brodeur on the front of NHL 14?"<br />
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<b>Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
Regularly demonstrates exemplary two-way play, despite seemingly being <a href="http://www.anzeseleven.com/media/photo/big/2013/03/5153f7c9_img_0537.jpg?1364457552" target="_blank">almost exactly the same height as the Stanley Cup</a>, contrary to his official listing at 6'3".<br />
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<b>Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
Respected in the hockey community for his ability at both ends of the ice and for his selfless leadership, and in the lazy meme community for his ability to not refer to LeBron James in post-championship interviews.<br />
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<u><b>Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player who missed the most games through injury the season before<br />
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<b>Devan Dubnyk (Minnesota Wild)</b><br />
Beat the odds by becoming the first person in recorded history to have failure in Edmonton not result in a lifetime front office position.<br />
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<b>Andrew Hammond (Ottawa Senators)</b><br />
Despite reeling off a remarkable point-earning streak to start his NHL career, still fell short of Patrick Lalime's near-unbreakable record of playing three playoff series against the Maple Leafs.<br />
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<b>Kris Letang (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Googling "Kris Letang stroke" either returns articles about the health problems he has overcome, which help to explain his candidacy for this award, or points you in the direction of pieces of fan fiction, which usually don't.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In preparation for the following season, 2014 Masterton Trophy winner, Dominic Moore, practices carrying an inanimate object around on his left-hand side for 10 minutes a night</td></tr>
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<u><b>Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have had the fewest penalty minutes when the voters quickly skim down the list of top 20 scorers five minutes before the deadline to send in their ballot<br />
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<b>Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings)</b><br />
After winning this award every year from 2006 to 2009, famously fought Corey Perry in the 2010/11 season, with 61% of voters on <a href="http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/97324" target="_blank">hockeyfights.com</a> declaring him the winner, the other 39% unable to vote after trying to punch Corey Perry themselves through their computer screen.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Jiří Hudler (Calgary Flames)</b><br />
At one point this season, amusingly <a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/gotta-see-it-jiri-hudler-crashes-l-a-lakers-practice-calgary-flames/" target="_blank">attended a Los Angeles practice</a> at which he should not have been, an idea said to have been inspired by Dean Lombardi.<br />
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<b>Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
Followed a career low 10 PIM in the regular season by even more impressively and unexpectedly taking no penalties at all throughout the entire playoffs.<br />
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<u><b>Jack Adams Award</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have coached either the most injured team or the team with the best PDO/shootout-fuelled record.<br />
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<b>Bob Hartley (Calgary Flames)</b><br />
Has a list of unique career achievements, including leading Ray Bourque to a Stanley Cup win, coaching an Atlanta Thrashers playoff game and managing to make John Tortorella slightly angry.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Peter Laviolette (Nashville Predators)</b><br />
In the history of Carolina Hurricanes coaches, was sandwiched by Paul Maurice, which sounds very similar to the instruction given to Dustin Byfuglien when he gets hungry during a game.<br />
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<b>Alain Vigneault (New York Rangers)</b><br />
Apparently has a resemblance to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, though Medvedev is understood not to be willing to be closely associated with anyone with as toxic a reputation as Ulf Samuelsson.<br />
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<b><u>G</u><u>eneral Manager of the Year Award</u></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The top National Hockey League General Manager<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The National Hockey League General Manager Most Likely To Be Fired Within A Couple Of Years As A Direct Consequence Of Short-Term Moves That Led To Being A Finalist For The Award<br />
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<b>Bob Murray (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
Current holder of this award masterminded further improvement in the Ducks this year, primarily by engineering a blockbuster trade of the Kings for the Flames as a second round playoff opponent.<br />
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<b>Glen Sather (New York Rangers)</b><br />
Understood to be so beloved by wildly popular Rangers owner, James Dolan, that he effectively has an agreement to stay in the GM job for life or until the Rangers next have a first round draft pick, whichever is the sooner.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Steve Yzerman (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Allied with some key acquisitions, managed to hold together an emerging roster despite not picking a single member of it for the Canadian Olympic team this year.<br />
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Awards post archive (a.k.a. look at all the recycled material):<br />
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/05/nhl-awards-201314-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013/14 - meet the contenders</a><br />
<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/05/nhl-awards-2013-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhl-awards-201112-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2011/12 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2014/15 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to its 60th game only. (Following on from the <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2015/02/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-50.html" target="_blank">50-game analysis</a>.)<br />
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For a more regular snapshot (i.e. weekly updates beyond the 10-game interval retrospectives), follow my critically acclaimed Twitter feed (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>). CHIP rankings are also again being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis.<br />
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To accompany what goes here and there, a new member to the injury analysis family, if only the Jared Staal at this point, is at <a href="http://nhlinjuryviz.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">NHL Injury Dataviz</a>. There can be found clicky stuff and bright colours, of the kind that keeps a growing Zac Rinaldo occupied during his 55 minutes on the bench and/or press box seat.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value (whatever Anton Strawman might claim), since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 60 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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Heat map representation of per-game CHIP, with "healthy" games (no players out) also highlighted ("retired" players under contract excluded on this chart):<br />
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The following is a ranking of teams by CHIP over Games 51-60 only, to further illustrate some of the biggest movers over the past 10 games:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">10</span><span style="color: red;"> second analysis...</span></div>
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<li>After dipping below 60 man-games lost in the previous 10-game stretch, the Blue Jackets have decided to put their foot on the gas again (the gas subsequently catching fire and torching the whole franchise, only David Clarkson's contract surviving the fireball)</li>
<li>The Canadiens finally feeling a little injury pain (if still not much) has led them to pass the Kings in the CHIP standings, although the relatively cheap contracts for Tyler Toffoli, Tanner Pearson and Alec Martinez somewhat understate their value (as the respective AMIP values for the two teams suggests)</li>
<li>The Hurricanes following up an impressive 11 straight games with a full line-up with only Ryan Murphy being out (plus a single game for impending trade anchor, Tim Gleason) has predictably seen them focus intently on the playoffs (those in which the Erie Otters will be taking part)</li>
<li>A few big outliers at either end, but the CHIP ranking otherwise is pretty bunched still, so you could throw a blanket or an unwanted Oilers jersey over pretty much half the league</li>
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The upper end of these lists also double as the Maple Leafs' trade targets for the next 5-10 years and/or the Sabres goaltending candidates for the rest of the season.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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Nathan Horton's injury still listed as "back" despite rumours of also suffering from breathing difficulties caused by repeated and vigorous hugging by Dave Nonis.<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) now stands at 0.80. This compares to 0.80 per game last year (0.80 in 2012/13, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11), so as I seem to say every year, no real evidence to suggest there have been more injuries than normal, despite common perception.<br />
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Finally, another look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion) or "Flu" (i.e. concussion) other than those contracted directly from Corey Perry should also be included,<br />
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Just like players with any ability, a sudden rush of injury disclosure escaping from the Coyotes.<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR tend to be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee TSN's figures are always consistent on this)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included. There are also one or two slightly less "retired" players not separately identified in the bar chart above (e.g. Souray, Peverley, Horton).</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren, Dave Nonis, Jay Feaster, Dave Nonis, Glen Sather, Dave Nonis...</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!1186&authkey=!AKdm1w9fsnXYDrg&ithint=file%2cxlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams (as teams don't have any sort of consistent reporting standards)</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of what was <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a> (any info on retained shares from recent trades from <a href="http://nhlnumbers.com/" target="_blank">nhlnumbers.com</a>)</li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-68263241806324940892015-02-09T12:51:00.001+00:002015-02-09T12:51:46.549+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 50-game reportThis is my fourth look for the 2014/15 regular season at which teams have been hit hardest by injury/illness by trying to place a value on the games missed by players.<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2014/15 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to its 50th game only. (Following from the <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/12/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-30.html" target="_blank">30-game analysis</a> - having never got round to posting the mid-season version up here.)<br />
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For a more regular snapshot (i.e. weekly updates beyond the 10-game interval retrospectives), follow my critically acclaimed Twitter feed (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>). CHIP rankings are also again being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis.<br />
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To accompany what goes here and there, a new member to the injury analysis family, if only the Jared Staal at this point, is at <a href="http://nhlinjuryviz.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">NHL Injury Dataviz</a>. There can be found clicky stuff and bright colours, of the kind that keeps a growing Zac Rinaldo occupied during his 55 minutes on the bench and/or press box seat.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value (whatever Anton Strawman might claim), since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 50 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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Heat map representation of per-game CHIP, with "healthy" games (no players out) also highlighted ("retired" players under contract excluded on this chart):<br />
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The following is a ranking of teams by CHIP over Games 42-50 only, to further illustrate some of the biggest movers since mid-season:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">10</span><span style="color: red;"> second analysis...</span></div>
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<li>Even when discounting the $0.5m worth of Pronger inflation, still a Metro logjam at the top over the stretch since the mid-point of the season</li>
<li>Although at the other end, the Hurricanes have managed to go 10 straight with a full line-up (what it has been full of is another matter), with the Panthers, Rangers and Bruins (Savard apart) also being very healthy recently</li>
<li>Barring the NHL permitting its close personal friend Lou Lamoriello to suddenly double the cap hits of highly productive veterans, Ryan(e) Clow(e) and Bryce Salvador, hard to see Columbus being caught in the overall standings, especially with Bobrovsky now out again for a while</li>
