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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Do the advanced stats developed for the NHL game really all apply to the game that will be played in the Olympics on the larger ice? I would think faceoffs which should lead to puck possession would. But how do you make the appropriate adjustments for the different size ice...different angles? Even a guy who's a good possession guy on NHL ice, may not be the same on the rink with different dimensions.
Plus even the Oakland A's the Sabremetrics kings from Baseball, have won exactly 0 playoff series using that format. In a one game winner takes all scenario, perhaps you need to use the left brain and find guys with some of the traits that are tougher to quantify.
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You can't use stats to measure leadership and the characteristics of a winner. Actually you can by looking at which teams win in the playoffs more than not. It's not an exact science as you saw with the Penguins last year picking up Iginla, Morrow, etc for the playoff run but you need to have guys that can raise their game when it counts and there are a lot of great regular season players that can't pull that off.
960 spent the whole lunch segment talking about this. Must be a slow time of the year as this IMO is barely newsworthy.