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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
It's only the best way to predict future team success. Including the team's past record.
I know you're probably happily ignorant and go around quoting plus minus as a useful stat, but if you actually care, all it is is the percentage of shots attempted by a team vs shots attempted by the other team (Fenwick) when the score is within a goal (Close). So Boston's about 55% there, that means they direct about 55% of shots at the other team's net when the score is close, as opposed to 45% by the other team. If there were 40 shots taken in a game while the score was within a goal, on average, Boston would take 22 of them, and the other team would take 18.
Maybe someone can explain to me why people have intentionally thickheaded views on shot-based stats. Is it just contrarianism for no particular reason, is it because they're too stupid to figure out the stat (hard to believe; "shots attempted" isn't a tough concept to understand), or are they just really emotionally attached to the stats they grew up with like +/-, hits, etc?
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I appreciate the explanation. It seems like a simple concept to grasp, as you say. Dumb name though.
Plus minus is pretty meaningless, too.