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More Data Please

10/21/2017 at 6:12pm EDT

from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

It is inconceivable the NHL hasn’t been able to install chips in the puck and in skates that would yield real-time measurement and display of the speed of shots and of players. The league is missing an opportunity to capitalize in an industry whose customers have an insatiable desire for a combination of video and data.

Connor McDavid was measured by Sportsnet in Canada at 25.4 mph on an opening night rush up the right side against Calgary. It sure seemed fast. But relative to the rest of the league, how fast was it? Was the jet propulsion as extraordinary as it seemed?

What is the next fastest rush speed generated by a player? Who is the next fastest player, not in a skills competition oval, but on the ice in a real-time situation? What about Auston Matthews?

Who knows.

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