The Carolina Hurricanes have hired analytics expert Eric Tulsky on a full-time basis.
“Eric is an extremely intelligent person and has been an innovator in the field of advanced analytics,” said GM Ron Francis in a statement. “We found the information he provided last season to be extremely valuable and are glad that he will be with us on a full-time basis.”
From the press release:
A Philadelphia native, Tulsky holds a B.A. in chemistry and physics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in chemistry from UC-Berkeley. He also conducted a two-year, post-doctoral study at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., and worked in nanotechnology for 12 years.
So yeah, he’s a bit of a thinker.
Some of Tulsky’s work can be read here. Safe to say his analysis on player age and its relation to performance will be relevant when it comes to Eric Staal, and whether or not the Hurricanes should re-sign or trade the 30-year-old center.