I'm excited for the next wave of advanced stats. Once players are chipped up, the puck is chipped and there are more and better ways of capturing data I think we'll see some really interesting stuff. And hopefully the NHL will hire real statisticians (like ones with at least a masters in the subject) to interpret this data and present it to fans.
And then we'll never again have to hear washed up lawyers and math challenged sportscasters presenting amateur stats like PDO as though they have any meaning.
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