Blasphemy, isn’t it? Who doesn’t love the JOFA line? The truth is we all love that line. Don’t try me for heresy yet, but lets take a look at why splitting up JOFA might be a good idea for the Nashville Predators.
Player Clustering
As the world of hockey analytics expands, the collective community will draw new and refine conclusions as we get better at collecting, analyzing and interpreting the data. One of the more recent developments devised comes from Ryan Stimson. Using data from Corey Sznajder’s passing project which is tremendous, Stimson has identified clusters of players by playing style.