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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Yes, Brodie is actually good at hockey.
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Brodie is obviously better than Petry, I am just pointing out that advance stats at best can partially assist one in determining whether someone is a good player. But I have yet to see an advance stat that has Keith or Weber as being better than Brodie at any level, yet I think you would not find a single hockey observer who thinks that Brodie is better than those guys. It just seems to me that advance stats get thrown out as some kinda proof point when they sure seem to be a feeble attempt to quantify a sport that does not lend itself to statistical analysis. Petry a top 5 dman, Fistric being a top 30 dman the year before, Pouliot being an advance stats guys wet dream, I think I will take good old fashioned scouting and observation over advance stats and leave the advance stats in the trash bin where they belong.