The Hockey PDOcast, Episode 306: The Next Frontier

Andrew Thomas joins the show to discuss the next frontier for analytics in hockey, player tracking, the relay of information within organizations, market inefficiencies that remain, and some of the lingering questions we hope to answer in the future.

5:50 Current state of hockey analysis

12:40 Existing market inefficiencies

21:40 Borrowing from other sports

29:45 NHL’s venture into player tracking

32:40 Quantifying effort and hustle

44:00 How data has changed sports debates

48:30 The human element and defined roles

52:00 The AHL as a developmental league

58:00 Trying new things in hockey

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