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The Numbers Issue 2021
In our Numbers Issue, you'll find stories on the future of gambling on hockey, what analytics means to NHL teams now, and how GMs navigate the salary cap. Also in the issue, we profile Kirill Kaprizov, Johnny Gaudrea, Keith Yandel, Drew Doughty, Kris Letang and many more.
BANG FOR BUCK
If Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon has the NHL’s most team-friendly pact, the next two podium spots belong to linemates BRAD MARCHAND and David Pastrnak, who buy into Boston’s “make less, win more” culture. With a $6.125-million AAV, Marchand is tied as the league’s 63rd-richest forward in 2021-22. Over the past five seasons, Marchand ranks third in NHL scoring and points per game and has earned two first-team and two second-team all-star nods. He’s gone from all-world agitator to a superstar on a Hall of Fame arc. The Sabres aren’t exactly known for wise investments. But center CASEY MITTELSTADT provided value last season on a one-year bridge contract at $874,125, signed after a disheartening 2019-20 in which Buffalo demoted him to the AHL. He found his game under interim coach Don Granato in…
MILESTONE-O-METER
The list of statistical benchmarks within reach by NHL stars in 2021-22 includes one of hockey’s most cherished records
NOW IT’S JUST HOCKEY
MEETING THE media for his first availability since re-signing with the Minnesota Wild, Kirill Kaprizov looked chill. The star left winger had endured a protracted negotiation over the summer and had been rewarded with a new five-year pact worth $45 million and heightened expectations after he torched the league with his dazzling play as a 23-year-old rookie. So, was he feeling the pressure? “No, no, it’s not pressure,” Kaprizov said. “Now it’s easy for me (once) I signed. I just want to play, it’s like, phew, now it’s just hockey.” And hockey is Kaprizov’s specialty. A wizard with the puck who thinks the offensive side of the game like few others, the creative winger is already staking a claim as the most dynamic player the Wild have ever seen. There isn’t…
TALK THE TALK, WALK THE WALK
NATE SCHMIDT HAS AN industry secret to share, a trick of the trade he’s picked up over the past few months. You see, beyond balancing that patrolling-the-blueline-in-the-best-league-in-the-world thing, Schmidt picked up a side gig as a salesman during the off-season, buying into ShortSide Hockey Co., a hockey tape and apparel company started by a few friends from Minnesota. Schmidt stumbled across a surefire sales tactic through his work with ShortSide. It goes a little something like this: find a potential customer and use the gift of gab. Sure, it’s not for everyone. There are those without a penchant for prattle, those who feel no need for chitchat. But the good news is Schmidt likes to talk. Like, a lot. “Usually I get on the phone and just start chatting and rambling and talking,…
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