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g2k wrote on Thu, 03 January 2019 19:52

Kr55 wrote on Thu, 03 January 2019 18:14

g2k wrote on Thu, 03 January 2019 18:00

Kr55 wrote on Wed, 02 January 2019 22:55

Just remembering when Hitch was saying there were analytics the Oilers dug into that showed Zykov could fill a major hole for us and he does well the stuff we know we are poor at.

And the guy barely gets a chance to play at all and is waived :)

Oilers use analytics? I heard different.


Hitch actually mentioned analytics after we acquired Zykov. He also has said in other interviews that he uses analytics to figure our red zone scoring chance info.

Chia also mentioned analytics before, like how one group told him Russell was #2 behind Karlsson for some category. I think it was plays made leading to zone exits, or maybe zone entries, I forget.

Using analytics, and hiring good people to ensure you're using analytics well can be very different things I suppose. Lots of companies out there now that will sell you data or access to sites to generate reports. Maybe our analytics department is just MacT and Chia logging onto sites, and I guess Hitch too.

Yeah who really knows. I thought it was Gregor that said they don’t care about analytics. But it might have been during one of his awesome rants lately. One thing I will say about Jason, he’s not afraid to lay into the GM and OBC these days. Maybe it wasn’t Jason, but rather someone else talking on 1260. Nonetheless he’s been great to listen to after some of these trades, call ups etc.


I know McLellan didn't give 2 craps about analytics. Many times while he was here he was take shots at analytics nerds and how they don't know how the game is really played and how they just stay home and never show up to the rink to get a good laugh from Matheson, Spector and the like.



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