Updated Summer 2025
Summer is here and all I have left from my vacation in Italy is about ten pounds of souvenirs that I am now carrying around. The food wasn’t just good, it was incredible.
Three articles on the draft have been completed. One explains how draft classes are evaluated, one looks at where the class of 2019-20 rates with respect to all classes since 2007-08 (spoiler: it rates last), and the third looks at how teams have done at the draft.
Five articles are in various stages of development now.
Three articles look at the projected three-year future of individual players: one explains how the projections were calculated; a second looks at various players organized by age; a third looks at two players each from the seven Canadian teams.
Another article will look at the year-to-year progression of groups of players, with the groups identified by VR-Category and age.
The final article that is in the offing is one that looks at the difference between regular season hockey and playoff hockey.
The crew from Stapled to the Bench hope you are enjoying your summer and that your golf handicap gets lower each week.