The sports world has been captivated by the rise of the Atlanta Hawks this season, after the franchise shook off an ugly racism scandal and seven years of concentrated treadmill-running to unexpectedly become one of the NBA’s best teams. Less attention has been paid to a similar story unfolding in the NHL, with another long-downtrodden […]
The sports world has been captivated by the rise of the Atlanta Hawks this season, after the franchise shook off an ugly racism scandal and seven years of concentrated treadmill-running to unexpectedly become one of the NBA’s best teams. Less attention has been paid to a similar story unfolding in the NHL, with another long-downtrodden […]
The National Hockey League dropped the opening puck on its 98th season Wednesday night, beginning the first campaign in which hockey’s flourishing metrics movement can truly be described as having moved from the game’s fringe to its center. As Sean McIndoe, my colleague at Grantland, wrote: In what became known as hockey’s summer of analytics, […]
The National Hockey League dropped the opening puck on its 98th season Wednesday night, beginning the first campaign in which hockey’s flourishing metrics movement can truly be described as having moved from the game’s fringe to its center. As Sean McIndoe, my colleague at Grantland, wrote: In what became known as hockey’s summer of analytics, […]
News broke Wednesday that the NHL is close to finalizing plans to add new franchises in Las Vegas, Seattle, Quebec City and Toronto by the 2017-18 season. Whenever talk of NHL expansion crops up, there are concerns about how increasing the league’s size will dilute its talent pool and damage the quality of play. But […]
