Editor’s note: Before becoming a senior NHL writer at The Athletic, Justin Bourne played professional hockey in the AHL and ECHL. He was later hired as the video coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs farm team, regularly helping find practical implications for analytics. Before becoming a basketball analyst for The Athletic, Seth Partnow was the director of basketball research for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks.
Wednesday, Bourne wrote a piece on his concerns with the coming wave of NHL player tracking information, which led to some useful conversation on the ol’ Twitter machine.
Partnow had some observations of his own on what might have been missing from the article, and the two decided the ensuing informal conversation on Slack might be something hockey and/or basketball fans would enjoy.
That chat can be found ahead, lightly edited for clarity with the initial pleasantries removed.
Seth Partnow: Your piece sort of ties into something I…
