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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
The analysis of actual possession showed the best surrogate was shots. That's why it's used. Certainly there's exceptions, but it's actually pretty close.
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But see that's just it. It's a surrogate. It's a projection of possession, but it in no way indicates possession.
Teams play different styles of game. To try to project their possession numbers using one metric (which in no way indicates possession, but rather attempts to make a correlation) is simply puzzling.
And last year, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Minnesota all had low Fenwick percentages while Vancouver, New Jersey and Florida were all above average. We all know how the first group did compared to the second group.