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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
You want to convince people that this is voodoo? Show us that there is no statistical correlation between NHL-E and a player's point production in the NHL. Or better yet, don't bother, because it gets done by many people every year, and SPOILER ALERT: there is a correlation.
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I'll tell you what. I'll let you list the stats nerds employed by NHL teams in their
player development side of the business, because that's what we are talking about, then I'll make you look silly by listing all the scouts who work on that side of the business. No one relies on NHL-E as an evaluation tool because it doesn't tell you anything about a player's abilities at the game of hockey. When you are evaluating players you are looking for improvements in specific skill areas, not just their scoring. In fact, many time players are given specific things to work on that can impact their scoring, which again makes NHL-E a useless statistic when trying to evaluate player development. NHL-E can't measure improvements in skating, or defensive positioning, or strength on the boards, or any other specific skill a player has to improve upon to play in the NHL. Only the evaluative skills of scouts and player development personnel can do that. Not some nerd with a spreadsheet. Hell, find me three articles, not from shady bloggers, quoting NHL teams referencing NHL-E and I'll change my tune on the measure.