by Drew Way | Apr 20, 2018 | Analytics, Hockey, New York Rangers
[text_output]In the third edition of the Hockey Lexicon Spotlight Series, I discuss a statistic that has been at the heart of baseball conversations for years, and over the past few seasons has begun to gain momentum in the hockey analytics community: WAR. In this...
by Drew Way | Mar 29, 2018 | Analytics, Hockey
[text_output]In the second edition of the Hockey Lexicon Spotlight Series, I will highlight one of my personal favorite advanced stats, Game Score. In the first post of this article series, I discussed Luke Solberg’s (uh, in light of this mind-blowing tweet,...
by Drew Way | Mar 19, 2018 | Breakaway Takeaways, New York Rangers
[text_output]With the Rangers all but eliminated from playoff contention, the focus of fans recently has shifted towards the future. Particularly, fans are interested in how the young members of the Rangers are performing, how the prospect pipeline is developing and...
by Drew Way | Mar 9, 2018 | Analytics, Hockey
[text_output]Welcome to the first edition in what will be a series of articles discussing some of the more complex advanced statistics and analytical concepts housed within the Blueshirts Breakaway Hockey Lexicon. For those who have yet to check out my Lexicon, it is...
by Drew Way | Feb 20, 2018 | Hockey, New York Rangers
[text_output]With the trade deadline quickly approaching and the Rangers declaring themselves as sellers for this year’s NHL trade deadline, the rumors are swirling with regards to who the Rangers should, and ultimately will trade. Recently, Darren Dreger, hockey...