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Another Player Comparison: Lou Williams vs. Aaron Brooks
Last weekend I unleashed the wildly popular Monta Ellis-Louis Williams comparison. Today, I will attempt to debunk another myth -- that Aaron Brooks is head-and-shoulders above Lou Williams as a basketball player -- with a second player comparison. The consensus among NBA fans, analysts, and even...
Advanced Stats in Basketball
Four months ago I put together an advanced stats primer and have been using stats like DREB%, dMULT and WS in my posts ever since. However; I still get the feeling most readers either don't understand advanced statistics, enjoy advanced statistics, or both. Advanced stats have their flaws and are...
NHL Entry Level Contracts And Junior-Aged Players
In my last article, I looked at the average performance of 18-20 year-olds by way of Corsi and even strength goals for and goals against. The comments and e-mail feedback I received on the article contained a number of interesting questions and requests for additional data. This post continues in...
Taylor Chorney - Not As Bad As We Thought
Over the last couple of days we've looked at the zonestart stats for the Oilers in 2009-2010. Even though Pat Quinn and his "Rollin' Rollin' Rollin, Keep Movin' Movin' Movin" line changes were in effect most of the year, Shawn Horcoff, Ales Hemsky, Dustin Penner and Ethan Moreau got the bulk the...
2009-2010 Edmonton Oilers' Scoring Chances -- The Defense
We've learned that in terms of scoring chances for forwards in 2009-2010, Dustin Penner drove the bus, Sam Gagner was sitting right behind him almost ready to drive, and Ethan Moreau hit the snooze button on the first day of school. The defensive chances tell their own story. Like the forwards'...
2009-2010 Edmonton Oilers' Scoring Chances -- The Forwards
The next breakthrough in hockey stats is right around the corner. A small but dedicated group of online writers have committed to tracking scoring chances by team for the entire NHL season. Even though it's certain that Roger Neilson was counting scoring chances thirty years ago, the thinking...
Expected ZoneFinish
One of the most promising areas of statistical study in recent years has come in the area of faceoff locations. While it is impossible to record where the puck is throughout a player's shift, or its location when he begins or ends a shift on the fly, we do know where the disc is both on the faceoff...
Dustin Penner Drove The Bus Uphill
Frequent visitor Jon Kerber wrote something in the comments of the scoring chances article that I've read a few times this summer: One particular example would be Penner. Given his generous offensive zone start ratio, I’d be curious to see his differential scoring chance production between...
World Cup: Passing Stats through 6/14
Here are the passing statistics for games through 6/14: Away Pass Inc Pass% Dist Home Pass Inc Pass% Dist Denmark 221 87 71.8 62.0 Holland 470 85 84.7 53.6 Mexico 535 95 84.9 52.5 South...
Blackhawks 7 Flyers 4 - Game 5 Scoring Chances
Jonathan Toews takes the opening draw with Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky and they immediately have the puck moving the right way. This is a good change for the Hawks and early returns look promising despite the presence of the loser Slovak. Patrick Sharp's new line was next over the boards but...
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