A good point in the week to step back and talk about regression. One aspect of hockey that is very interesting is the variability involved. Real life isn’t a video game where a player is an 85 overall and consistent every second of every shift. For most players there are huge swings of strong performances ebbing and then invariably evening out and crashing back to true talent levels.
This focus attempts to point out at least what to watch for in terms of some regression based off of the 2019-20 season results. It doesn’t necessarily mean a terrible performance is up coming, but when certain areas get too unsustainably out of line, trends and predictions — or at least areas to keep an eye on — can be established, We did this last year based off 2018-19, so let’s check in on the results from then.