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The Conquests And Casualties Of The NHL’s Analytics Boom

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, […]

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The Conquests And Casualties Of The NHL’s Analytics Boom

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, […]

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