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Draft Day : How Hockey Teams Pick Winners Or Get Left Behind

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Product Code: 9781982149963
ISBN13: 9781982149963
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Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game? biggest personalities, reveals how teams build for greatness?r fail to?n hockey? most anticipated day. A Moneyball for hockey. The NHL draft is a critical time for teams, when the foundation for future championships is laid?r when championship dreams die. Only time will tell if a draft is successful, but a failed draft can severely set teams back for seasons, much to the dread of ownership, management, and most importantly, the fans. For even the most die-hard hockey fan, the preparation for draft day is a black box. Former president, general manager, and coach Doug MacLean takes readers behind the scenes, from the 2022 draft in Montreal to revealing draft stories from the past, to show how players are discovered and evaluated to create successful teams. Just as Moneyball illustrated the value of analytics in building teams in baseball and beyond, Draft Day shows the careful considerations that go into assessing talent for success. What is that balance in today? game between metrics and instinct, between analytics and traditional scouting? MacLean draws from his own career as well as anecdotes from across the league to illustrate the hard-won lessons and principles that lead to building successful teams. Hockey is big business, and this book is an invaluable resource for any leader seeking an edge for building resilient organizations. Entertaining and informative, with never-before-told details from some of the biggest moments in NHL history, Draft Day is for every hockey fan who wonders how their team develops that hard-to-define winning chemistry?r fails to, year after year.


Author: Doug MacLean, Scott Morrison
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Publication Date: Oct 15, 2024
Number of Pages: 304 pages
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1982149965
ISBN-13: 9781982149963

Draft Day : How Hockey Teams Pick Winners Or Get Left Behind

$17.99
$16.80
Sale 7%
 
Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game? biggest personalities, reveals how teams build for greatness?r fail to?n hockey? most anticipated day. A Moneyball for hockey. The NHL draft is a critical time for teams, when the foundation for future championships is laid?r when championship dreams die. Only time will tell if a draft is successful, but a failed draft can severely set teams back for seasons, much to the dread of ownership, management, and most importantly, the fans. For even the most die-hard hockey fan, the preparation for draft day is a black box. Former president, general manager, and coach Doug MacLean takes readers behind the scenes, from the 2022 draft in Montreal to revealing draft stories from the past, to show how players are discovered and evaluated to create successful teams. Just as Moneyball illustrated the value of analytics in building teams in baseball and beyond, Draft Day shows the careful considerations that go into assessing talent for success. What is that balance in today? game between metrics and instinct, between analytics and traditional scouting? MacLean draws from his own career as well as anecdotes from across the league to illustrate the hard-won lessons and principles that lead to building successful teams. Hockey is big business, and this book is an invaluable resource for any leader seeking an edge for building resilient organizations. Entertaining and informative, with never-before-told details from some of the biggest moments in NHL history, Draft Day is for every hockey fan who wonders how their team develops that hard-to-define winning chemistry?r fails to, year after year.


Author: Doug MacLean, Scott Morrison
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Publication Date: Oct 15, 2024
Number of Pages: 304 pages
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1982149965
ISBN-13: 9781982149963
 

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