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What Went Wrong? An Autopsy of the 2011-2012 Losing Streak

On February 13, 2012, coming off of a 5-3 regulation win against Washington, the Sharks had a 99.31% chance of making the playoffs given the remaining number of games on the schedule [1]. Over the course of about 5 weeks culminating in a 2-5 loss to LA on March

1st Shift Corsi by Zone: The Impact of Neutral Zone Performance on Future Success

We're not shy about our stance on possession. While it may not be everything, it's pretty damn close. Possession is critical to success, but it's also a basket term. It refers to the ability to drive play forward, but there are a multitude of scenarios in which this can occur.

Expectation vs. Reality: A look at an inaccurate label Patrick Marleau has carried his entire career

Fans always try to rationalize successes and failures, and this often falls on a scapegoat. Most of the time it is the top goal scorer or goaltender, as they have the most obvious impact on winning games. But as has been discussed a lot lately, goaltenders and high profile goalscorers

Introducing P+CORP: Points + Corsi Over Replacement Player

P+CORP = (P/60 + Avg NHL Replacement Level P/60) + (Corsi Rel + Avg NHL Replacement Level Corsi Rel) / [coeffiecient] + (Corsi On + Avg NHL Replacement Level Corsi Rel) / [coeffiecient] P+CORP (I leave the pronunciation to your discretion) wasn't something I went looking for, but was really the consequence of defining

Defining the NHL Replacement Player

In what has become a tradition for most SBNation hockey blogs following their teams withdrawal from the NHL season, FTF has started individual player season reviews for the 2011-2012 campaign. In an obvious swindle to woo your anticipation we've started with the bottom guys, the role players, the unsung heros,

Control of the Neutral Zone: A Review of the San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis Blues Series

The San Jose Sharks have found themselves cleaning out their lockers in record time. What had plagued San Jose's season was their ultimate undoing, namely their inability to fix the penalty kill. Had the Sharks been stronger on specialty teams, they could very well still be skating. However, other aspects