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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
I've never encountered a hockey fan who was against stats. However too often the new stats are presented as a final answer rather than a starting place for discussion. I imagine this is frustrating for many stat enthusiasts as well.
It's good to judge for yourself whether some stat actually adds to our understanding of a certain situation. Some of them are useless, some of them are interesting. Often it's not at all clear whether something is relevant information or not.
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This. They are useful for a team that says "Hey - we are losing. What can we improve on?" They are not useful to say "Hey - we are losing. How can we say we are doing well anyway".