Evan Lawing

Super excited to share my project from the 2026 HALO Hackathon, Rating Forecheckers Through Spatial Tree Boosting. This was my first time working with SportLogiq data it was really interesting to see the private data side. #HockeyHALO2026 @elawing1018/rating-forecheckers-through-spatial-tree-boosting-eaa8f68fca6b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@elawing1018/r…

@Wirfs2Canton The @ is fire

I was reading the how to pages with the models explained and the formulas basically. This is such a smart human lmfao just getting the idea to run things this way with these specific models is impressive as it is. Likely took a bunch of trial and error but still crazy

Zach Benson was yet another playoff riser for the Sabres by my models, raising his game both offensively and defensively, relative to other forwards. He also became a fan favorite of many people who were unfamiliar with his game before the playoffs

Josh Doan was another playoff riser for the Sabres, raising his game both offensively and defensively, relative to other forwards

My models have Rasmus Dahlin as a playoff riser in his first playoff appearance. His game rose both offensively and defensively, relative to other defensemen. Excited to see how him and the Sabres do in the future

Mitch Marner has been playing well in the playoffs and is looking to drop the playoff "dropper" label that he had in Toronto. He's played fairly consistently between the regular season and playoffs this season, relative to other forwards, unlike last season with the Maple Leafs

Martin Necas was fairly consistent through the first two rounds of the playoffs compared to the regular season, relative to other forwards. Looks like he played better in the second round overall, since my model had him as more of a faller after the first round

Encouraging results for Cutter Gauthier in his first playoff run. Was consistent defensively and slightly better offensively, relative to other forwards, when comparing the baseline model to the additional playoff weighting

@LEHK0NEN Tough break for anyone who said yes to the second question

Fellow mutuals I am curious what you all think please take my tests 👍

@LEHK0NEN @KKwameos About to be Bussi time

@KKwameos Guy has had no time to get set I feel bad lmao

Freddie Andersen fugazi run might be expiring

@RentoSaijo Thank you!

Another fantastic article from Evan!

@taj1944 I’m available

Look at who added a new department to their staff directory for hockey ops 🤣🤣

@LEHK0NEN *Mike Breen voice*

@EDLAnalytics Stats guys have shot like 100% from the field with this stuff

Check out my new article, Creating a Playoff Weighted RAPM to Identify Playoff Risers! I created two RAPM models to try to identify players who play better or worse during the playoffs, allowing for more than just the eye test to label players @elawing1018/creating-a-playoff-weighted-rapm-to-identify-playoff-risers-58ff7c65c89b?postPublishedType=initial" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@elawing1018/c…

Big shoutout to @nhlscraper, I wouldn't have been able to do this (or it would have taken me much, much longer) without the package! Let me know your thoughts and suggestions to improve the model!

@LEHK0NEN No problem!

@EDLAnalytics (Appreciate the work as always)

Watching Spurs Thunder instead idc

@yolo_pinyato Keenan Reynolds? The Navy quarterback?

That’s not what I expected Keenan Reynolds’s to look like

@yolo_pinyato His first quadruple double is going to be legendary

Ohtani is amazing no doubt, but wemby is probably the best bang for your buck spectacle in sports history, bc either he's going to play 75-80% of the game and do 2-3 things you've never seen before and/or beating him is gonna feel like such a David vs. literal Goliath situation