The Flames had a video guy doing analytics and it was basically the PUCKS system which is a video system. The Flames weren't an analytic team under Feaster/Weisbrod and they won't be under Burke.
Using the data is fine but you have to figure out why it works. Hockey is the most difficult sport to pull data for as well. Baseball is the easiest since its a large set of one on one battles, basketball and football are more difficult but they for the most part have set offensive and defensive possessions. Basketball is basically a rotation of 24 second possessions and football has clear offensive/defense possessions.
Hockey is entirely fluid which is why most of information produced so far has been simplistic that you don't really need data to prove it (i.e. more shots = good, carrying it in is better than dumping it in)
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