How Equipped Are We To Visually Evaluate Hockey Games?

[Thirty One]

How Equipped Are We To Visually Evaluate Hockey Games?

One common criticism of non-traditional statistical evaluation of hockey is that, unlike baseball which is largely a series of isolated duels between batter and pitcher, hockey is a free-flowing, continuous run of action. That’s true: at any point in a hockey game there are ten skaters moving as fast as 20 MPH often in different directions. It’s certainly much tougher for statistics to evaluate a sport designed like that, but the same is true for your eyes and brain.

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[thegoldenyear]

Perhaps evaluative understanding is solely the providence of a chosen few.

"Gretzky sees a picture out there that no one else sees. It's difficult to describe because I've never seen the game he's looking at." - Harry Sinden

The likely reality of this statement's spooked me for years.