9781422285237 - Analytics: Sports Stats & More

Hockey analysts have found that using analytics on goalies poses some interesting challenges.

A Hand in Everything As Kaplan summarizes, one reason why he loves his job so much is because of its ever-changing landscape. “A typical day in this life is that there is not a typical day in this life,” Kaplan says. “You help prepare for games, and above and beyond that, play a big role in helping the general manager, depending on the time of the season. If it is the arbitration season, you are preparing for cases, if winter meetings are coming up, you are preparing

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