Updated Spring 2025
Easter is here, as are the playoffs. This is normally a busy time of the year for me, as I do all of the season-ending articles, watch the playoffs and start playing golf. This year will be extra busy as I’ll be taking a vacation in Italy.
In early April, I made a change to the way Productivity Rating (PR) is calculated. I was not wild about changing the process, but I started Stapled To The Bench to learn things about hockey, and I recently learned that my PR formula was imprecise. If you don’t make changes because of what you have learned, what is the point of learning anything?
There will be two articles about the change in PR: one lays out the reasoning, the other provides a detailed explanation of the calculations that produce PR.
I hope to have the post-season articles finished before my vacation. On my return, I’ll turn my attention to an updated review of draft classes, and I’d like to take another look at player career expectations.