Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we are focusing on a player showcase of Patrik Laine. As the 2024-25 campaign approaches, Laine finds himself in an intriguing position within a promising top-six forward group. The Montreal Canadiens are bolstering their lineup with potential additions like highly touted prospects Lane Hutson, Logan [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we are continuing our deep dive into player performance by focusing on Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) z-scores—a key metric that helps define fantasy hockey success. Unlike our previous analysis of 60-minute rate metrics, this week we shift our attention to how players are performing [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we are continuing our deep dive into player performance by analyzing the top metrics that define fantasy hockey success. Unlike our previous focus on Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG), this week, we shift our attention to the per-60 metrics: Goals/60, Assists/60, Shots/60, Hits/60, and Blocks/60. [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we’ll be exploring a variety of graphs as part of our ongoing five-year analysis, providing insights into fantasy scoring trends. We'll be looking at the top 20 performances in Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) since the 2019/20 campaign, identifying the top ten forwards and defensemen [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week we are going to be covering 5-year takeaway graphs, so just as the previous two installments, we are going to be looking at more graphs than anything. As always, let’s make sound decisions and use all our available context and information to help aid in [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week we are going to be looking at the exact same bar graph as last week (5-Year IPP), but this week it is going to be CorsiFor% (CF%) over the past five seasons, as well as more graphs because those do more talking than I could [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week we are going to be focusing on analyzing changes in Individual Points Percentage (IPP) for NHL players. We'll highlight some players who had impressive 23/24 season improvements and discuss their potential impact in the upcoming campaign. What is IPP?Individual Points Percentage (IPP) measures the percentage [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage. This week we are going to be doing a player highlight on Nikita Artamonov, who is the Carolina Hurricanes 50th overall draft pick. With this player highlight, I would like to go over why this player is being talked about as a ‘sure thing’, some numbers and [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage. This week, we are shifting our focus to a playoff edition, where we will analyze and visualize the performance metrics that were so crucial during the 2023/24 regular season. Our goal is to bring attention to a few key graphs and metrics that can help highlight players [...]
Welcome back. This week we are going to be completing the round one analysis for the last remaining teams which we have not covered. I realize that the format/writing style I have chosen currently is not ideal because this article come out weekly, so after this week, I am going to be trying to find [...]
