“Certainly, different environments can help a player and playing with different people can help a player, but you really have to pay attention to the story that the data is telling you, because it’s reliable. We’ve worked with it long enough now. It’s harder than in some other sports, but it’s pretty darn reliable.

“We’re finally there (with analytics). I’d rather rely on the science now than just opinion. We understand that our instincts matter, our experience matters, but that data has become really reliable.”

Who said it? He is a current NHL GM.