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Toronto Maple Leafs season opener: a notebook post (opens the original)
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Happy NHL Opening Night!For the first time in a long time, I was able to sit back and take in a full hockey game.Here are some thoughts I had while watching the new-look Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Montreal Canadiens.Limited time offer: get the Hockey Tactics 2026 ebook for 50% off!Get it now for $35 $17.50 USD: https://jhanhky.gumroad.com/l/hockeytactics2026Offer ends October 1st 20261. On Jim Hiller
The NHL’s Sneakiest Faceoff Team (opens the original)
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Last week, Boston Bruins beat writer Fluto Shinzawa wrote about how head coach Marco Sturm and his staff managed to wring additional value out of the Bruins’ faceoff wins.Sturm recognized the imperative of improving possession, attacking with speed and increasing chances. That called for faceoff strategy, not just winning the puck in the first place.…“For every dot,” Sturm said, “we have a plan.”<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/756
The challenge of evaluating defensive play (2) (opens the original)
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In part one of this series, I wrote the following.While-on-ice stats are powerful over a large sample, but they’re also educated guesses at best in terms of who’s actually driving results.A player’s isolated defensive impact metric seeks to quantify a player’s acumen independent of usage (teammate/competition/zone start/etc.).Models built upon while-on-ice stats (goals, xG and shot rates) can tell us a great deal about the fol
The challenge of evaluating defensive play (1) (opens the original)
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Chronically online hockey folks would have already seen Jeff Blashill’s recent remarks about defensive analytics.<div class="
Play Street Hockey (opens the original)
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As I approach middle age, I live in fear of forgetting.Important life events are safe for now, but many trivial memories from childhood and early adulthood have already been overwritten.I got a reminder of sorts yesterday.A neighbour was hosting a birthday party. The invitees eventually spilled onto a side street, where an impromptu street hockey game broke out.Hearing the familiar commotion, I found a pair of sticks, grabbed my three year old son’s hand, and joined the game.I hadn’t played, muc
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