David Johnson
@hockeyanalysis.com
Hockey Analyst and unofficial Keeper of the Cap at http://TheStanleyCap.com. Formerly of the Calgary Flames. Also http://Puckalytics.com http://HockeyAnalysis.com
Arctic defense and arctic sovereignty is the exact reason why Canada announced a consulate in Greenland. Don't critique Canada for bringing Trump into the equation, blame Trump for inserting himself and threatening the security of our Arctic neighbours.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Arctic defense and arctic sovereignty is the exact reason why Canada announced a consulate in Greenland. Don't critique Canada for bringing Trump into the equation, blame Trump for inserting himself and threatening the security of our Arctic neighbours.
www.ipolitics.ca/2024/12/06/c...
www.ipolitics.ca/2024/12/06/c...
Four days into 2026 and Trump has attacked Venezuela, threatened more attacks on Venezuela, announced he'll be stealing Venezuelan oil, threatened attacks on Iran and Mexico and threatened the annexation of Greenland.
Happy New Year everyone. 2026 is going to be a bumpy ride.
Happy New Year everyone. 2026 is going to be a bumpy ride.
Donald Trump’s threats against Greenland undermine NATO, but also risk fatally harming cooperation among the A7 Arctic states.
Our Nordic allies are clear and united that Greenland is part of K. of Denmark and its future is for Greenlanders to decide.
Canada must be as clear.
Our Nordic allies are clear and united that Greenland is part of K. of Denmark and its future is for Greenlanders to decide.
Canada must be as clear.
January 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Four days into 2026 and Trump has attacked Venezuela, threatened more attacks on Venezuela, announced he'll be stealing Venezuelan oil, threatened attacks on Iran and Mexico and threatened the annexation of Greenland.
Happy New Year everyone. 2026 is going to be a bumpy ride.
Happy New Year everyone. 2026 is going to be a bumpy ride.
Reposted by David Johnson
Interesting NHL standings observations the morning of Jan 3rd:
Point separation between first and 8th place teams by division:
Eastern 9
Pacific 10
Metro 11
Central 33
The separation between 3rd and 4th place teams in the central (16 pts) is larger than between 1 and 8 in any other division.
Point separation between first and 8th place teams by division:
Eastern 9
Pacific 10
Metro 11
Central 33
The separation between 3rd and 4th place teams in the central (16 pts) is larger than between 1 and 8 in any other division.
January 3, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Interesting NHL standings observations the morning of Jan 3rd:
Point separation between first and 8th place teams by division:
Eastern 9
Pacific 10
Metro 11
Central 33
The separation between 3rd and 4th place teams in the central (16 pts) is larger than between 1 and 8 in any other division.
Point separation between first and 8th place teams by division:
Eastern 9
Pacific 10
Metro 11
Central 33
The separation between 3rd and 4th place teams in the central (16 pts) is larger than between 1 and 8 in any other division.
Interesting NHL standings observations the morning of Jan 3rd:
Point separation between first and 8th place teams by division:
Eastern 9
Pacific 10
Metro 11
Central 33
The separation between 3rd and 4th place teams in the central (16 pts) is larger than between 1 and 8 in any other division.
Point separation between first and 8th place teams by division:
Eastern 9
Pacific 10
Metro 11
Central 33
The separation between 3rd and 4th place teams in the central (16 pts) is larger than between 1 and 8 in any other division.
January 3, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Interesting NHL standings observations the morning of Jan 3rd:
Point separation between first and 8th place teams by division:
Eastern 9
Pacific 10
Metro 11
Central 33
The separation between 3rd and 4th place teams in the central (16 pts) is larger than between 1 and 8 in any other division.
Point separation between first and 8th place teams by division:
Eastern 9
Pacific 10
Metro 11
Central 33
The separation between 3rd and 4th place teams in the central (16 pts) is larger than between 1 and 8 in any other division.
On Nov 11 Calgary (4-12-2) and Nashville (5-9-4) were by far the worst teams in the league with sub .400 points percentages.
Since then Calgary is 14-6-2 and Nashville is 13-8-0 and both are solidly back in the playoffs race.
Since then Calgary is 14-6-2 and Nashville is 13-8-0 and both are solidly back in the playoffs race.
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
On Nov 11 Calgary (4-12-2) and Nashville (5-9-4) were by far the worst teams in the league with sub .400 points percentages.
Since then Calgary is 14-6-2 and Nashville is 13-8-0 and both are solidly back in the playoffs race.
Since then Calgary is 14-6-2 and Nashville is 13-8-0 and both are solidly back in the playoffs race.
Maybe we should drop the I from AI if it can't determine if a human turning into a frog should be in a crime report or not. This is assisted story writing. Nothing more. There is no 'intelligence' happening here.
