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Every Player Drafted Last Overall To Make It To The NHL

by joshwahler | September 7, 2022 | Hockey | 0 Comments

In the 44-year history of the NHL Entry Draft, 11 last overall picks have stepped onto the ice during an NHL game. Let’s take a look.

The Shortest NHL Careers By Draft Position

by joshwahler | August 9, 2022 | Hockey | 0 Comments

Today we take a look at the players taken in the top 5 of the NHL draft who played the least number of games at their draft position.

Creating The Best Possible Salary Cap Compliant NHL Team

by joshwahler | December 24, 2021 | Hockey | 0 Comments

When it comes to pro sports a constant topic of discussion is contract value. We love analyzing who's over or underpaid and how that effects the makeup of teams as whole. Well, what if we created an NHL team only using the very best value contracts in the league? How...

Can you name the player based on these iconic announcer calls?

by joshwahler | November 12, 2021 | Hockey | 0 Comments

How many of these iconic hockey moments can you recognize based on the announcer calls?

What Would An All time Roster Look Like Selecting Just One Player Per Country?

by joshwahler | September 10, 2021 | Football | 0 Comments

I've always loved making hypothetical rosters. I thought it would be a fun experiment to put onetogether with the parameter that once a player has been selected from a given country, that countrycannot be used again. I was curious to see what the balance of this team...

Ovi Is Back And The Chase For 895 Is On

by joshwahler | August 6, 2021 | Hockey | 0 Comments

Reports of Alexander Ovechkin possibly leaving the NHL in the next few years to end his career in Russia are over. While he may still do that someday, hockey fans can breathe a sigh of relief that we will see the best of his remaining years played out at the highest...

Looking Back at the Strangest Hart Trophy Votes of the Past 3 Decades

by joshwahler | July 12, 2021 | Hockey | 0 Comments

I recently wrote a piece compiling a roster of the greatest players to never receive a Hart trophy vote. This time let's examine some of the strangest or most undeserved votes over the past three decades. We'll choose three players per decade and keep it to players...

O Romeo, O Romeo: A Farewell Letter To Baseball’s Most Misunderstood Star

by joshwahler | April 25, 2021 | Baseball | 0 Comments

Super Mega Baseball career retrospective

All Time Roster of players Who Never Received a Hart Vote

by joshwahler | April 1, 2021 | Hockey | 0 Comments

When it comes to sports we all love anomalies. A good what if story, a statistic or season that serves as a total outlier, underdogs that overachieved, legends that underachieved… We often talk about the greatest player to never win a ring or the greatest player to...

5 Veterans Who Are Turning Back The Clock This Year

by joshwahler | March 5, 2021 | Hockey | 0 Comments

The reverse retro jerseys aren't the only throwbacks this year as a number of players who seemed to be on their way out or on a steep decline have decided to turn back the clock. Joe Thornton: 41 years old When the Leafs signed Jumbo Joe to a deal it looked like it...