There's been some great progress on one of my favorite stats, the Youth Over/Under Achievement Illustration Number Toward Notation of Overall Talent to Herald Induction to Nhl(youaintnothin). Its focus is on how well each team has done with their draft picks since 1994. It includes an impressive spreadsheet with all the stats for your sorting pleasure. Sure, there are some flaws, as well as some good arguments explaining why some teams look better/worse than others, but it's still pretty neat to look at. Make sure to read the comments underneath the posts, because there's a lot of great analysis in there as well. Credit to daoust from pensionplanpuppets for the spreadsheet and analysis, and to SkinnyFish from PPP and The Falconer from birdwatchersanonymous for other analysis.
Check it out!
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2009/6/21/920352/detroit-isnt-that-great-at
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2009/6/23/913771/how-well-does-the-draft-translate
http://www.birdwatchersanonymous.com/2009/6/22/921049/where-star-level-players-are-found
I was looking at daoust's profile on ppp, and thought it was noteworthy to mention his four favorite sports teams are the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Clippers, and Toronto Maple Leafs. I was originally thinking "ouch...that's gotta SUCK" when I came to this realization: Sven? do you happen to be daoust from pensionplanpuppets? Cause it sure seems like it based on those four teams...
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