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Originally Posted by Tinordi
A guide to advanced stats:
http://canucksarmy.com/2013/10/10/a-...d-hockey-stats
I almost posted this as a thread the other day but think it has a good place here. Pretty much discusses what advanced stats are and how they're used.
A good article in all and describes why they're so compelling. |
From the article: "Yes, skill clearly plays a part. But luck plays an even larger part. That's why it's not really useful to base any kind of meaningful analysis on goals, which are just a likely to bounce in off a leg as to be the result of some measurable skill on the part of the shooter."
I'm a big fan of statistics, but that's a pretty dire premise when looking for what statistics to examine. If success in hockey is primarily based on luck and not skill (and maybe skill is a bad word... maybe performance is a better word), then Crosby is one lucky player.
In fact, that's why you would want to break down how goals went in and apply weighting factors. That the data the public has is not perfectly valuable for analysis does not discredit it completely.