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The next lists are the top 30 individual CHIP and CMIP contributions:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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Henrik Lundqvist's current injury has been classified as "throat" rather than vascular, for what it's worth (around $8.5m and about 10 standings points), while anything to Brad Marchand gets filed under both "ass" and "nose".<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) now stands at 0.82. This has dropped in part due to the All-Star break - recuperation time and simply no games to be missed - and compares to 0.80 per game last year (0.80 in 2012/13, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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Finally, another look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion) or "Flu" (i.e. concussion) other than those contracted directly from Corey Perry should also be included,<br />
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Mikkel Boedker's recent spleen leak has destroyed Arizona's otherwise perfect record.<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR tend to be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee TSN's figures are always consistent on this)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included. There are also one or two slightly less "retired" players not separately identified in the bar chart above (e.g. Souray, Timonen).</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren, Dave Nonis, Jay Feaster, Dave Nonis, Glen Sather, Dave Nonis...</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!1131&authkey=!ABdP6yr_bXAye-c&ithint=file%2cxlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of what was <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-51944839913817439862014-12-23T01:01:00.000+00:002014-12-23T01:01:06.825+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 30-game reportThis is my third look for the 2014/15 regular season at which teams have been hit hardest by injury/illness by trying to place a value on the games missed by players.<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2014/15 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to its 30th game only. (Following from the <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/11/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-20.html" target="_blank">20-game analysis</a>.)<br />
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For a more regular snapshot (i.e. weekly updates beyond the 10-game interval retrospectives), follow my critically acclaimed Twitter feed (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>). CHIP rankings are also again being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value (whatever Anton Strawman might claim), since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 30 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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The following is a ranking of teams by CHIP over Games 21-30 only, to further illustrate some of the biggest movers since last time:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">10</span><span style="color: red;"> second analysis...</span></div>
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<li>The Blue Jackets were actually slightly healthier in this 10-game stretch than they were in games 11-20, which isn't saying a whole lot</li>
<li>The Canadiens were actually a lot less healthier in this 10-game stretch than they were in games 11-20, which also isn't saying a whole lot (with apologies to the Bournival household)</li>
<li>A full time gig at the Denver Post for anyone who can name more than four of the 12 Avalanche players who missed time in the most recent 10-game period</li>
<li>Anton Volchenkov's first puck bruise of the year means the Sharks are now the last team standing without a single injury on defense (Spoiler alert: this fact did not last much beyond game 30)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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Despite the expertly handled mumpademic, illness absences still not a huge proportion of the total.<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) remains at 0.88. This compares to 0.80 per game last year (0.80 in 2012/13, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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Finally, a first look for this year at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion) or "Flu" (i.e. concussion) other than those contracted directly from Corey Perry should also be included,<br />
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Despite repeated claims in the New York Post, the NHL and Coyotes ownership still assure everybody that they are not hiding anything.<br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR tend to be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee TSN's figures are always consistent on this)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included. There are also one or two slightly less "retired" players not separately identified in the bar chart above (e.g. Souray, Timonen).</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren, Dave Nonis, Jay Feaster, Dave Nonis, Glen Sather, Dave Nonis...</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!1045&authkey=!AGgz-6f05DasmTo&ithint=file%2cxlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-31967922421182964332014-11-30T01:19:00.000+00:002014-11-30T01:19:00.401+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 20-game reportThis is my second look for the 2014/15 regular season at which teams have been hit hardest by injury/illness by trying to place a value on the games missed by players.<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2014/15 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to its 20th game only. (Following from the <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/11/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-10.html" target="_blank">10-game analysis</a>.)<br />
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For a more regular snapshot (i.e. weekly updates beyond the 10-game interval retrospectives), follow my critically acclaimed Twitter feed (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>). CHIP rankings are also again being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value (whatever Anton Strawman might claim), since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 20 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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<li>The Blue Jackets <strike>running</strike> limping away with this so far, while the goon-laden Canadiens have been extremely healthy</li>
<li>It goes without saying that the CHIP contribution from 16 games missed by Dave Bolland completely undervalues his true worth</li>
<li>Note that I've gone back to include injuries to a few players (Patrick Kaleta, Barclay Goodrow, Bo Horvat) that extended from pre-season, as they ended up not being returned to the AHL/CHL after coming off IR, so have been classed NHLers (Kaleta has obviously also glassed NHLers for several years already)</li>
<li>The AMIP comparison remains a bit volatile over the small sample size to date, tending to give more weight to defensemen and goalies. Josh Harding and the average minutes he played last year still skew the Wild number, given he looks unlikely to get any minutes at all from them this year.</li>
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Tough to see how teams can replace all those lost minutes from guys like Jesse Winchester, Matt Carkner and John Erskine.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) now stands at 0.88, as perhaps expected falling from 0.99 after 10 games, even allowing for the adjustments referred to above. This compares to 0.80 per game last year (0.80 in 2012/13, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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Finally, a first look for this year at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion) or "Flu" (i.e. concussion) other than those contracted directly from Corey Perry should also be included,<br />
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Arizona and Carolina at the top and the four teams at the bottom where they always tend to be. Still early, but the new regime in Vancouver seems to have led to a shift in their position. That'll change once Mark Messier takes over.<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR tend to be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee TSN's figures are always consistent on this)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included. There are also one or two slightly less "retired" players not separately identified in the bar chart above (e.g. Souray, Timonen).</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren, Dave Nonis, Jay Feaster, Dave Nonis, Glen Sather, Dave Nonis...</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!1012&authkey=!ACRCr-VOmVhafjE&ithint=file%2cxlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-64959131916923483372014-11-08T22:56:00.000+00:002014-11-08T22:56:26.316+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 10-game reportThis is my first look for the 2014/15 regular season at which teams have been hit hardest by injury/illness by trying to place a value on the games missed by players.<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2014/15 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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For these analyses, I'll again be cutting the season into 10-game chunks for ease of comparability. So this analysis covers every team up to its 10th game only.<br />
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For a more regular snapshot (i.e. weekly updates beyond the 10-game interval retrospectives), follow my critically acclaimed Twitter feed (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>). CHIP rankings are also again being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value (whatever Anton Strawman might claim), since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 10 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">10 second analysis...</span></div>
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<li>As usual, if you discount the large contribution to the Flyers' CHIP figure from employees of the NHL they don't appear quite so banged up. Excluding the known absence of Kimmo Timonen as well puts them more toward the middle of the pack.</li>
<li>The Blue Jackets number has already jumped even more significantly beyond the 10-game mark</li>
<li>The Sabres obviously performing remarkably well in part due to good health, players avoiding being hit by a tank etc. (Though the margin between the active roster and their bubble players/AHLers is imperceptible, I've not included injuries carrying over from pre-season to Patrick Kaleta, Matt Hackett, Jake McCabe, Johan Larsson and Mark Pysyk - see notes below)</li>
<li>One other area of subjective inclusion/exclusion is (new) rookies injured in pre-season, e.g. I've included Jonathan Drouin but excluded Sam Bennett based on expectation of staying on the roster when healthy</li>
<li>AMIP comparison is a bit volatile over the small sample size to date - still tends to give more weight to defensemen and goalies (e.g. the Wild spike due to Josh Harding, who I've included despite technically being a non-roster suspension)</li>
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As you'd expect, most of these players missed all or almost all of the first 10 games.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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Clearly very early days, but the crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) stands at 0.99, compared to 0.80 per game last year (0.80 in 2012/13, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11). This figure tends to fall over time as the effect of injuries pre-dating the season starting dissipates though, so I'm sceptical that this can be taken to indicate any unusually large spate of injuries (plus small sample size etc...)<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR tend to be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee TSN's figures are always consistent on this)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included. There are also one or two slightly less "retired" players not separately identified in the bar chart above (e.g. Souray, Timonen).</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren, Dave Nonis, Jay Feaster, Dave Nonis, Glen Sather, Dave Nonis...</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!967&authkey=!AH7j-1EDjVDAuJk&ithint=file%2cxlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-58180757928082227112014-05-06T19:57:00.000+01:002014-05-26T16:59:38.672+01:00NHL Awards 2013/14 - meet the contenders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the saying goes: "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas until yet another lockout delays the end of the season enough to make it a logistical and public relations nightmare, meaning it goes away from Vegas for a year before it comes back and maybe then stays in Vegas."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2013 saw the Balding Captain and Power Forward Traded By Alberta Team For Bag of Pucks Trophy awarded for the first time in several years</td></tr>
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Here is the usual quick rundown of the main awards (those that are voted on) and those in contention:<br />
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<u><b>Hart Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The player adjudged most valuable to his team<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>LeBron James, due to often liberal interpretation of guidance issued by the PHWA to its attentive voters<br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Finally receiving some well-deserved individual recognition as something more than just an average player with points totals inflated due to being a regular linemate of Chris Kunitz.<br />
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<b>Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
Sometimes compared to Mark Messier, given his combination of scoring ability and physical play, his size and his Western Canadian origins, although with the parity in today's NHL, his chances of matching #11's number of Cup wins are heavily receding.<br />
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<b>Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Flyers)</b><br />
