"advanced stats" seem to be so misunderstood by both media and fans. They aren't better, they just tell another part of the story. Save percentage, shooting percentage, +/-, etc all tell a different part of the story.
And yes, corsi would've predicted LA to win the cup this year, but it's not accurate that often. Montreal had a terrible corsi and went to the conference finals. Generally speaking, the team with the best corsi wins. There's lots of exceptions.
By a million miles, the best predictive stat for future team success is goal differential. We seem to be just fine there
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