How AI is creeping its way into NHL front offices and can become a game changer
- Posted on April 27, 2026
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How AI is creeping its way into NHL front offices and can become a game changer
Hockey’s analytics movement lags behind other sports, but its early success stories are already well told. There is the video of Canadiens scouting director Eric Crawford successfully pushing to select Lane Hutson in the second round, telling the room that every contending team has a defenseman like him. There is then-director of analytics and recently hired general manager of the Devils Sunny Mehta’s draft model that ranked Jesper Bratt third...