Analytics has begun to change how hockey has is being evaluated. By Chad DeDominicis / Diebytheblade.com Hockey is a sport that among fans, bloggers, reporters and even some teams within the league; vary on how they evaluate players. For the longest time, scoring production was always king when looking at statistics to determine how good […]
Four of Buffalo’s RFAs elect for salary arbitation. By Melissa Burgess / Diebytheblade.com Four of the Buffalo Sabres’ restricted free agents have elected salary arbitration, according to information released by the NHL Player’s Association on Friday evening. Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe, goaltender Linus Ullmark and forwards Evan Rodrigues and Remi Elie were among 40 players […]
Four minor league players did not receive qualifying offers. By Ryan Wolfe / Diebytheblade.com The Buffalo Sabres announced on Tuesday that they have tendered contracts to seven restricted free agents. The Sabres tweeted, “We’ve tendered qualifying offers to these restricted free agents: Forwards Remi Elie, Zemgus Girgensons, Johan Larsson, Evan Rodrigues, C.J. Smith; defenseman Jake […]