December 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Maybe we should drop the I from AI if it can't determine if a human turning into a frog should be in a crime report or not. This is assisted story writing. Nothing more. There is no 'intelligence' happening here.
Best Points% since Nov 12.
COL .900
MIN .810
DAL .773
CGY .650
DET .646
Does Calgary deserve more attention? Can Calgary be a playoff team?
COL .900
MIN .810
DAL .773
CGY .650
DET .646
Does Calgary deserve more attention? Can Calgary be a playoff team?
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Best Points% since Nov 12.
COL .900
MIN .810
DAL .773
CGY .650
DET .646
Does Calgary deserve more attention? Can Calgary be a playoff team?
COL .900
MIN .810
DAL .773
CGY .650
DET .646
Does Calgary deserve more attention? Can Calgary be a playoff team?
This will be the most experienced management team Buffalo has had in a long time and it is much needed. They need to develop a plan and have the confidence and conviction and patience to see it through, something that has been a problem in the past.
We have hired Marc Bergevin as associate general manager and Josh Flynn as assistant general manager.
Welcome to Buffalo, Marc and Josh!
Details → bufsabres.co/4pOPoUr
Welcome to Buffalo, Marc and Josh!
Details → bufsabres.co/4pOPoUr
December 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This will be the most experienced management team Buffalo has had in a long time and it is much needed. They need to develop a plan and have the confidence and conviction and patience to see it through, something that has been a problem in the past.
Best Records since Nov 12
COL 14-1-2
MIN 15-2-1
DAL 14-3-2
CGY 11-5-2
VGK 9-3-6
Calgary is on quite a roll, and it all depends on defense and goaltending. In the 5 regulation losses they have given up 25 goals. In the other 13 games they have given up 24.
COL 14-1-2
MIN 15-2-1
DAL 14-3-2
CGY 11-5-2
VGK 9-3-6
Calgary is on quite a roll, and it all depends on defense and goaltending. In the 5 regulation losses they have given up 25 goals. In the other 13 games they have given up 24.
December 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Best Records since Nov 12
COL 14-1-2
MIN 15-2-1
DAL 14-3-2
CGY 11-5-2
VGK 9-3-6
Calgary is on quite a roll, and it all depends on defense and goaltending. In the 5 regulation losses they have given up 25 goals. In the other 13 games they have given up 24.
COL 14-1-2
MIN 15-2-1
DAL 14-3-2
CGY 11-5-2
VGK 9-3-6
Calgary is on quite a roll, and it all depends on defense and goaltending. In the 5 regulation losses they have given up 25 goals. In the other 13 games they have given up 24.
I wonder if this will be a growing trend with teams with cap space. Make trades early, and if they don't work out you can always trade the player again to recoup some or all of the assets you traded to acquire the player.
Some people are surprised CBJ being buyers but the Eastern Conference is so jammed (all 16 teams .500 or better in points percentage), Jackets feel they can still get into playoff race. If not, there's always option of flipping Marchment at deadline. Top players on CBJ were frustrated of late (1/2)
December 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I wonder if this will be a growing trend with teams with cap space. Make trades early, and if they don't work out you can always trade the player again to recoup some or all of the assets you traded to acquire the player.
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This Trump speech is basically Trump trying to get out all his lies in as short a period of time as possible.
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This Trump speech is basically Trump trying to get out all his lies in as short a period of time as possible.
Also, the first tariffs on Canada kicked in March 4th. Prior to the tariffs the TSX/S&P500 performance closely mirrored each other. Since then the TSX has significantly out performed.
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Also, the first tariffs on Canada kicked in March 4th. Prior to the tariffs the TSX/S&P500 performance closely mirrored each other. Since then the TSX has significantly out performed.
After working through some more color schemes, I am leaning towards to a uniform light blue-red color scheme which has a cleaner/simpler look and the grey dots representing other teams show up better. Thoughts?
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
After working through some more color schemes, I am leaning towards to a uniform light blue-red color scheme which has a cleaner/simpler look and the grey dots representing other teams show up better. Thoughts?
These posts show everything that is wrong with the internet. First @mcuban.bsky.social is trying to tell creators how they should feel rather than listen to how creators actually do feel. Cuban is sounding like the Shark tank presenter excited about his/her product but with no sales.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
These posts show everything that is wrong with the internet. First @mcuban.bsky.social is trying to tell creators how they should feel rather than listen to how creators actually do feel. Cuban is sounding like the Shark tank presenter excited about his/her product but with no sales.
Working on some team stats cards for TheStanleyCap. First draft here. Is the format intuitive without explanation? Any thoughts (besides Colorado being really good)?
