Stop Complaining About WAR

A month or two ago, both DTM About Heart and MannyElk, two exceptionally talented hockey analytic experts, released their Wins Above Replacement (WAR) data. The two analysts calculate their statistic differently, but both use smart formulas that make a lot of sense, and show relatively similar results. For this post, we'll be using MannyElk's data, …

Criticism Central: The Shootout

In many sports, if a game goes undecided through regulation time and usually overtime, the game will go to a game-deciding shootout. This is used in sports like hockey and soccer to find a winner in an even game. The shootout usually consists of a series of penalty shots, with the team that scores on …

Criticism Central: The Coaches Challenge

This is a segment that I will be doing. Every couple days (roughly 3), I will be posting an article where I criticize something in the sports world.  We start it off with the NHL's Coaches Challenge, a recently added rule that the NHL would be better without. The biggest issue with the NHL right …