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Originally Posted by united
Ex-Canadiens' analytics guy seems to be taking the salty route despite saying otherwise.
‘Analytics hasn’t reached maturity in the NHL yet': Matt Pfeffer
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/an...-matt-pfeffer/
Matt Pfeffer had made peace with the fact that the Montreal Canadiens were going to trade star defenseman P.K. Subban. But he didn’t think dealing Subban to the Nashville Predators for Shea Weber was a good idea and he made his feelings known to Canadiens management. But Pfeffer is not convinced that is why his contract as an analytics consultant with the Canadiens was not renewed.
“They didn’t tell me it was over that,” Pfeffer told thn.com. “But I guess everyone knows now where I stood on the Subban-Weber trade. There are times when there’s some possibility that there would be another side to the argument, but this was one of those things where it was so, so far outside what could be considered reasonable. I made a pretty strong case, but I made the case that the analytics made. This wasn’t a personal thing.”
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“There’s nothing wrong with being average in the NHL,” Pfeffer said. “An average NHLer is worth a heck of a lot and that’s what Shea Weber is.” |
Show me some analytics that prove the analytics work over a large enough data set! I actually think this trade works out really well for both teams in the short to medium term. Habs and Preds both will both go on multiple nice playoff runs over the next few years. Preds probably win it in the long run.