The National Hockey League season ended last night, with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning their second championship in as many years. For Pens fans, it was a moment to savour. For fans of other teams, the reaction was more like “finally, it’s over!” It’s time to dream anew of what next season might bring.
As anyone familiar with hockey analytics can tell you, there are countless ways to parse and visualize hockey data nowadays in an effort to learn more about our favourite teams and make predictions about future performance.
Over the weekend, I published a piece in which I used a market approach to determine which NHL teams were the most underrated this season. I’d urge you to read that before moving ahead here, but here’s a quick recap of the approach I used that that piece: One reason I like to look at … …