After opening the season without a goal in 15 games, led the Flyers' recovery the rest of the way by hitting the back of the net 28 times, joining the back of Braden Holtby's head as something hit 28 times to turnaround the Flyers' season.<br />
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<u><b>Ted Lindsay Award</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The most outstanding player in the NHL<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player voted for by everybody in the NHLPA except Roman Hamrlík<br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
His 17-point margin of victory over Getzlaf in the scoring race was the largest since the 1998/99 season, when Jaromír Jágr beat Teemu Selänne by 20 points, predictive analysis therefore suggesting that the 2028/29 season will see a Penguin win the scoring race over a Duck by a large margin again and Jágr outscoring Selänne by 60 points.<br />
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<b>Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
If not for Rangers superstars, Pavel Brendl and Hugh Jessiman, would surely be recognised as both the most successful graduate of the Calgary Hitmen and the best power forward to come out of the stacked 2003 entry draft.<br />
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<b>Claude Giroux (Philadelphia Flyers)</b><br />
After a unsuccessful 2012/13 campaign, suffered an off-season golfing injury, believed to be the most apt Flyers-related accident since Kate Smith was fatally crushed by a goon dropped from the Spectrum rafters by a terrible goaltender.<br />
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<u><b>James Norris Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>Nicklas Lidström<br />
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<b>Zdeno Chára (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
His booming slapshot has been officially recorded at 108.8 mph, putting it in a similar speed bracket as a David Ortiz home run ball and a character assassination written by a member of the local press following the trade of a scoring forward by the Bruins.<br />
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<b>Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
The Manitoban All-Star calibre player with missing front teeth and a cavalier attitude to concussions is nicknamed "Clarkey" by his Blackhawks teammates for reasons that nobody has yet divulged.<br />
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<b>Shea Weber (Nashville Predators)</b><br />
After a 12-month period without addition, has a chance of joining the select list of players signed to a contract by Paul Holmgren winning something while not playing for the Los Angeles Kings.<br />
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<u><b>Vezina Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs</span></span><b style="color: red;"></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The Russian goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at owning an unsustainable high save percentage on an overachieving team<br />
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<b>Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Already arguably the second best goaltender in Lightning history behind Cup-winner Nikolai Khabibulin, this season's exploits having put him ahead of a moth-eaten curtain, Empty Net and John Grahame.<br />
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<b>Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
Although continuing to rack up impressive personal statistics, some believe he still carries the stigma of backstopping Bruins teams that have both blown a 3-0 playoff series lead and conceded two late goals within 17 seconds to lose a Stanley Cup Final elimination game, "achievements" that the goalie tandem of Andrew Raycroft and Justin Pogge have never suffered, according to the Maple Leafs' analytics department.<br />
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<b>Semyon Varlamov (Colorado Avalanche)</b><br />
Controversially acquired at the cost of a potentially high first round draft pick by the then-lowly Avalanche, so faces the pressure of having to win multiple Vezinas to match the probable Hall of Fame-level contributions the Capitals will receive over Filip Forsberg's career.<br />
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in aggregate the show's celebrity guests have ever attended</td></tr>
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<u><b>Calder Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the highest point-scoring forward in what might be his third year of competition in the National Hockey League after what might be no or several years of competition in another professional league<br />
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<b>Tyler Johnson (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Undrafted, diminutive scoring forward for the Lightning seemingly not penalised by voters for his intention to petulantly force a trade in 15 years' time to the team closest to his off-season home, the Seattle Coyotes.<br />
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<b>Nathan McKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)</b><br />
Achieved two extremely rare feats that even Wayne Gretzky couldn't manage in his career, by having a 13-game scoring streak as an 18-year-old and by being permitted to take a shootout attempt in a game involving Patrick Roy.<br />
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<b>Ondřej Palát (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Led all rookies in scoring in 2014 and plus-minus over the season, as well as blocking 64 shots, thus preventing the most pucks reaching the goal by any NHLer with "Ondřej Pa" in his name.<br />
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<u><b>Frank J. Selke Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game<br />
<b style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to: </b>The forward who is considered by PHWA members to be the best defensively, based on a balanced analysis of zone-starts, Corsi %, quality of competition, usage and shot prevention while shorthanded and penalty differential, though an insignificant minority might just look at reputation and plus-minus.<br />
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<b>Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
Famously exhibited his toughness in last year's Stanley Cup Final by playing through a punctured lung, separated shoulder and broken nose, injuries suffered when a Chicago player collided with Brad Marchand's left knee.<br />
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<b>Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
Despite being ranked the top European skater, was to be found in Sweden as the 2005 Entry Draft took place, as coincidentally was a bag containing 45 lottery balls without "Pittsburgh Penguins" written on them.<br />
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<b>Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
Has much in common with Bergeron, being a member of the Triple Gold Club, a previous Selke winner, fluent in English and French and having a name that sounds nothing like a word spelled T.O.E.W.S.<br />
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<u><b>Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player who missed the most games through injury the season before<br />
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<b>Jaromír Jágr (New Jersey Devils)</b><br />
Has remarkably sustained an NHL career longer than each of the three 20-year-old players for whom he was traded by Pittsburgh on July 11 2001, a feat that probably stopped deserving being called remarkable around October 11 2001.<br />
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<b>Manny Malhotra (Carolina Hurricanes)</b><br />
Has made a successful return to the NHL after being let go by the Vancouver Canucks in 2011, a decision described by then-GM Mike Gillis as <a href="http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/02/14/fearing-for-his-health-canucks-sideline-manny-malhotra-for-rest-of-season/" target="_blank">"the hardest thing I have done in this job"</a>, which led to Gillis resolving to avoid making any hard decisions relating to his roster for as long as possible from that point on.<br />
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<b>Dominic Moore (New York Rangers)</b><br />
As his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Moore" target="_blank">Wikipedia bio</a> states, has at times in his career had to cope with the unenviable handicap of playing with Jason Blake on a "scoring" line and with Ryan Hollweg on a line of any description.<br />
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<u><b>Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player adjudged to have had the fewest penalty minutes when the voters quickly skim down the list of top 20 scorers five minutes before the deadline to send in their ballot<br />
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<b>Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks)</b><br />
Evidence of a high level of gentlemanly conduct and self-control is shown by his tally of only 18 penalty minutes all year and being on the record as <a href="http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2012/11/12/roenicks-new-book-takes-shots-at-marleau-hes-got-his-own-agenda-the-ex-captain-responds/" target="_blank">having listened to Jeremy Roenick for in excess of 10 minutes</a> in one go.<br />
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<b>Ryan O'Reilly (Colorado Avalanche)</b><br />
Notably only called for one penalty in 80 games played, for inadvertently playing with a broken stick, an infraction considered by his coach to be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429QFwN8Yy4" target="_blank">too vanilla</a> to spoil such a record.<br />
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<b>Martin St. Louis (New York Rangers)</b><br />
Achieves the unique distinction of being a finalist for this award having once signed a contract with the genuine intention of playing for a team run by Jay Feaster.<br />
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<u><b>Jack Adams Award</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have coached either the most injured team or the team with the best PDO/shootout-fuelled record.<br />
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<b>Mike Babcock (Detroit Red Wings)</b><br />
At one point during the filming of HBO's '24/7' series, kicked the camera crew out of his locker room between periods of one game, a controversial move given the camera crew formed the injury-hit Red Wings' second line at the time.<br />
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<b>Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, meaning he alternates between having no idea there is a hockey team near where he lives and wanting it to be contracted or moved to Quebec.<br />
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<b>Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche)</b><br />
Successful start to his professional coaching career would normally bode well for a long stay behind the bench, but his combustible personality suggests that a dramatic falling out with the vice president of hockey operations for the Avalanche at some point is almost inevitable.<br />
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<b><u>G</u><u>eneral Manager of the Year Award</u></b><br />
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In a departure from previous practice, in recognition of the popularity of vague schedules and the ultimate measure of success being winning two playoff rounds, the finalists will apparently be announced "later this month on a date to be determined" and will be based on voting conducted following the second round of the playoffs. So Doug Wilson's chances have rather swiftly evaporated.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">POST-ANNOUNCEMENT EDIT:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Voted on by: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The top National Hockey League General Manager<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The National Hockey League General Manager Most Likely To Be Fired Within A Couple Of Years As A Direct Consequence Of Short-Term Moves That Led To Being A Finalist For The Award<br />
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<b>Marc Bergevin (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
Leading candidate to extend to two the streak of General Manager of the Year Award winners who willingly acquired Douglas Murray in the previous year, meaning the Best GM:Gritty Hitty Swedish Defenseman:Conference Finalists relationship still maintains a correlation coefficient of 1.0000, stat nerds.<br />
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<b>Dean Lombardi (Los Angeles Kings)</b><br />
Beneficiary of the maxim that acquiring a former 40-goal scorer from the Columbus Blue Jackets is a guarantee of a large quantity of playoff goals roughly two out of every three times.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Bob Murray (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
Despite being a successor to Brian Burke in his role, appears to have the Ducks somewhat behind schedule in becoming entirely dysfunctional and based in Canada.<br />
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Awards post archive (a.k.a. look at all the recycled material):<br />
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/05/nhl-awards-2013-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2013 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhl-awards-201112-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2011/12 - meet the contenders</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2011/05/nhl-awards-meet-contenders.html" target="_blank">NHL Awards 2010/11 - meet the contenders</a></div>
LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-63772673312991972092014-04-18T21:35:00.001+01:002014-04-18T21:41:27.203+01:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - end of season wrapThis is my final update for the 2013/14 regular season on which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying to place a value on the games missed by players due to injury/illness.<br />
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[More stuff is in a pipeline of currently indeterminate length, e.g. game-by-game breakdowns for each team, summary analysis of six years' worth of data. Can't promise when.)<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Commercial break...</span><br />
