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Why are the hockey playoffs so unpredictable?
The NHL playoffs have many more upsets than the NBA. Adrian the Canadian tells me that this is ruining their product, since the most exciting teams often get unlucky and bow out early. I can’t h… more →
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315 down, 65 to go. The Premiership so far
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wrote 1 month ago: Same as after 261 games, with the important races at the top, and a data dump at the bottom. The Eur … more →
Sorry, Jeff, but Jake Allen is NOT providing "terrific goaltending every time out"
wrote 2 months ago: This afternoon, I was listening to Jeff Paterson on the Team 1040 as he was pontificating on tonight … more →
Luongo and Schneider
wrote 2 months ago: Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider, the two goalies for the Vancouver Canucks, have more or less been … more →
Hockey Fab 5 - Best Goalies
wrote 2 months ago: The ultimate job of a goalie in the wonderful game of hockey is to stop the puck. This is why they a … more →
261 down, 119 to go. The Premiership so far
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wrote 2 months ago: A look at the interesting races and team summaries at the top, for the data dump check out the botto … more →
The Value Of 70 To 80%
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wrote 3 months ago: It has recently occurred to me that benchmarks or averages for a few key and/or interesting statisti … more →
149 down, 231 to go. The Premiership so far
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wrote 5 months ago: This post comprises of a big data dump of six tables followed by a summary for each team. For an exp … more →
How quickly do the 'advanced' metrics regress to their final values?
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wrote 5 months ago: This post has been a long time coming. I think there’s tons of evidence on this site (link) th … more →
Jets @ Lightning - First start for Cam in NHL
wrote 7 months ago: After the Jets dropped the first game of the year to the Lightning 4-2, they square off again, only … more →
Another comparison of shots, goals, and luck
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wrote 10 months ago: I just want to follow up the earlier post about total shots ratio (link) by looking at the compariso … more →
Penalties: Are any players good at taking them? How about saving them?
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wrote 11 months ago: I asked the nice people at Infostrada Sports Group for a whole slew of data with regards to penaltie … more →
Penalties: Do better teams get more of them? Are they any better at scoring or saving them?
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wrote 11 months ago: I asked the nice people at Infostrada Sports Group for a whole slew of data with regards to penaltie … more →
Shots, shots and more shots
wrote 12 months ago: Last year I showed that attacking events (goals, shots, shots on target) had been increasing during … more →
What happens to Manchester United in February?
wrote 1 year ago: Having looked at Everton’s performance by month I thought it would be quite interesting to loo … more →
Why are the hockey playoffs so unpredictable?
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wrote 1 year ago: The NHL playoffs have many more upsets than the NBA. Adrian the Canadian tells me that this is ruini … more →
Everton: The Jekyll and Hyde show?
wrote 1 year ago: I was posed the following question by my good friend Ben: “why are Everton always terrible in … more →
Edmonton Oilers have benefitted from those fickle percentages this season
wrote 1 year ago: In large part due to a resurgent powerplay masterminded by 18-year-old Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton … more →
Top need for the Edmonton Oilers? Dubnyk/Khabi not cutting it, so a new starting goalie.
wrote 1 year ago: Devan Dubnyk's play has slipped Dubnyk hasn’t shown improvement this year, but is slippin … more →
The shootout: worth the publicity?
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wrote 1 year ago: My beer brewing partner and long-time rugby teammate Luke sent me a New York Times article about sho … more →
