You could say Tom Brady is a few plays away from being 0-5 in his last 5 Super Bowls. But you can also say he's a few plays away from being 8-0 in Super Bowls. He's the greatest ever, and 2nd place isn't close. #Patriots #NFL #SuperBowl— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) February 6, 2018
Last night I had dinner at a sports bar near Key Arena in Seattle. On a busy NHL night, on the pub's 12 TVs, 6 showed basketball, 5 Winter Olympics, 1 #NHL game. I'm just saying... #Seattle #Olympics— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) February 15, 2018
Good job Ken Holland getting something for Mrazek. In hindsight, getting a 2nd and 3rd for Brendan Smith, and a 3rd for Tomas Vanek, was fantastic too. Holland's worst moves were about sustaining the playoff streak. He might be a good rebuilder. #NHL #RedWings— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) February 20, 2018
The city of Detroit once had 1.8 million people. Since then there has been a mass migration of residents leaving the city, with the population now fewer than 700,000. Over a million people have chosen to get out of Dodge, except Mike Green. #Detroit #RedWings #NHLTradeDeadline— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) February 26, 2018
It really feels like these referees in the Jets-Preds game were deeply affected by the "ref you suck" chants early in the game and did not want to risk upsetting a hostile crowd by calling a penalty on the home team. #NHL #WPGvsNSH— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) May 11, 2018
Any Las Vegas Golden Knight season ticket holder who put $20 on them to win the Stanley Cup before the season would cover the cost of all their tickets if the team wins. #NHL #gambling #VegasBorn— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) May 18, 2018
So Trump is complaining about Canadian supply management in agriculture, in part because they have an "over-supply" crisis in dairy driving hundreds of small farms out of business and they need to dump extra stock. Maybe the USA just needs better supply management? #Trump #NAFTA— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) June 11, 2018
Doug Wilson deserves a ton of praise for the day he just had. He flipped his team's worst contract and 7th best prospect for 2nd, 4th, and 5th round picks. I'm confused what exactly Pierre Dorion was thinking. #NHL #Sens #SJSharks— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) June 19, 2018
So the Ottawa Senators are trying to move Craig Anderson? No shit. I'm sure they'll get lots of interest for their 37 year old goalie with two years remaining at $4.7M aav coming off a terrible season with a 3.32 GAA and .898 SV%... #NHL #Sens— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) June 22, 2018
If somebody told me before the draft that the Detroit #RedWings would get Zadina and Veleno, I would have said bullshit. Sure neither plays defense, but that's the best first round this franchise has had in a long, long time. #NHL #NHLDraft— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) June 23, 2018
Less than a week after the #NHLDraft , and I've already heard Quinn Hughes compared to Bobby Orr on Vancouver sports talk radio. It has begun. Zero games into his #NHL career and they're already asking if he's the best defenseman in #Canucks history...— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) June 27, 2018
Waking up in the morning on July 1st reminds me of being a little kid on Christmas, running to my computer like it's a Christmas tree. It's fitting that the first day of #NHL free agency is a national holiday in Canada. #CanadaDay #NHLFreeAgency— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) July 1, 2018
I do think the James Van Riemsdyk "over-30" years will be a huge over-payment, but if we're being honest, the worst contract signed today was Antoine Roussel, and it's not close. 4 years $12M? That's Awful. #NHLFreeAgency #Canucks— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) July 2, 2018
When I saw the headline "Tom Wilson signs for 6 years $31M" I thought it was a typo. Surely they meant to say 6 years at $3.1M AAV, right? Going over $5M AAV with that much term for that player is a mistake. He still counts against the cap when he's suspended. #NHL— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) July 28, 2018
The closest comparable contract I can conjure for this Tom Wilson deal is David Clarkson 2013, except that Clarkson was UFA. Washington was only bidding against itself. This makes no sense to me. #NHL— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) July 29, 2018
They should just start carving Doug Wilson's name into the GM of the year trophy now. That race is already over. #NHL— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) September 13, 2018
I love the Philadelphia #Flyers new mascot and hope he sticks around all season. Were the Flyers mining for mithril under Wells Fargo Center when they woke up a demon from the ancient world? He kinda looks like a Balrog of Morgoth. #NHL #flyersMascot #LOTR— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) September 26, 2018
If Nick Ritchie and William Nylander think they can break their teams by sitting out into October, that's not how this tends to work. #NHL teams tend to get better bargains the longer they make RFAs wait. Read more here: https://t.co/hF0jcqZdZg— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) October 11, 2018
I have no idea how much money Nick Ritchie was demanding per season, but I can guarantee it was more than $1.5M. I had him at 2 years $2M AAV based on comparables, the Ducks got an extra year at a cheaper price. Teams tend to win these disputes. #NHL— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) October 18, 2018
I'd love to see a coach get fired and hold a press conference to say that the General Manager gave him shit to work with. Granted that might discourage other GMs from hiring him in the future. Has Peter Chiarelli made one good transaction since drafting McDavid? #NHL #Oilers— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) November 20, 2018
The Penguins lose goalie Matt Murray long-term. Ouch, that 4.08 Goals Against Average and .877 Save % are going to be tough to replace... #NHL #Pens— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) November 22, 2018
They had an official attendance of 10,077 people at tonight's Florida Panthers #NHL game. I might believe if there was 9,500 people in the upper deck. The lower bowl looked like 85% empty seats. What this league needs is more teams...— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) December 7, 2018
Buyer beware on pending #NHL UFA Wayne Simmonds this summer. His point production has been declining since 2016 and he's now 30 years old. There are warning signs this could turn ugly if somebody gives him a big contract. #Flyers— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) December 7, 2018
Canada 14, Denmark 0. This helps illustrate why World Junior scoring statistics are not a great indicator of future #NHL success. There are too few meaningful games for the stats to tell you anything important. #WJC— Hockey Economist (@Hockeconomics) December 27, 2018
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