player-comparison Stories - Liberty Ballers
Another Player Comparison: Lou Williams vs. Aaron Brooks
Last weekend I unleashed the wildly popular Monta Ellis-Louis Williams comparison. Today, I will attempt to debunk another myth -- that Aaron Brooks is head-and-shoulders above Lou Williams as a basketball player -- with a second player comparison. The consensus among NBA fans, analysts, and even...
Mikko Koivu's Extension Will Impact New Jersey Devils Zach Parise's & Travis Zajac's Future
The big news in the hockey world yesterday, and still being discussed today, is Mikko Koivu's massive contract extension with the Minnesota Wild. It's a 7 year deal that will pay out a total of $47.5 million dollar, with the average per year value being $6.75 million. The structure of the deal is...
The Case Against Re-Signing Ilya Kovalchuk by the New Jersey Devils this Summer
This summer, the New Jersey Devils will have at least 5 roster spots to fill, per CapGeek, 2 forwards, 2 defensemen, and a goaltender. Earlier this month, I've done an overview of all the free agents coming out of New Jersey with thoughts on what the Devils should do. Since then, I've focused a...
The Conundrum of Ilya Kovalchuk's 5-on-4 On-Ice Impact in Last 3 Seasons
Yesterday, I explored the even strength on-ice stats and on-ice impact, the change in those stats, of Ilya Kovalchuk from the last three seasons. While he showed some improvement, he was only among the best NHL forwards in terms of on-ice shooting percentage, goals for per 60 minutes (GF/60),...
All-World Shooter, But Is He An Impact Player? Ilya Kovalchuk's 5-on-5 On-Ice Impact from 2007-2010
In recent days, I've turned my focus from Paul Martin to Ilya Kovalchuk, the other big unrestricted free agent (UFA) coming out of New Jersey this summer. In Tuesday's look at the team's PDO, which is the summation of on-ice even strength shooting percentage and on-ice even strength save...
Stamkos or Doughty?
I reside in Vancouver, and am a Canucks fan in addition to being a Lightning fan, so I still have a team in the playoff race. This isn't a Canucks post, but I need to set up why I am writing this, so bear with me here During the 1st round of the playoffs I had the treat of watching the Canucks face...
Player Comparison: Andre Iguodala and Scottie Pippen
People have casually thrown out Scottie Pippen's name when comparing Andre Iguodala to former NBA players, so out of curiosity I ran a player comparison on Basketball Reference and the numbers are very similar through the first six years of their career. Does this mean Andre Iguodala is, or will be...
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