Comments on: The Road to WAR (for hockey), Part 1: The Single-Number Dream http://blog.war-on-ice.com/the-road-to-war-for-hockey-part-1-the-single-number-dream/ Your site for modern hockey analytics Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:11:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: If Sidney Crosby is the best player in the NHL, who is No. 2? – The Washington … | Hockey Insider | NHL News, Drafts, Picks, Schedules & NHL Betting Online http://blog.war-on-ice.com/the-road-to-war-for-hockey-part-1-the-single-number-dream/#comment-98 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 04:19:15 +0000 http://blog.war-on-ice.com/?p=37#comment-98 […] War on Ice’s wins above replacement, a metric designed to evaluate the worth of a player over one that might be available in free agency or as a call up from the minors, also puts Ovechkin (37.95 WAR) ahead by almost five wins over Crosby (32.33). But according to this metric, neither is the top player in the league: Pavel Datsyuk (41.69 WAR) and Joe Thornton (38.14) both rate higher. […]

]]> By: The Road To WAR, Part 11: Shot Rates For And Against, or that quality that we deliberately avoid calling “possession” | WAR On Ice: The Blog http://blog.war-on-ice.com/the-road-to-war-for-hockey-part-1-the-single-number-dream/#comment-62 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:38:56 +0000 http://blog.war-on-ice.com/?p=37#comment-62 […] statistics for shot differential; see our comprehensive historical list here, then add in Stephen Burtch’s dCorsi and Domenic Galamini’s Usage-Adjusted Corsi. […]

]]> By: The Road to WAR Series (Index) | WAR On Ice: The Blog http://blog.war-on-ice.com/the-road-to-war-for-hockey-part-1-the-single-number-dream/#comment-61 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:26:08 +0000 http://blog.war-on-ice.com/?p=37#comment-61 […] The Single Number Dream […]

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