National Hockey League Data Scraping and Hiding

Some argue that youth sports that divide participants by age and set the yearly cutoff at December 31 unwittingly make it harder for second-half-of-the-year players to succeed. That’s because they’ll be compared with players six to ten months older than them. Those months can make a huge difference in physical strength, size, and coordination at younger ages. Whom would you choose if you were a minor league coach looking to invest in talent for a better team in a stronger league? And who would likely benefit more over the long term from your extra attention?