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By day he worked for a Toronto-based marketing and technology firm. But his spare time was devoted to the website he created to fill a void 카지노 게임 컬렉션 ExtraSkater.com, an online hobby horse that explored the use of advanced statistics in the assessment of National Hockey League players.
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So, how did that curiosity turn into a top hockey job?
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Which is what makes it such a wonderful story.
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At Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트, intrigued by math and science classes, he pursued a degree in chemical engineering. Graduating in 2009, he was hired on at Yfactor Inc.
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Were there better ways to measure performance? Were there underlying indicators beyond point totals and plus-minus ratings? Other sharp-pencilled keeners were on the same path, tracking variables such as shots taken, puck possession, and zone time.
Using statistics from the NHL, he was determined to develop his own analytics, and out of that fascination came ExtraSkater.com, which was launched in 2013. Early days saw the website averaging one view per day. Soon, though, daily traffic grew to 10,000. He began to receive positive feedback, first from like-minded fans, then from player agents and hockey writers 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and soon from NHL clubs.
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Shaking the shock, he shuttered the website and joined the Leafs in 2014. Dubas is now general manager of the team and Metcalf is officially the special assistant to the general manager. On the team카지노 게임 컬렉션s website is a list of its brass 카지노 게임 컬렉션 tellingly, only four names are above Metcalf카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
The wave of interest in the emerging field of advanced statistics was significant. The hockey world had been somewhat divided, with the old guard relying on observation to make decisions and these analytics upstarts brandishing their newfangled metrics. Now, you won카지노 게임 컬렉션t find an NHL team that doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션t depend on its own stats crunchers.
Metcalf is an integral part of that new frontier. In 2016, Metcalf was promoted to director of hockey research and development. He currently oversees an advanced stats department of eight full-time employees. Their handiwork influences all branches of the Leafs카지노 게임 컬렉션 hockey operation 카지노 게임 컬렉션 scouts, coaches, managers.
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