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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 9m

The league is very fond of "events" like getting all the teams to play at once, but they're also v. devoted to playing games at 7 local time, and those two things intersect funny.

Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 1h

A good morning for Emmanuel Perry, and, therefore, the world.

Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 8d

A good day for AC Thomas, and, therefore, the world.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 1h

Today's games.

Every eastern team is playing at 7 eastern, except Columbus, who have been exiled to Minnesota.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 12h

You can't believe how much I'm being chained to the wall by trying to make the xG model sit up and play nicely in-season right now. I am very close to walking into the woods and surrendering myself to baba yaga. Maybe she will let me play final fantasy tactics.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 13h

Shapes are all wrong but I think I can do something with the colours

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 13h

Tremendous.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 13h

Sometimes I wonder about humans and words

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 17h

They'll have some help

Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 19h

I knew my daughter would do a good job coaching those kids.

Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 20h

I made the logo transparent so it's like a little puzzle to read the text.

Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 20h

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 21h

I've been developing a hockey game which is entirely charts without any hockey players but it's not quite ready yet. Soon though. Soon.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 21h

Do I ever have a website for you

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 21h

Oh plenty of individual teams will move a lot, it's just the average that I expect to be stable.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 21h

Excellent! Tomorrow, the world.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 23h

We should all be so lucky

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 23h

After only three nights of games the xG average for the league is already very close to where it was last season (where I expect it will stay all year, basically)