Thanks to Ryan Stimson at In Lou We Trust, tens of volunteers, and Spencer Brasi we have a wealth of data to examine. Today we'll take a look at the Flames blueline and the data compiled in the passing project.
An underlying issue with the growth of stats in hockey, particularly possession stats, has been finding more data to measure player performance. The world of micro-stats (passes, zone entries, exits, etc) has been one of the biggest untapped areas for writers and analysts. Mainly because, at this current time, there is no way besides manual tracking to track data there.