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Jan 14 • 29 tweets • 6 min read
One hockey analyst who I have had an increasingly hard time taking seriously is @TheAthleticNHL's @coreypronman.
His U23 player rankings, which came out today, are just chock-full of contradictions and questionable-at-best takes.
Naturally, I've compiled a list.
1) Connor Bedard is ranked third behind Macklin Celebrini and Tim Stutzle, which, shockingly, isn't even my main issue with his Bedard ranking.
My main issue of it is that he rated Bedard's shot -- arguably a top-3 release in the entire NHL -- as "high-end" and not "elite."
Jan 7 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
I use analytics a lot when talking #NJDevils, and I realize that many people don't know what the hell I'm talking about a lot of the time (and sometimes it makes them angry!)
So, here is a cheat sheet for non-analytics people on the basic terms and how to use them.
Corsi (C): All shot attempts, blocked or unblocked, on-goal or missed. Fenwick (F) is used when measuring unblocked attempts only.
Corsi is more conventionally used and is an effective way to determine puck possession or the ratio of puck possession between teams.
