Blue Bullet Brad

Father, Oilers and Esks fan, Blogger and analyst on hockey prospects & the NHL draft.
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[Blue Bullet Brad @BlueBullet1981]

Go check out my NHL entry draft rankings. Brand new model for 2026.

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BLUE BULLET 2026 NHL ENTRY DRAFT FINAL RANKINGS https://t.co/muSCriHPID

[Blue Bullet Brad @BlueBullet1981]

First 8 games, Bouchard played 72.5% of his 5x5 minutes with McDavid.

Last 5 games, it is down to 63.6%.

[Adam @Asnow119]

Is the plan for more offense from the depth to give those lines more Bouch/Ekholm?

[Dennis King @DKingBH]

I still don't see it with the D pairs just yet. But seeing 93 and 16 running their own lines, and considering the first line plus 18-22 on the shelf, I could see the four line plan with 97-29-93-16 down the middle. That's the way

[Blue Bullet Brad @BlueBullet1981]

@nateb2399 @JoshMar11711916 @Stevenbradleyb Perfect 3L?

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Potential final version

Hyman-McDavid-Savoie
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-X
Dach-Dickinson-Frederic
Howard-Nuge-Joseph

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Podkolzin-McDavid-Draisaitl
Howard-RNH-Joseph
Dach-Dickinson-Frederic
Formenton/Hallander-Michaels-Kapanen

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@CALL1800HEADTAP @oilers_coach I would hope you are getting better than me if spending $4 million per year.

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@busch10 Stanley Cup champs 4LC had 0.28 Pts/GP at evens.

Nuge was 0.36 last year. He's a bottom 6 forward at centre.

[Sid 🇨🇦 @NHL_Sid]

New Post: Figuring out Isaac Howard ⬇️

🔗 https://t.co/B47wOyEW6y

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@JoshMar11711916 @Stevenbradleyb Not how depth works? Go tell that to Rod the Bod and the Stanley Cup champs. This is an example of a Canes style lineup.

[Blue Bullet Brad @BlueBullet1981]

@Stevenbradleyb He is until you make a trade to upgrade on him. This year we are getting the crappy version of Kapanen more often than not.

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@oilers_coach A balanced lineup with strong centre depth is stupid? Sure bud.

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@urlocalbot Which methodology do you take issue with?

https://t.co/Clw1YpKlfT

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Advanced analytics had Seider as the best d-men for the Red Wings.

This is a prime example that a tracking informed model appears stronger than a boxscore aggregator.

[Seider Truther 🦅 @5Seiders]

Mo Seider’s rating for this game is a prime example of the limitations of “advanced” analytics.

#LGRW

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Same with Walman and his 17%.

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Connor Murphy must relish the 11% of his 5x5 time that he gets to play with the big boys.

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Podkolzin-McDavid-Draisaitl
Howard-RNH-Joseph
Dach-Dickinson-Frederic
Formenton/Hallander-Michaels-Kapanen

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Dach-Dickinson-Frederic shows promise

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The 6 forwards and 3 defencemen for the Oilers below replacement level per Hockeystats Box WAR

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The 10 forwards and 4 defencemen for the Oilers above replacement level per Hockeystats Box WAR

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@RichardHoopsFan @crunchmunch778 Here you go.

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Hockeystats Box WAR

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@5Seiders A model that uses granular puck and player tracking data (NHL Edge) to more precisely assign credit for boxscore outcomes.