Teams jumping on the advanced stats bandwagon

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While he may not have been able to dig deep, Sznajder has seen a ton of hockey -- more than 800 games so far. When pressed a little, he shares a few insights that he's picked up.

One of the surprises he has found is that there is a team that is a great possession team, the San Jose Sharks, that isn't particularly strong in the neutral zone. That's somewhat unexpected.

With the understanding that carrying the puck in carries more puck possession value than dumping the puck in, it also seems a little incongruous to have a team like the Los Angeles Kings -- no strangers to dumping and chasing the puck -- as the league's best puck possession team, to say nothing of Stanley Cup champs.

As Sznajder noted, though, "The Kings make it nearly impossible (for the opposition) to enter the zone under control."

Some other tidbits in there including praise for Tyler Seguin and Patrice Bergeron...

Corey Sznajder going to the extreme for new NHL data