Stephen Burtch

Nikita Zaitsev enters the NHL as the Toronto Maple Leafs' sixth-ranked player in the T25U25.

Thursday Night Event To Talk Hockey

As we head into the next phase of the Hockey Analytics Revolution what is ahead on the horizon and why?

Many have argued - and continue to - that Franson is going to be "overpaid" in a year. Is that valid?

I've been making use of dCorsi for a long time and have yet to put together any sort of formal discussion around it's value, derivation or usefulness. Let's fix that....

Does an inability to fact check run in the Simmons family?

A trip down memory lane revisits a look Randy Carlyle vs. Ron Wilson and shot distance from way back in February of 2013.

Much of what you observe while watching a game is coincidental rather than causal but that's not how much of it will be conveyed.

Well - January was almost a complete flop in terms of Expected Results - let's see how February works out

Another stab at predicting the Leafs upcoming results

For a fun exercise, here's a look at the Toronto Maple Leafs' projected results using the log5 method first devised by Bill James.

The problem of late with the Toronto Maple Leafs' penalty kill isn't necessarily that it is struggling but that our expectations may have been out of line.

A look at which defencemen are exceeding defensive expectations after a quarter of the 2013-14 season has been played with a focus on the Toronto Maple Leafs' defence

The Leafs (and Randy Carlyle) may have the worst top 6 C selection of any NHL franchise - but Nazem Kadri could be the solution to that problem. *Updated with FANCY NEW NUMBERS*

The Leafs goaltending is the main reason they're winning hockey games (so far).

What trends can we draw out of the SV% data we have since 1984

An attempt to fix a fundamental flaw in a counting stat the advanced stat community has looked down on a for a while

What did Ricardo uncover with his Grit Index? Let's find out!

What sort of range of production makes sense for the Leafs incoming $5.25 mill a year "saviour"?

How can dCorsi help us identify player comparables?

The 2nd part of the analysis of SDI v2.1 discusses specific outcomes for the Leafs, shows you the top players from the past 6 years, and links to the data set for the entire NHL for you to explore for yourself.

The continuing evolution of the Shut Down Index is broken down in this series of postings explaining the analytics at work in assessing defenders.

What numbers really matter when you're worrying about the success of your team?

The joke is that they sincerely think Tyler Bozak is worth $5 million per year... no seriously... they do... I'm not kidding.

With their final pick of the 2013 Draft the Leafs selected this speedy Swedish winger