Technology is pretty amazing, but I am really curious how a chip is going to track real time stats, and replace the manually compiled stats at every game....
when I think real-time stats, I think of hitting, shots taken (missed, saved, goal) shots blocked, TOI, faceoffs (taken, won, lost, %)
As far as hitting goes, the chip could technically relay information regarding a change in acceleration, speed, direction, and G-force, but how can it determine if the player hit another player, missed the player and slammed into the boards, Got hit by another player, lost an edge and fell to the ice, so many variables that a chip can't see like a set of eyes.
Same goes for almost every real time stat I can think of, a chip may be able to read the angular motion of a players body when taking a shot, and count how many times it occurs, but it ends there, and what if it's a quick wrister, where the shooter barely moves their shoulders, elbows or waist, and once the puck has left the stick, how does that players data get reflected if the puck sails over the glass on a deflection, or tipped in, again, I just don't see how the technology replaces a set of eyes.
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