Justin Bourne

With some help from Evolving Wild, we try to answer some pressing questions in regard to advanced analytics.

Hockey moves quickly and is continuous, often making it difficult to suss out what just happened on goals in real-time. Combine that with a dozen people being on the ice together, and even the keenest eyes in the game need to pour over video to find true causes and effects, patterns and trends. That distilled information is then passed along to other coaches and players, who in turn relay that to the media, usually boiled down to a comment about the lack of attention to “the details.” Which is k…

Sure, plus-minus isn’t perfect, but being on for goals-for is a good thing, no?

Plus, why Joe Thornton isn’t a great fit in Toronto and would you rather see your team win or a memorable moment from the opposition?

Quarantining playoff teams as a group would be difficult, but it’s one of the few potential plans Justin Bourne can actually see happening.

I think it’s worthwhile to note that it’s OK to divert some of your mental resources back to hobbies you had before the pandemic.

Some of the best and most important coaches in the league are best suited just one step to the side of the direct spotlight.

I feel helpless in the absence of answers to questions so big and so many about how and where and when to proceed with hockey.

The return-to-play format is going to be exciting, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t point out its drawbacks.

It’s not just the Hart Trophy that contains some measure of subjectivity. Let’s go through other media-driven awards.