Author: George Scoville

Matt Cullen Season Review: Mr. Even Keel

By George Scoville | Feb 27th 2019 | 8 min read |

The Stats GP Goals Assists Points +/- PIM Shoot % 77 10 29 39 4 32 7.5 5-5 Pts/60 CF% CF% rel Sh% Sv% PDO Pen +/- per 60 1.91 50.50% +3.1% 9.30% 90.90...

Colin Wilson Season Review: It's Your Sweater Number, Not a Scoring Prediction

By George Scoville | Feb 27th 2019 | 8 min read |

The Stats GP Goals Assists Points +/- PIM Shoot % 81 11 22 33 -1 21 9.8 5-5 Pts/60 CF% CF% rel Sh% Sv% PDO Pen +/- per 60 1.41 48.50% -0.1% 7.20% 92.0...

Eric Nystrom Season Review: DJ Two4 Exceeds Expectations among 2013 Free Agent Classmates

By George Scoville | Feb 27th 2019 | 8 min read |

The Stats GP Goals Assists Points +/- PIM Shoot % 79 15 6 21 -25 60 12.5 5-5 Pts/60 CF% CF% rel Sh% Sv% PDO Pen +/- per 60 1.14 46.10% -3.4% 7.00% 89....

Nashville Predators Analysis: Pekka Rinne and Nashville's Cult of Puck Luck

By George Scoville | Feb 26th 2019 | 6 min read |

Buried in a David Climer story a few weeks ago, on Pekka Rinne’s hopeful return, is a refrain we hear all too often in Nashville: It was a weird...

Happy Birthday to Eric Nystrom and David Poile!

By George Scoville | Feb 26th 2019 | 3 min read |

It’s not hard to make the case that Eric Nystrom’s birthday came a little bit early this year, when he potted four goals against the Calga...

Counterpoint: Supply Glut, STH Bonuses to Blame for Secondary Market Prices; Questions Remain

By George Scoville | Feb 26th 2019 | 7 min read |

Whenever you analyze and interpret data, it’s important to both (a) understand what science can and cannot do, in terms of offering “proof...

Secondary Ticket Market Slump: Are Falling Prices an Indictment of "Predator Hockey?"

By George Scoville | Feb 26th 2019 | 12 min read |

The Nashville Predators recently unveiled a Lids Holiday 6 Pack ticket package that offers, among other things, a free sixth game for a purchase of fi...

Community News: OTF Blogger Finishes Atop Preds 2013 Movember Fundraising Team

By George Scoville | Feb 25th 2019 | 7 min read |

My dad battled prostate cancer in 2000, and it was absolutely terrifying coming to terms with his mortality as a young adult. After doing some researc...

Emery, Holtby, and the Code: Reflecting on the NHL's Behavioral Incentives

By George Scoville | Feb 25th 2019 | 8 min read |

On Tuesday, Dirk proposed that we take pro sports bullies like Ray Emery — and let’s not kid ourselves, he technically didn’t break ...

Analysis: "Predators Hockey" Yields a 19 Goal Pace for 2nd Leading Scorer

By George Scoville | Feb 25th 2019 | 5 min read |

Shortly after Nashville Predators forward Eric Nystrom crashed the net, and allowed linemate Patric Hornqvist to “[use] his chest as a backboard...