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<li>CHIP rankings are also fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a></li>
<li>My weekly updates on Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>) are clearly now on hiatus, but you will find a large volume of other highly acclaimed content spewing out there regardless (lie)</li>
<li>Some of the extra stuff might also be used by those nice people at <a href="http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/" target="_blank">Hockey Prospectus</a></li>
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below (playoff teams highlighted in yellow) shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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As a slight Vollman-suggested modification, the same figures but only allowing for cap hit above league minimum salary (so Cap Hit Above Replacement of Injured Players?):<br />
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The following is a ranking of teams by CHIP over Games 71-82 only, to further illustrate some of the biggest movers since last time:<br />
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<li>While there are several persuasive arguments as to why the figures are somewhat overstated in value terms for both the Red Wings (Weiss contract, marginal contributions when healthy of Cleary and Samuelsson) and Penguins (known absence of Vokoun, 150+ games missed by D'Agostini, Kobasew, Glass, Ebbett, Megna, Conner, Vitale, Gibbons, Pyatt), still a clear separation from the pack.</li>
<li>As expected, the Red Wings eventually sailed past the high CHIP watermark over all seasons since 2008/09 of $16.9m belonging to the 2011/12 Canadiens.</li>
<li>Common with every year, plenty of injured teams made the playoffs, a good few healthy teams did not.</li>
<li>Thanks to the Senators starting to get injured in a late season attempt to recreate the magic of a year ago, the Flyers actually fairly clearly became the healthiest team over the season once you discount the effect of "Chris" "Pronger" who is definitely "not" a "scout" now, OK?</li>
<li>Not shown in the key, but the invisible column extending beyond the $50m mark next to Toronto is, of course, the intangible Bolland bar.</li>
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Winners of positional crowns:<br />
<b>Goaltenders:</b> Predators [Pekka Rinne missing 51 games but still a creditable second in team scoring]<br />
<b>Defensemen:</b> Ducks [let's hope Sheldon Souray again stayed the hell away from the Oilers' prospects]<br />
<b>Forwards:</b> Red Wings [played 20-games with only Gustav Nyquist and two Gatorade bottles up front]<br />
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And the paper hats:<br />
<b>Goaltenders:</b> Bruins/Sharks [sharing this award means it actually deserves to go to Jaromir Jagr]<br />
<b>Defensemen:</b> Maple Leafs [good health the foundation for a famously stifling defensive game all year]<br />
<b>Forwards:</b> Kings [second year in a row - dare them to re-sign Marian Gaborik and go for a third]<br />
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The next lists are the top 30 individual CHIP and CMIP contributions:<br />
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Players under contract who missed all 82 games:<br />
Souray (Anaheim)<br />
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Pitkanen (Carolina)<br />
Pronger (Philadelphia) [second full season out]<br />
Vokoun (Pittsburgh)<br />
Ohlund (Tampa Bay) [third full season out]<br />
Lee (Tampa Bay)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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30% of all injuries were basically not disclosed, which is a notch higher than the last couple of years. However, things should improve should all coaches follow Joel Quenneville's admirable playoff efforts to identify and disclose groin injuries from the bench.<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) ended up at 0.80 per game (compared to 0.80 last year, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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Finally, a look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion), "Flu" (i.e. concussion) should also be included.<br />
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The bottom four teams here fairly typical based on recent years. I note the Oilers did actually achieve 100% disclosure again based on their website injury report, but there are two types of websites and I care much more about TSN's.<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get it right every time)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!795&authkey=!AF1XWKknuUoIASI&ithint=file%2c.xlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-25212558500283844482014-03-23T20:56:00.003+00:002014-03-23T20:56:56.547+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 70-game reportThis is my latest update for the 2013/14 regular season on which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying to place a value on the games missed by players due to injury/illness.<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to its 70th game. (This follows on from my <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/03/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-60.html" target="_blank">6<u>0-game update</u></a>.)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Commercial break...</span><br />
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<li>For a more regular snapshot, CHIP rankings are also being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis</li>
<li>I'll do my best to put out the same info via Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>)</li>
<li>I will be hopefully also contributing on an irregular basis to <a href="http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/" target="_blank">Hockey Prospectus</a></li>
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 70 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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The same for AMIP (teams in the same order as the CHIP chart for ease of comparison):<br />
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The following is a ranking of teams by CHIP over Games 61-70 only, to further illustrate some of the biggest movers since last time:<br />
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<li>Bored with missing only four players per game over the previous 10-game stretch, the Red Wings really ramped things up by basically doubling that over the next 10, with Zetterberg and Datsyuk missing throughout, plus (perhaps of marginally less importance) the warm bodies inhabiting the Cleary and Samuelsson jerseys these days.</li>
<li>The high CHIP watermark over the last five years of the 2011/12 Canadiens ($16.9m) is very possibly under threat.</li>
<li>Despite the continuing fly-esque player dropping instances in Michigan and a couple of other places, there were seven teams with single-digit MGL figures in the 10-game period (if you ignore Pronger from the Flyers' figures and Ohlund/Lee from the Lightning's), which again suggests the Olympic break and compressed schedule hasn't demolished the player population quite as much as you might be led to believe.</li>
<li>Comparing the CHIP and AMIP figures for the Red Wings and Penguins gives a nice illustration that defensemen tend to play more minutes than forwards, which is obviously a ground-breaking discovery.</li>
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The next lists are the top 30 individual CHIP and CMIP contributions:<br />
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Yeah, Gaborik doesn't play for Columbus (still unconvinced he ever did), but the figures above represent games missed for the team the player was with at the time. So, the smaller chunks for Fasth and Robidas accrued with their new teams are much lower down the list (not in the top 30).<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) now stands at 0.78 per game now (compared to 0.80 last year, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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Finally, a look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion), "Flu" (i.e. concussion) should also be included.<br />
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While the Coyotes might look extremely evasive, next year they have league approval to move from disclosing injuries as upper/lower body to describing them as "somewhere in Arizona".<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get it right every time)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!699&authkey=!AL3nUmi0-diESnU&ithint=file%2c.xlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-4630984699205298632014-03-07T22:47:00.000+00:002014-03-23T20:15:10.341+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 60-game reportThis is my latest update for the 2013/14 regular season on which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying to place a value on the games missed by players due to injury/illness.<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to its 60th game. (This follows on from my <u><a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/01/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-50.html" target="_blank">50-game update</a></u>.)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Commercial break...</span><br />
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<li>For a more regular snapshot, CHIP rankings are also being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis</li>
<li>I'll do my best to put out the same info via Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>)</li>
<li>I will be hopefully also contributing on an irregular basis to <a href="http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/" target="_blank">Hockey Prospectus</a></li>
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 60 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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CHIP figures in graphical form (paler bars represent the three "retired" players on LTIR noted below):<br />
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The same for AMIP (teams in the same order as the CHIP chart for ease of comparison):<br />
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The following is a ranking of teams by CHIP over Games 51-60 only, to further illustrate some of the biggest movers since last time:<br />
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<li>The Red Wings hit hardest for the second consecutive update (with more Zettersyuk-related pain yet to come)</li>
<li>Conversely, the Coyotes followed up with another very healthy stretch (actually only two MGL - the other two being adjustments from a previous period), which helped them to a very Coyote-like 4-4-2 record over those games</li>
<li>Although the Olympic break fell after the 60-game for a few teams, so not strictly 100% relevant for this update, I make it that there were 24 players who missed their team's last game before the break, but were then available for the first game after the break. Perhaps a slight counterpoint to the complaints about the handful of players who returned from Sochi injured (upsetting one big-shouldered GM to the point he seemingly forgot there was something important he had to do before the trade deadline)</li>
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The next lists are the top 30 individual CHIP and CMIP contributions:<br />
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With Stamkos, Gaborik and Rinne now back in action, which of the three would you think has the best chance of getting injured again before the end of the year? No joKing.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) has actually dropped from 0.80 per game through the 50-game mark to 0.77 per game now (compared to 0.80 last year, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11). Related to the Olympic break?<br />
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Finally, a look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion), "Flu" (i.e. concussion) should also be included.<br />
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Philip Larsen has managed to sneak in a very rare undisclosed Oiler injury under the radar of the local media, presumably distracted by the rampant competition to see which writer could make last contact with the door hitting Ales Hemsky on his way out.<br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get it right every time)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!608&authkey=!AMJXHoPYqzH-GMU&ithint=file%2c.xlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-41870018990299176562014-01-27T18:18:00.000+00:002014-03-23T20:14:31.538+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 50-game reportThis is my latest update for the 2013/14 regular season on which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying to place a value on the games missed by players due to injury/illness.<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to its 50th game. (This follows on from my <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2014/01/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis.html" target="_blank">mid-season analysis</a>.)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Commercial break...</span><br />
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<li>For a more regular snapshot, CHIP rankings are also being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis</li>
<li>I'll do my best to put out the same info via Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>)</li>
<li>I will be hopefully also contributing on an irregular basis to <a href="http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/" target="_blank">Hockey Prospectus</a></li>
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
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<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
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<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 50 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)</li>
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CHIP figures in graphical form (paler bars represent the three "retired" players on LTIR noted below):<br />
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The same for AMIP (teams in the same order as the CHIP chart for ease of comparison):<br />
