If you’re not particularly plugged into either hockey twitter or the analytics community, you may be unaware of the war on WAR that’s been transpiring. It’s been going on a while, but reached critical mass when James Mirtle of The Athletic posted a piece (paywall) in which Tyler Dellow and Matt Cane discuss the merits/lack thereof of WAR (Wins Above Replacement) — a catch-all metric for player value. It was critiqued by some for not including (or even mentioning) the premier modelers such as Emmanuel Perry of Corsica and the Evolving Wild twins, Josh and Luke Younggren.
Analytically Controversial Devils: Damon Severson and Pavel Zacha
