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troutman · 03-18-2014, 11:18 AM

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Interesting article from FiveThirtyEight.com titled "Why Gretzky Had It Easy: The Butterfly Effect"

Save percentage rapidly increased during the so-called dead-puck era of the 1990s and early 2000s. It’s no coincidence that over that period, the NHL’s rate of scoring also dropped sharply. A lot of fans blame strategies such as the neutral-zone trap and left-wing lock for triggering the dead-puck era, but more of the blame belongs to better goalies.

03-18-2014, 11:18 AM	#91
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Sorry if a Fata: http://www.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx...=446587&cid=fb Interesting article from FiveThirtyEight.com titled "Why Gretzky Had It Easy: The Butterfly Effect" Save percentage rapidly increased during the so-called dead-puck era of the 1990s and early 2000s. It’s no coincidence that over that period, the NHL’s rate of scoring also dropped sharply. A lot of fans blame strategies such as the neutral-zone trap and left-wing lock for triggering the dead-puck era, but more of the blame belongs to better goalies.