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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
OK... If corsi relative is your number.
Straight up corsi for, Crosby is 68th
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I think relative is more applicable for this sort of thing as it partially accounts for the team the player plays on. Using straight up Corsi penalizes players on bad teams and rewards players on good teams (like +/-).
Straight up Corsi shows Willie Mitchell as being far better than Mark Giordano, but Willie Mitchell of course plays on the Stanley Cup champions while Mark Giordano plays on a lottery team. You don't need any stat to tell you Mark Giordano is significantly better than Willie Mitchell, however relative Corsi would confirm the "eye test".
http://www.extraskater.com/players/d...44&sort=cf_pct
I know that's just one example, and there's counter-examples, but for the most part I prefer relative over straight up Corsi as it's more in line with what one observes.