Tag Archives: Talent distribution

Talent distribution – Goaltending (Part IV)

This is the 4th article in the talent distribution series. You can find the other articles here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. This piece will focus on goaltending. What is rink bias? You can’t really discuss goaltender statistics without also mentioning rink bias. Very basically, you can say that rink bias is shotContinue reading “Talent distribution – Goaltending (Part IV)”

Talent distribution – Forwards vs. Defenders (Part III)

In this piece of the talent distribution series, I will compare forwards and defenders. I recommend reading Part 1 and perhaps Part 2 first. How the sGAA model is designed Before we get started it’s important to understand how my sGAA model is calibrated. It’s designed to describe goal differential at the team level. So,Continue reading “Talent distribution – Forwards vs. Defenders (Part III)”

Talent Distribution – Predictability (Part II)

I didn’t really plan to discuss predictability in this series about talent distribution, since the two are not directly connected. However, I was asked about it, and it does open up for a good discussion about descriptive vs. predictive modelling. I recommend reading part 1 before you read this piece. Descriptive vs. Predictive models TheContinue reading “Talent Distribution – Predictability (Part II)”

Talent distribution – Percentiles (part I)

This piece will be the first in a series about talent distribution. I’ve wanted to write about this for a while, but I haven’t really had the time until now. In this article I will focus on skaters and how their “talent” is distributed across percentiles. What is talent? The first thing we have toContinue reading “Talent distribution – Percentiles (part I)”

Is NHL a strong link league?

Abstract: The goal of this piece is to discuss if it’s more important to have elite players (strong link) or great depth (weak link). To do so, I will look at talent distributions. How is the talent/impact spread out across the players? Do the elite players have a relatively larger impact on the game? I’mContinue reading “Is NHL a strong link league?”