I have written a few controversial pieces here at HockeyAnalysis.com (for example, my post on Luke Schenn back when Leaf fans thought Schenn was the best thing since sliced bread) and I suspect this might generate some controversy as well because of the conclusions made about Zetterberg’s weak defensive ability. I also want to do [...]
With the Maple Leafs season having ended early once again a it is time to take an honest and unbiased look at what the team has and what the team needs to get to improve. This will be a multi-post endeavour that will start with this post which will be a statistical evaluation of the Leafs [...]
I hate to keep beating the “Shooting Percentage Matters” drum but it really dumbfounds me why so many people choose to ignore it, or believe it is only a small part of the game and not worth considering and instead focus their attention on corsi/fenwick, and corsi/fenwick derived stats as their primary evaluation too. It [...]
There has been a fair bit of discussion going on regarding shot quality the past few weeks among the hockey stats nuts. It started with this article about defense independent goalie rating (DIGR) in the wall street journal and several others have chimed in on the discussion so it is my turn. Gabe Desjardins has [...]
Yesterday I described my player analysis method and used Brad Richards as an example. Over the next little while I’ll apply my analysis method to a number of players so if there are any players you are interested in seeing my analysis for let me know. First up is Tim Connolly. The Leafs lost out [...]
Over the past couple of weeks I have had several comment discussions regarding some of my recent posts on player evaluation and Norris and Hart trophy candidates which centered around which is a better method for evaluating players: corsi vs goal based evaluation. A lot of people, maybe the majority of those within the advanced [...]
There seems to be some confusion, or lack of clarity, about my post on corsi vs shooting percentage vs shooting rate the other day so let me clear it up in as straight forward a way as I can. “Hawerchuk” over at BehindTheNetHockey.com writes the following: “I’m not totally sure what he’s getting at. People [...]
The general consensus among advanced hockey statistic analyzers and is that corsi/fenwick stats are the best statistic for measuring player and team talent levels. For those of you who are not aware of corsi and fenwick let me give you a quick definition. Corsi numbers are the number of shots directed at the goal and [...]
Ok, let me start by stating that Wade Redden is not worth $6.5M. He may be never was and the contract (6 years, $39M) the Rangers gave Redden was one of the worst ever handed out in NHL history. In part because he is not worth that and in part because there is no evidence [...]
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