Discussing the Winnipeg Jets with analytics expert Sean Tierney

We chatted with analytics expert Sean Tierney on today’s Illegal Curve Hockey Show about the Winnipeg Jets.

Sean writes for Charting Hockey and always provides great insight into hockey analytics.

Topic 1:  The Jets position in the standings and their underlying numbers.

Topic 2:  The firepower the Jets have and whether they should have better results.

Topic 3:  What has he seen from Connor Hellebuyck and what has he meant to this team.

Topic 4:  Outperforming poor defensive play via the offensive side of the game.

Topic 5:  Splitting up Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler and whether this was the right decision.

Topic 6:  On Patrik Laine’s play.

Topic 7:  Does Nikolaj Ehlers get enough credit as a play driver?

Topic 8:  What do the Jets need to do to maximize the effectiveness of their D?

After the show Sean tweeted out this for Jets fans about the D:

Just chatted with the guys from @IllegalCurve on @TSN1290Radio and I referenced the strangest results.

Here’s WPG’s blue line by Goals Above Replacement so far this year. The leaders?

Bitetto
Heinola
Sbisa
Pionk

Hands up if you guessed that top-four. pic.twitter.com/3cDqMYgSN4

— Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) November 9, 2019

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