If you’re like me, and if you’re frequently on Twitter, you’re following many people who take an analytical approach to evaluating hockey players. Clever people like the EvolvingWild twins, Micah Blake McCurdy and The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn have created ways to quantify the value of an NHL player, and challenge some of our pre-existing biases of the qualities a good NHLer should have.
There’s a debate to be had on exactly how much stock should be put into models like these, but said debate isn’t relevant today. Instead, I’m going to take the ones who fully believe in hockey analytics, look them in the eye and tell them; “You’re wrong about the Ottawa Senators”.