Comparison Atlas
The Comparison Atlas is the perfect tool to give you more insight on your hockey-related debates. Most of the data and elements displayed are also featured (& explained) in the Multi-Year Cards. As a result, I will focus here on the two new components: the radar & line charts at the centre.
Stylistic Radar
The first juxtaposes the two selected NHLers’ play styles. The eight data points are pretty self-explanatory and have simply been calculated through linear combinations of the metrics from the main cards. They have been arranged to create fairly sensical shapes most of the time. For example, the top half is generally associated with offensive & puck carrying plays while the bottom is closer to what would be expected from a shutdown skater. Moreover, the left side displays traditional noticeability through passing, shooting, & checking while the right mirrors the transition-heavy aspects of the modern game. Moving outwards from the centre, each circle within the chart represents an increase in percentile by 25.
SPAR Plot
As for the line chart, it compares the SPAR of the two players for a total of up to 5 seasons. This essentially looks to capture their overall value by looking at how many standings points they’ve contributed to their respective teams. As opposed to the SPAR chart in both the Single-Season Cards and Progression Tracker, the raw SPAR value is displayed here instead of the percentile relative to the league. Therefore, the graph’s axis will automatically adjust to aesthetically capture both players’ values. So make sure to keep that in mind when comparing separate snapshots of this visualization. However, the option to switch to the SPAR% is there. By double-clicking the graph’s y-axis title, (the cell that contains the word “SPAR”), you will be prompted with a dropdown list allowing to swap between the two.
