Evolving Hockey Podcast

In part 2 of our Hockey Stats Glossary Series, we cover several of the "non-model" metrics for skater analysis in hockey statistics! Here we discuss zone starts, various relative metrics (relative to team, WOWY, relative to teammate), and quality of teammates/competition evaluation. This all leads into part 3, where we'll discuss the "model" based skater evaluation metrics (RAPM and GAR). 

Covid is shutting everything down (again). The Olympics are likely cancelled (again). Everything is bad right now, but we still managed to talk about the Sabres, breakout players, and some potentially spicy Olympic roster picks. Even if it's not going to happen, we can still hope and keep the dream alive. Right? 

We're excited to have Shayna Goldman as our first guest on the podcast (skip to 30:54 if you're just interested in her)! We chat with Shayna about her recent endeavors, the public expected goals models, and her ability to incorporate data and hockey numbers into her work. Before the break we cover the Zegras/Milano connection (and discourse) and dive back into the NHL penalty debate.

We're back this week with a full-length episode. Just before we recorded, it was leaked that the Vancouver Canucks had potentially made some changes in their organization. We discuss their new move(s) and cover what coaching analysis in the NHL looks like (or doesn't). In the second half, we go all-in on our way-too-early NHL awards picks.

We're back with a special episode: Part 1 of our Hockey Stats Glossary Series. Our goal with this series is to cover every hockey stat we can think of, which happens to be almost everything that's available on evolving-hockey.com! In our first episode, we talk about the general terms in modern hockey stats and discuss history, definitions, and usage along the way. 

We're back with a slightly abridged version this week as we'll be releasing another episode in a few days (keep an eye out for it midweek)! We chat about recent trends among teams, discuss the age-old Thanksgiving standings positions in relation to our team projections, and haphazardly talk about hockey jerseys. 

Week 6 of the '21-22 NHL season is in the books, and we're back to discussing some nonsense: the battle for New York, irregular rink sizes, shorthanded defense, and various other strength state play. In the second half we talk about our new in-season fantasy projection tools that were released on Evolving Hockey this past week and more or less agree that the Kraken are getting goalied.

We're back for our 10th episode! We spend the first half chatting about various topics in the NHL (geography, Troy Terry & the Ducks, how bad are the Coyotes really, historically bad teams, and luck). In the second half, we talk almost entirely about the recent Connor McDavid discourse, penalties in the NHL, and whether they are real (they are). 

Jack Eichel was finally traded (to the Vegas Golden Knights), which more than fulfills our weekly Buffalo Sabres check-in requirement. We talk about the months-long saga and trade, discuss a few other notable aspects in the still early '21-22 NHL season, and spend the last half answering your questions! Since last week's episode was cut short, we added a little more to this one. Enjoy! 

We fought through technical issues to get this one recorded, and the results were a very minor success. We chat about Halloween, Frederik Andersen and the Hurricanes, cover how the Sabres are doing as always, and ramble about random statistical hockey bits until Josh's mic stopped working. Check it out!