Hockey players bounce around from team-to-team ad infinitum. Which leaves you with a few very low-quality, dull years in random cities from various superstars. I'm not talking Ray Bourque going to Colorado to win a cup; I'm talking Brett Hull in Phoenix. So imagine this all-star starting lineup:
G: Ed Belfour (Florida)
D: Adam Foote (Columbus)
D: Bobby Orr (Chicago)
LW: Joe Neiuwendyk (Florida)
C: Brett Hull (Phoenix)
RW: Gordie Howe (Hartford)
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Howdy
We're back here at Hockey Outsiders, with some updated information for our forthcoming defensive statistic:
The value is going to be "Shots Allowed." This isn't as easy as taking the team shots allowed and dividing by six of course, but requires calculating a good deal of information about each player based on +/-, power play performance, shots blocked, and the save percentage of the goalie behind him.
Right now, we're still crunching a pile of numbers, but the result should be in soon. I'm just hoping this isn't too biased against offensive defensemen.
The value is going to be "Shots Allowed." This isn't as easy as taking the team shots allowed and dividing by six of course, but requires calculating a good deal of information about each player based on +/-, power play performance, shots blocked, and the save percentage of the goalie behind him.
Right now, we're still crunching a pile of numbers, but the result should be in soon. I'm just hoping this isn't too biased against offensive defensemen.
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