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Originally Posted by Tinordi
I was waiting for you to chime in with exactly that point. Correlation is not causation.
Here's a timely article discussing just that. That yes, advanced stats are a very good predictor of future results and not simply describing what has recently happened.
http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/1/2...el-assessments
Maybe all the folks who thanked your post will take a look as well. |
What?
He's arguing that good teams may result in good advanced stats instead of good advanced stats resulting in good teams.
You're talking about past results helping to predict future results. It's not even remotely the same discussion.