Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
I hated that article. To Dom's credit (?) he says he wouldn't be shocked if Huberdeau wasn't on this list next year as he has the tools to bounce back.
Then why is he on the list at all? Huberdeau's contract hasn't even kicked in yet. Next year is the first year, the year Dom thinks he could bounce back.
Dumb.
|
It's not dumb if you pay attention to what he's doing. He simply uses his analytics of past seasons to predict future season performance for the remainder of the contract. Huberdeau had a massive drop off in point production last season and obviously recency bias plays a big role in analytical predicting of future drop off but at the same time it doesn't account for things that don't show up on the stats sheet like changing teams, new linemates, playing for a coach that's maybe not putting him in position to get the best of him, etc. He even says he's the one player on the list that he wouldn't be surprised if he's not on the list next season. Until next season happens though this is what his analytics is predicting.