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The following is a ranking of teams by CHIP over Games 42-50 only, to further illustrate some of the biggest movers since last time:<br />
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<li>Pretty much a tie at the top between Pittsburgh, Carolina and Detroit now, the Red Wings clearly having it pretty rough over the last stretch to make up a lot of ground, with Darren Helm, Jonas Gustavsson, Jonathan Ericsson, Johan Franzen, Pavel Datsyuk, Daniel Alfredsson and "Stephen Weiss" each missing at least six of the nine games covered since the mid-point.</li>
<li>Minnesota also notable movers, the fairly modest 32 man-games lost in the period unfortunately mostly coming from key contributors Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, Josh Harding and Jared Spurgeon.</li>
<li>Conversely, Florida's 29 man-games in the period don't stack up to a huge amount in CHIP terms. Not until Dale Tallon goes all Cam Barker on those players anyway.</li>
<li>Ottawa finally hit some (still mild) injury adversity, Jason Spezza and Chris Neil getting knocked down by some stray tumbleweed while innocently walking through the treatment room.</li>
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As if to illustrate the problems with using unstable TOI figures derived for goalies, Anton Khudobin has actually shot up towards the top of the CMIP list despite now being healthy, because his average time in goal is now much higher as he plays much more while Cam Ward is hurt instead.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) continues to regress back towards that in previous years, now at 0.80 per game (0.80 last year, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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Very encouraging to see the re-emergence of "body soreness" as an acceptable descriptor, with Buffalo's Mark Pysyk seemingly the latest to be afflicted.<br />
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Finally, a look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion), "Flu" (i.e. concussion) should also be included.<br />
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I was going to comment on the negative correlation between the Oilers' injury disclosure and on-ice success, but <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">having reflected on the possible consequences, I thought it would be worthwhile to look up the resume of Kevin Lowe once again. There's a lot of conversation about Lowe's vices but people are ignoring a whole resume of experience and success. For more regarding Lowe's career see the provided link. </span><a href="http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=33071"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=33071</span></a><br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get it right every time)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.</li>
<li>Click <a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=E7126651A5924FBB!445&authkey=!AMh-d55HJxr1x8M&ithint=file%2c.xlsx" target="_blank">HERE </a>if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-20699143720821418412014-01-05T17:21:00.001+00:002014-01-05T21:23:58.504+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - mid-season reportThis is my latest update for the 2013/14 regular season on which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying to place a value on the games missed by players due to injury/illness.<br />
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to mid-season, i.e. after the 41st game for each. (This follows on from my <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/12/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-30.html" target="_blank">30-game analysis</a>.)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Commercial break...</span><br />
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<li>For a more regular snapshot, CHIP rankings are also being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis</li>
<li>I'll do my best to put out the same info via Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>)</li>
<li>I will be hopefully also contributing on an irregular basis to <a href="http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/" target="_blank">Hockey Prospectus</a> (see my <a href="http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/introduction-to-chip-part-1/" target="_blank">first</a> and <a href="http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/intro-to-chip-part-2/" target="_blank">second</a> posts)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">Alternatively...</span><br />
Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
<ul>
<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span> (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
<ul>
<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 41 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure</li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)</li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season) - for non-interesting reasons, average TOI figures aren't quite measured at the 30-game point this time around for a few teams, but of no great significance to the analysis</li>
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The following is a ranking of teams by CHIP over Games 31-41 only, to further illustrate some of the biggest movers since last time:<br />
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<li>Columbus sneak into top CHIP spot thanks to Nathan Horton's continued (but now ended) absence, plus another Marian Gaborik owee and Sergei Bobrovsky's turn on the NHL goalie groinaround</li>
<li>A very impressive and highly publicised (amazingly) 95 MGL in 11 games piled up by Pittsburgh, who obviously went 9-2 in that stretch, possibly in part due to facing plenty of non-playoff opposition in the fearsome Eastern Conference and 37 of the MGL being down to Tomas Vokoun, Andrew Ebbett, Tanner Glass and Jayson Megna</li>
<li>If weighting by TOI, Columbus haven't suffered as much as Pittsburgh, Carolina and Anaheim, although each of the latter three teams' AMIP figures are probably somewhat inflated by the weight placed on long absences to Vokoun, Anton Khudobin and Viktor Fasth respectively</li>
<li>Big movers include Boston (Eriksson, McQuaid, Seidenberg, Kelly, <b>DOUGIE </b>Hamilton and Kelly) and Detroit (Helm, Howard, Franzen, Weiss, DeKeyser, Zetterberg, Abdelkader, Nyquist) upwards and Edmonton in the unfamiliar direction of downwards</li>
<li>Ottawa's good health (prior to the latest Jason Spezza injury) is still pretty remarkable, but their CHIP figure pro-rated over 82 games would still only put them the third healthiest over the six years I have recorded (behind Carolina's 64 MGL and $1.2m CHIP in 2010/11 and the Rangers' 30 MGL and $1.3m CHIP in 2008/09)</li>
<li>Worth repeating that the Flyers have been essentially very healthy all year too - they would lie in a clear 29th place by CHIP if discounting the permanent/long-term losses of Chris Pronger and M-A Bourdon</li>
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A few of the big CHIPers (Horton, Jovanovski, Clowe, Quick, Bozak) are now playing and living up to every penny of their contracts again, so expect the very long-term cases to dominate the top of the table the rest of the way Tampa Bay clearly missing the minutes usually munched by Brian Lee much more than those by the Stamkos guy.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.<br />
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The crude rate of injuries (instances / total games played) continues to regress back towards that in previous years, now at 0.82 per game (0.80 last year, 0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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Derick BrASSard's unfortunate case of back side pressure sadly only got classified as lower body, while I will continue to monitor closely the outbreak of "total body soreness" currently afflicting Patrik Elias and Anton Volchenkov in New Jersey.<br />
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Finally, a look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion), "Flu" (i.e. concussion) should also be included.<br />
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Expect the Flames' figure to plummet further under the direction of known media recluse Brian Burke. Since last time, we've had flu, ankle, two knees and an illness from them, although the last one might have been Bobby Ryan trying to spell something else.<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
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<li>Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an arbitrary judgement on my part) who had been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get it right every time)</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.</li>
<li>Get in touch if you want a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player (web sharing of this no longer playing ball with me)</li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-47237287942364029132013-12-15T13:14:00.000+00:002014-03-23T20:14:55.815+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 30-game reportThis is my third look for the 2013/14 regular season at which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying
to place a value on the games missed by players due to
injury/illness. <br />
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The
concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his
2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of
these figures for
each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team
by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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This analysis covers every team up to its 30th game. (Amazingly, this follows on from my <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/11/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-20.html" target="_blank">20-game analysis</a>.)<br />
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For a more regular snapshot, CHIP rankings are also being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a>
on a weekly basis and if I find time after figuring out how to best to incorporate a reference to Derick Brassard's injured posterior in the next update, I'll do my best to put out the same info via Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>).<br />
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Alternatively...</div>
Again,
for a different indicator of player "value", I've also
illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP
numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect
measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations
and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the
results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
<ul>
<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>*
- i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in
the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to
it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played
by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle
any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat,
but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie
is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a
much higher TOI/G figure<br />
</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced
TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of
very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further
back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span>
(Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more
understandable expressing this metric as an average per game
(whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
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The table below shows:<br />
<ul>
<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 30 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by
position
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<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure </li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000
(think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a
$4m player missing five games) </li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00
could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for
every game this season) - for non-interesting reasons, average TOI figures aren't quite measured at the 30-game point this time around for a few teams, but of no great significance to the analysis</li>
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<ul>
<li>Columbus (Horton, Gaborik, Dubinsky) and Tampa Bay (Stamkos and a bunch of not-Stamkoses) the most notable risers</li>
<li>Ottawa's only significant losses remain on the scoreboard and in Eugene Melnyk's bank balance</li>
<li>With only one game missed among the group, the health of the Rangers defense clearly benefitting from the shift away from the maniac Tortorella's shot-block-at-all-costs philosophy, with only Vancouver's blueline being healthier, clearly benefitting from the shift towards the maniac Tortorella's shot-block-at-all-costs philosophy (Staal and Edler injuries after Game 30 not yet showing up here)</li>
<li>As you would expect, the lack of injuries in Buffalo over the 10-game period has contributed to the team's dramatic turnaround to elite status</li>
<li>As you would expect, the lack of goaltender injuries in Calgary over the whole season has contributed to the team's stellar save percentage</li>
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As the video shows, Tim Gleason's absences have been of precisely the same value as Evgeni Nabokov's in terms of TOI, with the obvious flaw being that Gleason's save percentage is much, much better than Nabokov's.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This
is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again,
I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>,
so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness
within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else,
though.<br />
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Again, as more players have come
back from injuries pre-dating the season starting, the crude rate of
injuries (instances / total games played) has drifted down further from 0.91 (10 games) to
0.86 (20 games) to 0.83, compared to 0.80 per
game last year (0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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Finally, a look at the Evasiveness
Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each
team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the
helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I
have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness"
(i.e. concussion), "Flu" (i.e. concussion) should also be included. <br />
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A couple of rare lapses of disclosure in Carolina. Interestingly, the Flames have a regular injury update page on their official website, though it still doesn't preclude them from having one or two UBI/LBI cases, nor from Brian Burke firing the page so he can announce the injuries himself in a regular press conference (but not during his annual Christmas injury freeze).<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Figures
exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an
arbitrary judgement on my part) who had
been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a
minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games
missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a
period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get
it right every time)<br />
</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to
"personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per
previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard,
Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in
there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates<br />
</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of
a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or
rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old
team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.</li>
<li>I've once again stuck a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player on the web <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AkrYMuZw_wPSdHNkek5vQU1YRWZBYzBWS0Q1cXU2Vnc&output=html" target="_blank">HERE</a></li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams<br />
</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-59929363278487825102013-11-22T20:45:00.000+00:002014-03-23T20:15:04.984+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 20-game reportThis is my second look for the 2013/14 regular season
looking at which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying
to place a value on the games missed by players due to
injury/illness. <br />
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The
concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his
2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of
these figures for
each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team
by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
<br />
This analysis covers every team up to its 20th game. (Amazingly, this follows on from my <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/11/nhl-man-games-lost-and-chip-analysis-10.html" target="_blank">10-game analysis</a>.)<br />
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For a more regular snapshot, CHIP rankings are also being fed into Rob Vollman's <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a> on a weekly basis and I'll do my best to put out the same info via the medium known to Randy Carlyle as "that Wheatie machine or whatever" (<a href="http://twitter.com/LW3H" target="_blank">@LW3H</a>).<br />
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Alternatively...</div>
Again,
for a different indicator of player "value", I've also
illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP
numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect
measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations
and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the
results do vary somewhat.<br />
<br />
A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
<ul>
<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>*
- i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in
the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to
it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played
by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle
any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat,
but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie
is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a
much higher TOI/G figure<br />
</li>
<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced
TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of
very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further
back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span>
(Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more
understandable expressing this metric as an average per game
(whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
<ul>
<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 20 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by
position
</li>
<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure </li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000
(think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a
$4m player missing five games) </li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00
could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for
every game this season) </li>
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<ul>
<li>The Central isn't injury central</li>
<li>Boston, Philadelphia and (to a lesser extent) Tampa Bay have been much healthier than it would appear if you deduct the totals from their pseudo-retired players (see below)</li>
<li>San Jose lead the way in Burns injuries</li>
<li>Ottawa will presumably start injuring their own players, if they run any sort of points-to-injury correlation analysis covering last season and this season only</li>
<li>Among Buffalo's throng of fringe NHLers/borderline AHLers/Grigorenkos, I had originally excluded Corey Tropp's (eventual 15-game) absence from their numbers, but have now included it since he played games 16-20</li>
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The CMIP table is goalie heavy (insert Brodeur gag here) as is usually the case. Carolina with four of the top 17 CHIP numbers, giving opposition team announcers something to talk about in the 30 seconds they have to spare between "Look! Two brothers on the same team!" conversation.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This
is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again,
I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>,
so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness
within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else,
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An impressive early season showing for UBI/LBI cases, which only (?) made up 22% of the injury instances last season. As more players have come back from injuries pre-dating the season starting, the crude rate of
injuries (instances / total games played) has drifted down from 0.91 to 0.86, compared to 0.80 per
game last year (0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
<br />
Finally, a look at the Evasiveness
Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each
team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the
helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I
have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness"
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Phoenix and Carolina no strangers to the top of this table, Edmonton and Colorado no strangers to the other end.<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Figures
exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an
arbitrary judgement on my part) who had
been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a
minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games
missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a
period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get
it right every time)<br />
</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to
"personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per
previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard,
Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in
there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates<br />
</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of
a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or
rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old
team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.</li>
<li>I've once again stuck a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player on the web <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AkrYMuZw_wPSdEp3anR3TlR3ejl1SUZEQ1Y1TGg3QUE&output=html" target="_blank">HERE</a></li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams<br />
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<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-65137720497695495172013-11-02T20:33:00.002+00:002014-03-23T20:15:22.778+00:00NHL man-games lost and CHIP analysis - 10-game reportThis is my first look for the 2013/14 regular season
looking at which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying
to place a value on the games missed by players due to
injury/illness.<br />
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The
concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for
each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team
by injury/illness is called <b><span style="color: red;">CHIP</span></b> (Cap Hit of Injured Players).<br />
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All being well, I'll be cutting the season into 10-game chunks for ease of comparability. So
this analysis covers every team up to its 10th game. Blame the St. Louis Blues for being the last team to get there.<br />
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For a more regular snapshot, CHIP rankings are being fed into Rob Vollman's world-famous, Puck Daddy commenter approved, <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck" target="_blank">Team Luck calculator</a>. So go there, people.<br />
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Again,
for a different indicator of player "value", I've also
illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP
numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect
measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations
and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the
results do vary somewhat.<br />
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A quick summary of the alternative metric:<br />
<ul>
<li>TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation</li>
<li>For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as <span style="color: red;">Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For</span>*
- i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in
the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to
it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played
by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle
any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]</li>
<li>This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat,
but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie
is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a
much higher TOI/G figure<br />
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<li>Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced
TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of
very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further
back if necessary)</li>
<li>For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">CMIP</span>)</li>
<li>Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">AMIP</span>
(Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more
understandable expressing this metric as an average per game
(whereas CHIP is a running total)</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: red;">The figures...</span><br />
The table below shows:<br />
<ul>
<li>Total CHIP for each team over the first 10 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by
position
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<li>The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure </li>
<li>The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000
(think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a
$4m player missing five games) </li>
<li>AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00
could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for
every game this season) </li>
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The Sharks have obviously struggled badly without Marty Havlát, Raffi Torres, Adam Burish and Tomáš Hertl's sense of respect and dignity. Meanwhile, the Kings, Blackhawks and Blues are demonstrating that they don't have enough grit and toughness to play in the gritty, tough areas needed to be successful.<br />
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The next lists are the top 30 individual CHIP and CMIP contributions:</div>
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Rick Nash aside, most of the CHIP leaders have been out all for all 10 games, which Nash tells me is "good".<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Where does it hurt?</span><br />
This
is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again,
I’ve just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a>,
so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness
within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else,
though.<br />
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Clearly very early days (and no attempt made to adjust for injuries pre-dating the season starting), but the crude rate of
injuries (instances / total games played) stands at 0.91, compared to 0.80 per
game last year (0.78 in 2011/12 and 0.76 in 2010/11).<br />
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<b>Notes/Disclaimers</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Figures
exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an
arbitrary judgement on my part) who had
been on the NHL club’s IR since pre-season. Generally, if a
minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games
missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a
period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get
it right every time)<br />
</li>
<li>For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.</li>
<li>There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in
there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates<br />
</li>
<li>The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of
a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or
rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren</li>
<li>Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.</li>
