Have the Winnipeg Jets delved into the world of analytics? —

Even during a quiet off-season day in Jetsville, interesting hockey conversation can still be found on twitter.  That’s what we hockey fans do.  We can’t help ourselves.  If something actually newsworthy happens, the conversation will probably get ramped up ten fold.  Well, the other day something that was actually newsworthy did come up.  The Toronto Maple Leafs fired Assistant General Manager, Claude Loiselle and V.P. of Hockey Operations, Dave Poulin and hired young gun Kyle Dubas as their new Assistant General Manager.  Why is this news worthy?  Kyle Dubas is supposedly the new wave of hockey executives that use “Advanced Stats” and “Hockey Analytics” as an evaluation tool.  Supposedly, you ask?  Well, it is Toronto and anything that happens in the center of the hockey universe is noteworthy even if they are a little late to the dance.     [Read more…]