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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
Yeah, but we've seen guys like Mudcrutch and the BehindTheNet guys get hired by NHL teams, so we have a good idea that at least as of a few years ago, they werent really that far ahead of the blogosphere.
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I interviewed with Chris Snow during the Feaster era and even as of then he indicated the stats they were gathering were far more valuable and advanced than the basic Corsi that was all the rage at the time. Not all shots are equal. Flames had been taking into account the positioning of the shot. A point shot from the middle of the ice is not the same as one from near the boards. A rebound shot is far, far more dangerous than a non-rebound shot. He wouldn’t discuss everything with me but the Flames have been near the forefront of analytics ever since he was hired from what I gather. For obvious reasons they keep most of their methodologies as secretive as possible.