<li>I've once again stuck a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player on the web <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AkrYMuZw_wPSdGtlSWgtZHptdFI2TjdSdDhLMVpqMFE&output=html" target="_blank">HERE</a></li>
<li>Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of <a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/" target="_blank">tsn.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/" target="_blank">nhl.com</a> - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams<br />
</li>
<li>Cap info courtesy of <a href="http://www.capgeek.com/index.php" target="_blank">capgeek.com</a></li>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-25499217413702905672013-09-13T01:11:00.000+01:002013-09-13T01:11:35.994+01:00The Pain Game 2013 - per-game breakdown (East)Having already looked at the <a href="http://the%20pain%20game%202013%20-%20per-game%20breakdown%20%28west%29/" target="_blank">Western Conference</a>, below is a graphical breakdown of man-games lost to injury/illness (MGL) and the
corresponding cap-hit of each injured player (CHIP) across the entire
2013 (ir)regular season for each team in the Eastern Conference as was, along with the team's rolling/cumulative Fenwick 5v5 close.<br />
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See the link above for a marginally more comprehensive explanation.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Boston Bruins (season aggregates - MGL: 101, CHIP: $4,252k)</b></span><br />
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Basically healthy over the first half (excluding the Savardian baseline), before a handful of injuries over the second. The dip in possession numbers over Games 36-41 does neatly coincide with Patrice Bergeron's absence.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>Buffalo Sabres (MGL: 132, CHIP: $5,176k)</b></span></b></span><br />
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Game 28's OT loss to the Senators clearly the high point of the season.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>Carolina Hurricanes (MGL: 167, CHIP: $6,897k)</b></span></b></span> </b></span></b></span><br />
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A generally decent possession team, enough blue ink on the right-hand side of the chart to paint "Cam Ward is our only NHL goalie" in 10-foot high letters on the side of their building. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>Florida Panthers (MGL: 325, CHIP: $10,136k)</b></span></b></span> </b></span></b></span><br />
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More of a struggle over the last 10 games or so, when presumably a better quality group of overpaid third liners was out compared to the group of overpaid third liners that was out over the previous 20 games.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>Montreal Canadiens (MGL: 132, CHIP: $2,654k)</b></span></b></span> </b></span></b></span><br />
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Another team pretty much healthy over most of the first half of the season, although heroically overcoming the devastating absence of Tomas Kaberle in Game 4.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>New Jersey Devils (MGL: 91, CHIP: $3,641k)</b></span></b></span> </b></span></b></span><br />
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The enormous rising levels of red ink will surely begin to subside over the next season.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>New York Islanders (MGL: 85, CHIP: $1,059k)</b></span></b></span> </b></span></b></span><br />
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Freakishly, the blue bars are also a near-perfect representation of the cost of the DiPietro buyout over the next 48 years.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>New York Rangers (MGL: 140, CHIP: $3,708k)</b></span></b></span> </b></span></b></span><br />
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Very injury-hit all season, but the middle stretch particularly notable - the heaviest patch of injuries, declining possession numbers, #1 goalie out, but still relatively successful.<br />
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Whereas the absence of possession sink-hole Sidney Crosby over the Penguins' last 12 games had no noticeable effect whatsoever.<br />
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So, what follows is a breakdown of man-games lost to injury/illness (MGL) and the corresponding cap-hit of each injured player (CHIP) across the entire 2013 (ir)regular season for what was once known as the Western Conference. Hopefully self-evident, but if not, the figure inside the x-axis is the MGL for each game (i.e. number of players missing), the blue bar is CHIP for the game ($k against the right-hand axis).</div>
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I've also added the rolling/cumulative Fenwick 5v5 close (red line against the left-hand axis), if only for a broad indication of team performance trends. Definitely not wise to place too much emphasis on the comparison between injury absences and performances, especially at an individual game level - clearly, many other factors come into play - but it adds a bit of context. For the avoidance of doubt, absences not due to injury/illness (e.g. healthy scratches, suspensions) are not captured here and who is or isn't included in the numbers is subject to the psuedo-abitrary rulings I normally apply throughout the year.</div>
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Data sourced from <a href="http://extraskater.com/">extraskater.com</a> and <a href="http://tsn.ca/">tsn.ca</a>. </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">As you would expect, the return to relative health of the Jackets only really got going once Marian Gaborik joined the roster from Game 37 on.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">A possibly misleading uptick over the last dozen games, unless you really think Kyle Quincey's return to the line-up was that important.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The absence of the vital attributes supplied by Ryan Jones, Ben Eager and Theo Peckham missing over the early stretch simply torpedoed the Oilers' season.</span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Good team. Willie Mitchell and Matt Greene injured. <i>Fin</i>.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>Minnesota Wild (MGL: 91, CHIP: $2,804k)</b></span> </b></span></b></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Another generally healthy team until the late absences of former goalscorers Dany Heatley, Mike Rupp and Zenon Konopka.</span><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>Nashville Predators (MGL: 130, CHIP: $3,651k)</b></span> </b></span></b></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Another team for which it's difficult to make the case that injuries were a major contributing factor to being out of playoff contention.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>Phoenix Coyotes (MGL: 115, CHIP: $3,323k)</b></span> </b></span></b></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>San Jose Sharks (MGL: 96, CHIP: $2,626k)</b></span> </b></span></b></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The last of the relatively healthy Pacific Division teams - looks like they did benefit from this over the last 15-16 games.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>St. Louis Blues (MGL: 122, CHIP: $3,873k)</b></span> </b></span></b></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Ryan Kesler played Games 13-19 and 39-48, FYI.</span></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></b></span> </b></span></div>
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This is
the second of what will undoubtedly be a brief series of data dumps and
inconclusive-yet-attractive charts aggregated over the last five (four
and a bit...) NHL regular
seasons, updated to include the bit that was the 2013 bit of a season.</div>
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Analyses
of individual seasons (including explanations of the CHIP figures and their
limitations) plus my previous aggregate analysis (aggreganalysis?) are
at the following links:</div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2009/04/ow-that-really-hurts.html" target="_blank">2008/09</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2010/04/pain-game.html" target="_blank">2009/10</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2011/04/pain-game-201011-end-of-season-wrap.html" target="_blank">2010/11</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-pain-game-2013-end-of-season-wrap.html" target="_blank">2013</a> </div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2012/07/pain-game-4-year-analysis-200809-201112.html" target="_blank">4-year analysis (2008/09 - 2011/12)</a><br />
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-pain-game-5-year-analysis-200809_2.html" target="_blank">5-year analysis (2008/09 - 2012/13) - Part I </a></div>
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Firstly,
an updated ranking of teams by aggregate CHIP over the last five
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Again, no obvious strong correlation between playoff qualification and the degree and
quantity of injuries/illnesses suffered (see <a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-pain-game-5-year-analysis-200809_2.html" target="_blank">Part I</a> for a more detailed representation of this). Clearly still some quite wide differences in aggregate CHIP and MGL between top and bottom over the whole period.<br />
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As touched on in my end of season analysis, no great evidence to suggest that the incidence of injuries in the compressed season was greater than in previous years and the aggregate league CHIP figure as a proportion of the pro-rated cap was actually marginally the lowest of the five year sample.<br />
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As was notable last year, the Pacific still appears to have suffered significantly fewer and less costly injuries (the four teams at the bottom of the aggregate CHIP table are all Pacific teams), the gap widening further since last year. Just attributable to random variation over a relatively short period or a sign of better injury management or prevention by those teams (despite the complaining about travel schedules)?LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-34404804670177688192013-07-02T23:12:00.001+01:002013-07-03T00:34:55.948+01:00The Pain Game: 5-year analysis (2008/09 - 2012/13) - Part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
This is the first of what will undoubtedly be a brief series of data dumps and inconclusive-yet-attractive charts aggregated over the last five (four and a bit...) NHL regular
seasons, updated to include the bit that was the 2013 bit of a season.</div>
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of individual seasons (including explanations of the CHIP figures and their
limitations) plus my previous aggregate analysis (aggreganalysis?) are
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2009/04/ow-that-really-hurts.html" target="_blank">2008/09</a></div>
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<a href="http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2012/07/pain-game-4-year-analysis-200809-201112.html" target="_blank">4-year analysis (2008/09 - 2011/12)</a><br />
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<b> Is there a correlation between injuries and a team's performance?</b></div>
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This is a plot of standings points per game against CHIP per game for each team over the last five seasons (click to enlarge):</div>
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By no means a comprehensive or detailed analysis - I suspect there are more than a few confounding variables creating a lot of noise - but this does at least suggest the correlation might not be as strong as you might initially expect (the R-squared coefficient is only 0.057, for what it's worth).</div>
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Again, a reasonably crude measure, but the following chart shows total man-games lost to injury/illness over the last five seasons, distributed by the age of the player (as at the 1 January during each season - or before the 2013 season), plus the total number of games played by all players.</div>
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I've not attempted to make any adjustment for the fact that some of the games missed are attributable to season-long or career-ending absences, or that the games played number for goalies doesn't reflect the number of games they were available and dressed for.</div>
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A fairly useful illustration of the age profile of the NHL player population and the distribution of injury absences, but to make this a bit clearer, the next chart shows the crude proportion of games missed by each age cohort, expressed as <span style="color: red;"><b>MGL / (MGL + GP)</b></span>:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLctV4ecNlLhjJUN8CUdGTqP53pb46X_RsJTmVYxRQWXG3a8J7Y5yd04LfsiEQhN5LpvtwpUD8_Opv_FSiUF8HXVd8uguHCqGAoBI132LZWQEdHasO6RxzQ_uSz236UZ0OSJLxbKyR3Q/s863/MGL+points+vs+CHIP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
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Sample sizes get pretty sketchy below age 20 and towards the late-30s, unsurprisingly, but enough here I think to support the ultra-controversial hypothesis that old people get <strike>stashed on LTIR by the Flyers when not wanted</strike> hurt more for longer.</div>
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Part II may well include another big fat grid of MGL and CHIP numbers by team and division over the five-year period, perhaps including an adjustment for distorting season-long absences. Hold your breath.</div>
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LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187978840253567145.post-54384826326254588202013-05-17T23:12:00.000+01:002013-06-08T00:12:23.136+01:00NHL Awards 2013 - meet the contendersIn most part due to certain events occurring in the approximate timeframe of September 2012 to January 2013 that nobody connected with the NHL will talk about <strike>until Jeremy Jacobs next holds a friendly season-opening press conference</strike> EVER again, the usual la<strike>me</strike>vish Las Vegas awards bash is apparently on hiatus for at least a year.<br />
