advanced-stats Stories - Liberty Ballers
Number That May Interest Only Me: 62
Rangers' Fenwick before Carl Hagelin 0.447 Rangers' Fenwick since Carl Hagelin 0.519 And if Fenwick is too confusing for you, how about shots percentage? Rangers' Shots % before Carl Hagelin 0.433 Rangers' Shots % since Carl Hagelin 0.520 Carl Hagelin wears #62 for the...
Are The 2011 Minnesota Wild Better Than Their 2010 Team?
"Puck possession is everything."--Mike Babcock One of central pillars of the arguments from those who believe the Wild are a legitimate top-tier team is shot quality. The argument says something to the effect that possession metrics don't explain the Wild because they get better shots and generate...
The Best Young Line In Hockey (It's Not Who You Think. Nope, Not Them Either.)
A few short years ago, the Colorado Avalanche were one of the worst possession teams in the NHL. They were extremely young and partly due to that, overwhelmed on a nightly basis. They were heavily outshot and spent an enormous amount of time digging pucks out of their own end. But they rode some...
Sharks Gameday: Nostromo
<!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Next Game Minnesota Wild @ San Jose Sharks Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011, 7:30 PM PST HP Pavilion Complete Coverage > <!-- END WIDGET --> As previously discussed, Wild fans hate stats. It's hard to blame them though - I would hate stats too if they looked like...
Silver Nuggets: Paul MacLean's use of defencemen
Earlier this morning, Derek Zona over at the excellent Copper and Blue, looked at the defensive deployments by Tom Renney. Derek was kind enough to send me the Senators version of this (he really is awesome by the way). Click on the chart or here to find the full-sized picture. The size of...
New York Rangers Stats: Individual Chances Update
At the last update, the New York Rangers were coming off their 7 game, Magellan-inspired road trip. Over that span, they were outchanced most every night, and the team sputtered along. Since then, shots on goal have still been an issue, as Rob updated us on Monday. However, the scoring chances...
Sam Gagner IS A ______ Line Centre
I had and article detailing Sam Gagner's comparables ready to go for this morning, until I was inspired by this comment from Copper & Blue regular melancholyculkin:If you use the criteria of top 30=1st line, top 60=2nd line then Gagner is already a second-line center. He was the 49th highest...
Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Tom Renney and Qualcomp
I've written at length about the importance of context in framing statistical discussions. Some pundits aren't capable of comprehending context, leading to gross misrepresentations of stats, both traditional and underlying. Fans are selective in recall, muddling hazy memories with facts, leading...
2010-11 Season Advance Stat Recap Part 1: Forwards at Even Strength
With the dog days of the offseason upon us, the time is ripe for a re-cap of the last year. To that end I have prepared a comprehensive advanced statistical breakdown the players from last season. I have divided up the summaries between even strength and special teams and forwards and...
Edmonton Oilers Penalty Kill Scoring Chances 2010-2011
Remember the Diamond Penalty Kill? Remember how bad it was when executed by the 2010-2011 Edmonton Oilers? Remember how it looked like the Oilers were purposefully moving out of position when shorthanded? It was so bad that Tom Renney and Ralph Kreuger finally gave up on it and went back to the...
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