@Tinordi - Re: the Wild and Kings... Pretty much the entire hockey community knew the Kings were a team that would be a contender and in many circles were considered a favorite to win the cup. Their lackluster first part of the season had many in the mainstream / non advanced stats community saying that the team was underperforming and capable of much more.
As for the Wild, the opposite applied. Even casual observers thought that the Wild were massively over performing and that it was not sustainable for an entire season.
I do see the relevance of some "advaned stats" when taken in conjunction with a healthy dose of watching games to draw a conclusion, but I'm comfortable saying that advanced stats were no more on top of the progress of the Kings and Wild teams as anyone who simply watched the games.
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