Traditionally, quantifying the quality of competition that a player faces has been done through one of two ways. The first being based on ice time, and the second being based on on-ice metrics like Corsi and Expected Goals. While neither are without flaws, each way of evaluation gives us useful tools to separate those who have been sheltered versus those who have been metaphorically thrown into the fire. However, what they can’t do is tell us just how well a player does against the best of the best — that’s where PuckIQ’s three distinct competition levels come into play.
What a new quality of competition metric says about the Flyers
