What is the relationship between special teams and winning? Does having a strong penalty kill or power play matter more? These questions (and many more) will be answered on this episode of Ice Analytics. I will be joined by Mason Dickson from The Habs Nightly Podcast to get his thoughts on the Montreal Canadiens special teams.
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Episode 3: Arena Attendance
What is the relationship between arena attendance and winning at home? Is your team struggling with attendance over the past decade or sold out nightly? These questions (and many more) will be answered on this episode of Ice Analytics. I will be joined by Cori Crenshaw & Richie Flores from The Cori and Richie Show to get their thoughts on the Arizona Coyotes attendance woes and potential remedies.
Episode 2: Travel Schedule
Does the travel schedule matter to team success? How does each team perform when logging more miles on the road? These questions (and many more) will be answered on this episode of Ice Analytics. I will be joined by Dylan Keyzer from the Stick Hungry Podcast to get his thoughts on the San Jose Sharks travel schedule over the past decade.
Episode 1: Backup Goaltending
How important is backup goaltending in the NHL? Which teams should be concerned about their backup goaltending situation? These questions (and many more) will be answered on this episode of Ice Analytics. I will be joined by Tom Franklin from the Bluenotes Podcast & KMOX Radio, and Brendan Farrell from the Grit/60 Podcast to get their thoughts on the goaltending situation in St. Louis and Winnipeg.
New Podcast Coming Soon!
I was blessed with an opportunity to join The Hockey Podcast Network to do an original content podcast on NHL Analytics. Episodes of the Ice Analytics Podcast will be released every Friday beginning on December 27. This podcast will posit one NHL-related question each week and explore the answer using the available data. I will also be joined by a guest from the hockey or statistics community to get an insider prospective on these topics. Show notes, including data sources and visualizations, will be available on StatsEnforcer.com
I hope you find these topics to be as informative as I do!
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GAR and Cap (2018-2019): Defensemen (cont.)
Following up from the previous post here, which examined the best (and worst) GAR performers in each game situation, this article will examine defensemen value relative to cap hit. For more information on how GAR is calculated, please check out the introduction. Before delving into the nuances of player value, I present an illustration of the cap hit and GAR of all defensemen:
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GAR and Cap (2018-2019): Defensemen
The first positional group of interest is defensemen, who will be presented in the three different game situations (Even Strength, Power Play and Short Handed). Before diving into the GAR values for individual defensemen, be sure to check out the introduction, which outlines the process for data collection and team-aggregate values. The following charts illustrate the GAR of defensemen in different game situations and time-on-ice:
GAR and Cap (2018-2019): Introduction
Welcome to this years’ installment of the annual evaluation of NHL contracts. Using Goals Above Replacement (GAR) values provided by Evolving-Hockey and cap hit numbers from CapFriendly, the purpose of this article is to determine which players performed above or below their contractual expectations.
[NFL Draft 2019] Last-Minute Mock Draft
In a strange twist, rather than try to guess the selection (and be wrong most of the time), I am going to look at the potential available options for each team.
1. Arizona Cardinals
Option A: Kyler Murray, QB (OU)
Option B: Quinnen Williams, DT (Alabama)
Option C: Trade Down
After months of drama and speculation, this has got to be the biggest smokescreens (or non-smokescreens) in recent history. The Cardinals have so many holes in their roster that they should trade this pick to accumulate a collection of riches, but probably won’t. If they are able to trade Rosen for a late first/early second, while also acquiring their franchise QB, then this is as good as it gets. This is a matter of fit more than any other single factor. Even if Murray is objectively only slightly better than Rosen in a vacuum, the NFL isn’t a vacuum.
Objective Thoughts Concerning Nylander
I apologize in advance that I am even covering this whole spectacle. Anyone living in/near the GTA is probably exhausted from all the speculation surrounding William Nylander. All that being said, I wanted to present the situation in an objective fashion with certain conditions that can be logically understood. It should be noted that I am not arguing that the Leafs trade Nylander, but merely presenting a thought experiment based on two factors: (1) age and (2) AAV.
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