Harbingers

On the Forecheck found this 7/3/2008 on fiveholefanatics.blogspot.com [flag]

I took a tiny break from the Free Agency madness to flip through Alan Ryder's voluminous year in review (found via Brodeur is a Fraud ). I've only skimmed over it's 50 some pdf pages, but the section on goaltending really caught my eye: Isolating shots and shot quality lets one better assess goaltending. The impact of goaltending is highest when a strong goalie allows ‘few’ goals ... [link]

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Hockey Nerd Alert!
Published 7/3/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Forechecker) at On the Forecheck
A tip o' the hat goes to the Five Hole Fanatics for pointing out that ur-hockey stats analyst Alan Ryder has posted his 2008 Year in Review piece over at ...

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