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Fancy Stats: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

I have a love-hate relationship with statistics. I always did well in statistics classes, and have excelled at applying and developing ways to measure business performance in my career. But statistics for me can be frustratingly inexact. You attempt to find correlation in data sets that appear disparate in order...

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Sin Bin: What’s Going On in Vancouver?

The Canucks have had a rough go of it lately. Roberto Luongo has left town, and there were rumors Ryan Kesler wanted out as well. Now Kesler is out for a few weeks after his knee was injured in a knee-on-knee collision with Jim Slater [CBSSports]. To make matters worse,...

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SIN BIN: Hockey Players High-Five After Brutal Fight

Say what you will about fighting in hockey, but the brotherhood is still strong. This video comes via NESN and Barstool DMV. Watch as these two players pummel each other for over a minute – then skate off after a high-five, hug, and pat on the head. This fight comes...

Pursuing the Cup: How Will The Bruins Use Their Defense? 0

Pursuing the Cup: How Will The Bruins Use Their Defense?

The Bruins got their first look at Andrej Meszaros, who was picked up from the Flyers at the trade deadline, against the Florida Panthers. The Bruins won 5-2, here are Andrej’s stats from the game. Shots Goals Blocks Hits Giveaways Takeaways TOI 6 1 1 0 1 0 20:36 For...