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Instead, this year's winners "will be revealed in two live television specials during the Stanley Cup Final", which I presume means Pierre McGuire will be carrying out at least some of the envelope-opening, hardware-giving duties in between the benches late in the third period of a tied Game 7.<br />
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Until that time, here is a quick rundown of the main awards (those that are voted on) and those in the running:<br />
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<u><b>Hart Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"> </b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The player adjudged most valuable to his team<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>Whichever player got the votes of the only two writers who interpret "most valuable" in the same way<br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
As well as his high skill level and competitive drive, famed for his high hockey IQ, although this apparently is not quite high enough to realise that the safest place to be to avoid a Brooks Orpik shot is directly in front of goal.<br />
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<b>Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals) </b><br />
After something of a bounce-back campaign, now stands only 729 behind Pierre Turgeon's NHL record for most points scored after being buried by Dale Hunter.<br />
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<b>John Tavares (New York Islanders)</b><br />
Provides significantly more value than at least two of the players on the Islanders' payroll who have being a major award finalist on their résumés, by actually playing in games for the New York Islanders.<br />
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<u><b>Ted Lindsay Award</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association</span></span><b style="color: red;"> </b><br />
<b style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</b> The most outstanding player in the NHL<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>Ron Hainsey or Ryan Miller, if Don Fehr really wants to screw around with Gary Bettman and Jeremy Jacobs <br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Earned respect from the rank-and-file NHLPA members by spending much of October to January listening to a stream of extremely dull, PR-controlled rhetoric. In between re-watching his DVR collection of interviews of himself, also found some time to attend a few labour meetings.<br />
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<b>Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals) </b><br />
During the lockout, racked up 40 points in half a season playing against non-NHL calibre opposition. In unrelated news, later scored 29 points in 18 games against Southeast Division teams.<br />
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<b>Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Before achieving great success with the Lightning, was let go by the Calgary Flames for nothing at all, which is now widely regarded as the best return for a departing player the Flames have secured in the last 15 years.<br />
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<u><b>James Norris Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>Nicklas Lidstrom<br />
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<b>Kris Letang (Pittsburgh Penguins) </b><br />
No stranger to individual awards, having won in 2007 the QMJHL's Kevin Lowe Trophy, presented to the defenseman adjudged most likely to bitterly reminisce about his success as a player while sustaining a failed executive career. <br />
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<b>P.K. Subban (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
Believed to have the opportunity to become the first player with a hockey term within his name to win a major individual award, after the failed attempts of Victor Hedman, Tanner Glass, Paul Postma, Lindy Ruff and Rudy Pokecheck.<br />
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<b>Ryan Suter (Minnesota Wild) </b><br />
The free agent lured away from the Nashville Predators by the extremely lucrative, decade-plus contract sanctioned by an owner with close ties to the NHL commissioner, instantly solidified his playoff-bound team, almost exactly as Paul Holmgren drew it up.<br />
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<u><b>Vezina Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs</span></span><b style="color: red;"> </b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be the best at this position<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The goaltender who is adjudged to be at least as good as Jim Carey and Jose Theodore turned out to be<br />
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<b>Sergei Bobrovsky (Columbus Blue Jackets)</b><br />
Aiming to follow in the footsteps of the last Columbus goalie to be nominated for the award, by playing wretchedly enough to be wanted by the Philadelphia Flyers.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers)</b><br />
Has a chance of being the second European repeat winner of the award, following Dominik Hasek, recipient in 1994 and 1995, 1997 to 1999, as well as 2018 and 2019.<br />
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<b>Antti Niemi (San Jose Sharks)</b><br />
Famously worked part-time as a Zamboni driver during his junior days in Finland, the hockey player/rink maintenance combination giving him something in common with teammate Scott Gomez, who is responsible for the sharp decline in coins and beer cups being thrown on the Bell Centre ice during Montreal Canadiens games.<br />
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<u><b>Calder Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;"> </b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The
player selected as the most proficient in what might be his third year
of competition in the National Hockey League after what might be no or
several years of competition in another professional league<br />
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<b>Brendan Gallagher (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
As a<b> </b>Canadian with an Irish name who was drafted by the Canadiens one spot after the Maple Leafs selected a Swede, has already ensured a legacy of providing Don Cherry with at least 15 years' worth of content for Coach's Corner.<br />
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<b>Jonathan Huberdeau (Florida Panthers)</b><br />
Born in 1993 and scorer of 14 goals in 48 games, making him the only candidate whose bio could also describe the team he plays for.<br />
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<b>Brandon Saad (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
Led all rookies by a distance in the statistical categories of most goals scored while playing with Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa and most assists gained while playing with Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa.<br />
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<u><b>Frank J. Selke Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game<br />
<b style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to: </b>The 50-point forward who best excels in probably taking a few faceoffs, being "gritty" and showing "hustle", plus faring well in the ultra-reliable defensive statistics of plus/minus and takeaways<br />
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<b>Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
As well as being a member of the prestigious Triple Gold Club consisting of players who have won an Olympic gold medal, a World Championships gold medal and the Stanley Cup, is also in the even more select group of players who have scored a playoff series winning goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs and do not have English as a first language, following in the most recent footsteps of Jeremy Roenick.<br />
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<b>Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings)</b><br />
Looking to win this award for the fourth time, which would tie him with Hall of Famer Bob Gainey, who was credited with significantly reducing the number of goals conceded by the Montreal Canadiens between 1973 and 1989 as well as the New York Rangers between 2011 and 2013.<br />
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<b>Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
The youngest person (at 22 years, 41 days) to gain entry into the aforementioned Triple Gold Club, a feat to impress everyone except teammate, Patrick Kane, who boasts of earning VIP membership of at least 75 different clubs in Chicago by the age of 20.<br />
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<u><b>Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The player who missed the most games through injury the season before<br />
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<b>Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
"Continued to evolve his game" and "a career-best plus-26 rating" are among the irrelevant reasons for his candidacy noted in the <a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=670536" target="_blank">NHL.com awards feature</a>, the Penguins' actual endorsement of "definitely not being Matt Cooke" mysteriously not being referred to.<br />
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<b>Josh Harding (Minnesota Wild) </b><br />
Among his other career accolades, winner of a silver medal at the World Junior Championships, so presumably the Masterton nomination is for finally escaping the prison to which Hockey Canada sends all its junior players that disgrace the country in that way.<br />
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<b>Adam McQuaid (Boston Bruins)</b><br />
Recovered from two surgeries resulting from Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, a condition sometimes developed by athletes who frequently raise their arms above the head, meaning Zdeno Chara now has at least one fewer congratulatory tap on the helmet when he scores a goal.<br />
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<u><b>Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;"> </b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The
player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and
gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The
player adjudged to have had the fewest penalty minutes when the voters
quickly skim down the list of top 20 scorers five minutes before the
deadline to send in their ballot<br />
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<b>Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
Presumably distraught on eventually finding out he wasn't in fact a finalist for the Lady Banger Trophy.<br />
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<b>Matt Moulson (New York Islanders)</b><br />
Drafted in 2003 by the Pittsburgh Penguins and quickly becoming the best goalie drafted in 2003 by the Pittsburgh Penguins.<br />
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<b>Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning)</b><br />
Travels at high speed around the rink, most often directly towards goal, seemingly only a few feet from the ice, all characteristics that have the unfortunate side-effect of making him invisible to Lightning goaltenders.<br />
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<u><b>Jack Adams Award</b></u><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;"> </b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The coach adjudged to have the most candidates for the Masterton Trophy next year<br />
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<b>Bruce Boudreau (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
After being dismissed by the Washington Capitals in 2011, became the fastest coach to be hired after being fired in the NHL, although that sentence from Wikipedia possibly contains a small typo.<br />
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<b>Paul MacLean (Ottawa Senators)</b><br />
Famously spotted in close proximity to his doppelgänger near the bench during one game this season, bringing back memories of the Jack Adams winner in 1994, when Lou Lamoriello threatened to replace Jacques Lemaire late in the season with his reliable fall-back option, Jacques Lemaire.<br />
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<b>Joel Quenneville (Chicago Blackhawks)</b><br />
With 660 career regular season wins on his coaching record, on his current pace, can look forward to celebrating #700 around 15 games into the Blackhawks' 2013/14 season.<br />
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<b><u>G</u><u>eneral Manager of the Year Award</u></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;">Voted on by: </b></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">General Managers of all NHL clubs and a panel of NHL executives, print and broadcast media</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: red;"> </b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Supposed to be awarded to:</span> </b>The top National Hockey League General Manager <br />
<b><span style="color: red;">In practice, normally awarded to:</span> </b>The National Hockey League General Manager Thought Most Likely To Be Persuaded By Other National Hockey League General Managers Not To Sign Any Restricted Free Agents To Offer Sheets This Summer<br />
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<b>Marc Bergevin (Montreal Canadiens)</b><br />
Notorious prankster who smoothed relations with the Francophone media and fans after the Randy Cunneyworth fiasco with his unique ability to conduct bilingual interviews using only a hand cupped under his armpit and squeezing his elbow to his ribs.<br />
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<b>Bob Murray (Anaheim Ducks)</b><br />
To avoid a repeat of a 2009 chair-throwing incident, the Ducks now employ Brian Burke to sit in the GM's seat whenever his former understudy returns to his office. At least that's the reason Burke is giving.<br />
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<b>Ray Shero (Pittsburgh Penguins)</b><br />
Made a series of smart in-season deals that would significantly enhance his credentials for this award by concentrating on making those deals with GMs who would be most likely to ensure that fewer than 30 GMs would be GMs when the voting took place.LW3Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460909787454899108noreply@blogger.com1