The only stat that matters in hockey is team winning percentage. If your team is winning more games than it loses, poor possession stats mean nothing just like if you are losing with great possession stats. I don't mind the stats as another tool in scouting but if you build a team on advance stats overachievers only I'm willing to bet you would be disappointed with the results more times than not as stats will never be able to quantify the difference between a player that's a winner and a player that's a good player but not a winner.
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