Jonathan Willis

Corsi Knight. Credits include: The Athletic, Sportsnet, ESPN, Edmonton Journal, Oilers Nation, The Score, Hockey Prospectus & Grantland.

[James Mirtle @mirtle]

Amazing start to the final. But the Hurricanes need more from Aho, Jarvis and Svechnikov to beat Vegas.

Here's hoping this one goes seven.

[Carolina Hurricanes @Canes]

A statement from Frederik Andersen ❤️

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

Evan Bouchard was +14/-0 for Canada before Lindgren's headshot knocked him out of the tournament. Pretty decent case that it cost them a medal.

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

Hilariously, this is facing all kinds of pushback from people who evidently also don't remember what Tampa Bay's top line looked like when they were winning Cups.

Point, Palat and Kucherov. Yep, gotta have that meat up front come playoff time!

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

Don't worry, NHL teams: I've been assured for years that while small forwards like that can put up points in the regular season they'll get pushed around in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

[Thomas Drance @ThomasDrance]

Logan Stankoven, 23, and Jackson Blake, 22, will combine to take up $11.1 million against the salary cap for the next eight(!) years.

Whether you’re a contender or a rebuilder, this is the level of efficiency that you’re up against into the mid-point of the next decade.

[Chris Johnston @reporterchris]

Claude Lemieux's family say that they've chosen to donate his brain to the UNITE Brain Bank at the Boston University CTE Center for research into the long-term effects of repetitive head impacts and traumatic brain injury.

"The family emphasizes that this decision is a gift to science, to athletes and to future generations of families seeking answers. No conclusion should be drawn at this time regarding any diagnosis."

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

@Duey_99 @JasonGregor Man, I love me some CTE.

[Hockey News Hub @HockeyNewsHub]

This has been confirmed by his agent, Stanislav Romanov. ✅

#LetsGoOilers prospect Maxim Beryozkin will sign a two-year extension with Lokomotiv. #KHL

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

(Though - and this is an evergreen tweet - I also wouldn't put it past Edmonton's front office to be this dysfunctional.)

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

Knoblauch hadn't yet been fired when the news leaked, and because of that it *really* wasn't a leak that made the Oilers look all that good.

Given that, it's interesting to see McCrimmon proactively blaming Edmonton for something that was clearly not in its interest.

[Greg Wyshynski @wyshynski]

“It’s only news because Edmonton leaked it. So this isn’t something that came out of our organization. We’ve been forced to respond to it, which we did prior to our series against the Avalanche."

- VGK GM Kelly McCrimmon on @OverDrive1050 regarding Bruce Cassidy's status (1/2).

[Edmonton Oilers @EdmontonOilers]

The #Oilers have announced a number of hockey operations promotions including Michael Parkatti to Vice President, Analytics & Technology plus former @EdmOilKings President & GM Kirt Hill to Assistant GM, Player Procurement. https://t.co/DChRYuRdJQ

[Jason Gregor @JasonGregor]

Here is the brutal hit by Lindgren on Bouchard. Lindgren was assessed a major for checking to the head. Bouchard out of the game and likely the tournament.

[Edmonton Oilers @EdmontonOilers]

The #Oilers have signed forward Aku Raty to a one-year, two-way contract with an AAV of $850,000. https://t.co/FhzkKzdm1Z

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

'Best team in the league' vs. 'wouldn't have made the playoffs in the Eastern Conference', playing out as everyone predicted.

[James Mirtle @mirtle]

Avalanche on the brink. Hard to believe.

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

https://t.co/qvSTiLm0MY

[Chris Johnston @reporterchris]

Rod Brind'Amour on Jaccob Slavin, who was -4 in Game 1 of ECF:

"He had a tough one. I've never seen that. Eight years."

[OriginalPouzar @coopsie39]

Bouchard has been on the ice for ZERO goals against at 5 on 5 in the tournament and leads it at +8 (in addition to his PP production)......

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

@BlueBullet1981 @BaptismByOil @CityOfChamps14 The Connor Ungar of the Czech League.

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

I'd like to see the shot quality data, but from this distance Sebastian Cossa's AHL career looks pretty darn solid to me.

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

@SeeRedAllDay As I recall, the piece most people wanted him to upgrade was Logan Stankoven. Which, as events have shown, would have been very difficult to manage.

[Jonathan Willis @JonathanWillis]

The best general manager in hockey.

[Jank'n Stank @CanesIncognito]

Players traded for or signed by Hurricanes GM Eric Tulsky in his first two seasons:

Nikolaj Ehlers
K’Andre Miller
Taylor Hall
Logan Stankoven
Brandon Bussi
Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere
Mark Jankowski
William Carrier
Eric Robinson
Mike Reilly
Nic Deslauriers