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Working on some team stats cards for TheStanleyCap. First draft here. Is the format intuitive without explanation? Any thoughts (besides Colorado being really good)?
Of these teams, Minnesota had the best under 25 center to offer Vancouver. You'd have to think that if Buffalo still had Dylan Cozens instead of injury prone Josh Norris they might have been able to match Minnesota's package. I never understood that Cozens-Norris trade from Buffalo's perspective.
New Jersey, Detroit, NYR, Carolina, and Buffalo were all in on Quinn Hughes to some degree, per Pierre LeBrun.
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Of these teams, Minnesota had the best under 25 center to offer Vancouver. You'd have to think that if Buffalo still had Dylan Cozens instead of injury prone Josh Norris they might have been able to match Minnesota's package. I never understood that Cozens-Norris trade from Buffalo's perspective.
Losing Hughes is obviously going to hurt but this is a pretty solid return for Vancouver. They get a much needed 2C and a young defenseman with a very good upside plus a couple of lottery picks in Ohgren and the 1st.
December 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Losing Hughes is obviously going to hurt but this is a pretty solid return for Vancouver. They get a much needed 2C and a young defenseman with a very good upside plus a couple of lottery picks in Ohgren and the 1st.
Trump is doing everything he can to destroy the American tourism industry, but I think this will impact business investment too. Foreign businesses will have second thoughts about opening up offices in the U.S. if their employees are reluctant to travel to the US with these restrictions.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump is doing everything he can to destroy the American tourism industry, but I think this will impact business investment too. Foreign businesses will have second thoughts about opening up offices in the U.S. if their employees are reluctant to travel to the US with these restrictions.
Carney is spending a billion dollars to get top talent to come to Canada.
Trump is charging top talent one million dollars to go to the U.S.
If a tech or pharmaceutical research company is wanting to draw from the world's best talent I wonder which country they will choose to expand in.
Trump is charging top talent one million dollars to go to the U.S.
If a tech or pharmaceutical research company is wanting to draw from the world's best talent I wonder which country they will choose to expand in.
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Carney is spending a billion dollars to get top talent to come to Canada.
Trump is charging top talent one million dollars to go to the U.S.
If a tech or pharmaceutical research company is wanting to draw from the world's best talent I wonder which country they will choose to expand in.
Trump is charging top talent one million dollars to go to the U.S.
If a tech or pharmaceutical research company is wanting to draw from the world's best talent I wonder which country they will choose to expand in.
I mean, if you reinvest the savings from a 1500% decrease in pharmaceutical drug costs and ration pencils and dolls for children, then who knows, maybe 25% annual economic growth is possible?
Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Economists have been failing us for years.
Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Economists have been failing us for years.
Trump says he doesn't know why America can't achieve 25 percent annual economic growth
December 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I mean, if you reinvest the savings from a 1500% decrease in pharmaceutical drug costs and ration pencils and dolls for children, then who knows, maybe 25% annual economic growth is possible?
Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Economists have been failing us for years.
Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Economists have been failing us for years.
Updated: Teams with a better record in their last 10 games than the Calgary Flames:
COL
WSH
DAL
COL
WSH
DAL
A complete list of teams with a better record in teams last 10 games than the Calgary Flames (6-3-1):
COL
DAL
MIN
PHI
WSH
TBL
COL
DAL
MIN
PHI
WSH
TBL
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Updated: Teams with a better record in their last 10 games than the Calgary Flames:
COL
WSH
DAL
COL
WSH
DAL
The problem with this 'plan' is the word 'could' is not 'must'. A collective doesn’t work if it is optional. Employer collectives work because every employee is covered, both the young and healthy and the older and less healthy. Once you make it optional the 'collective' concept falls apart.
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The problem with this 'plan' is the word 'could' is not 'must'. A collective doesn’t work if it is optional. Employer collectives work because every employee is covered, both the young and healthy and the older and less healthy. Once you make it optional the 'collective' concept falls apart.
A complete list of teams with a better record in teams last 10 games than the Calgary Flames (6-3-1):
COL
DAL
MIN
PHI
WSH
TBL
COL
DAL
MIN
PHI
WSH
TBL
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A complete list of teams with a better record in teams last 10 games than the Calgary Flames (6-3-1):
COL
DAL
MIN
PHI
WSH
TBL
COL
DAL
MIN
PHI
WSH
TBL
Trump complains that Europe and Asian countries don't buy American made vehicles. I'm not sure building gas guzzling wood panel clad station wagons is going to change that.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trump complains that Europe and Asian countries don't buy American made vehicles. I'm not sure building gas guzzling wood panel clad station wagons is going to change that.