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Originally Posted by GGG
It isn't counting shots, its finding what corelates to winning and increasing the sample size. What measures winning well with luck removed is posession of the puck. Currently that is not tracked. But surprisingly or not shots for vs against corelates well to puck posesssion. And shots for vs against corelates well vs scoring chances. I think people look at these stats wrong when they think all it shows is that a team should shoot more if they want to win. That isn't the way to fix your team. The causality goes the other way. A winning team due to having more posession of the puck ends up having more shots.
Its about posession of the puck, not shots. Unfortunately the NHL no longer keeps puck posession stats.
As for the team I believe that shots allowed has consistantly gone down over the course of the season however shots our shots for has been stagnent. To be this suggests a lot of hard work and lack of skill. This is where I see our current team as peaking. Without more skill our offensive numbers aren't improving and being 12th in defense doesn't leave that much more room for improvement.
The other reason to expect a set back is our record in one goal games as usually they are pretty random from year to year.
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You can explain it however you want... it is still counting shots.