Welcome To The Gunn Show
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Cap Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 15 Comments »Here's a question for all the Leaf fans who promoted Ian White due to his "impressive" +/- rating of +1 through 56 games as a Leaf. Does the fact that Carl Gunnarsson is now a +9 through only 27 games, ...
UFAs In 2011
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Cap Analysis, Player Analysis | 4 Comments »Considering the discussion around the Leafs and signing free agents I thought it might be of interest to list off some of the more significant players who will be unrestricted free agents in 2011 - after next season. Here they are, ...
Potential Top Line Centre Options
Sunday, December 20th, 2009 Posted in Cap Analysis, Player Analysis, Prospects, Stat Analysis | 28 Comments »In a post yesterday I discussed the fact that there are not many decent alternatives as a top line centre to replace Matt Stajan with available in Free Agency. Aside from Tomas Plekanec, there are very few players with comparable ...
Salary Questions Coming Up
Saturday, December 19th, 2009 Posted in Cap Analysis, Player Analysis, Prospects, Stat Analysis, Uncategorized | 31 Comments »It appears the latest trend in Leafs land to fret over is the upcoming contract negotiations with the variety of Leap players heading for free agency this off season. Matt Stajan, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ian White, Lee Stempniak, Nikolai Kulemin, Jonas ...
In Depth Analysis - Niklas Hagman and Ian White
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Cap Analysis, Player Analysis, Stat Analysis | 15 Comments »Recent talk has Hagman being the subject of trade proposals from at least 3 NHL franchises to the Leafs. Ian White may also be on the move at the trade deadline, as an affordable option with an expiring contract on ...
Chicago’s Coming Maneuvers
Saturday, November 21st, 2009 Posted in Cap Analysis, Player Analysis | 6 Comments »The Leafs may be looking with interest at the contract developments for the Chicago Blackhawks in the near future. Rumour has it the 'Hawks are on the verge of inking Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, and Duncan Keith to long term deals ...
Kulemin Recalled Already
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Posted in Announcements, Cap Analysis, Player Analysis | 9 Comments »Apparently because of the vagaries of the Injured Reserve system according to NHL rules, the Leafs had to leave Phil Kessel on their active roster until Thursday. Now that they've done so, they immediately placed him on Long Term Injured ...
Sophomoric Coaching
Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in Cap Analysis, Stat Analysis | 10 Comments »Ok, so on the basis of a comment left in regards to my last posting, I decided to explore the nature of second year coaching. I took a selection of NHL coaches, many of whom are current to the league, ...
Phil Kessel A Leaf
Friday, September 18th, 2009 Posted in Announcements, Cap Analysis, Player Analysis, Prospects, Stat Analysis | 12 Comments »So the Leafs have dealt a first and second round pick from 2010 and a first rounder from 2011 to the Boston Bruins for Phil Kessel, who will be signed to a 5 year $27 million dollar contract - averaging ...
Could Leafs and Sharks Talk Trade?
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Posted in Cap Analysis | 8 Comments »Apologies for the server issues yesterday. Here's a link to the posting from yesterday about Zone Shift and Corsi Numbers if you missed it. Hopefully everything has sorted itself out completely. Yesterday the San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks made a ...
