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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Except that they're more accurate? They do give you probability, and that's something you can choose to ignore or not. It doesn't change the fact that it does indeed give probability for success
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Each to their own. Pessimists or optimists can spend all the time they want looking into stats and crunching the numbers. I don't ignore them per se, more just find the experience sullies my enjoyment of watching the game and lessens the joy one would get out of watching a player defy the odds or break out into a dominant player. Same with the flip side, dilutes the negative impact of watching a player pull a Patrick Stefan or the disappointment of watching Daigle bust. Advanced stats are cool and all but I don't bank on them to fulfill my joy of hockey.
It's like trying to write the story before it happens. I just like to watch it happen without data blurring my view.