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Originally Posted by Itse
If advanced stats existed in a vacuum I'm sure people would be all over them.
But they don't exist in a vacuum.
By the time the advanced stats crowd has enough data on a season, I would guess most hockey fans could hit that 80% mark of predicting playoff teams right based purely on standings, goal differential and watching the games.
I will start caring about advanced stats the day they predict something interesting.
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Stats don't predict. They give probabilities. I know a lady who smoked until she died at age 93. Doesn't mean we throw out what we know about smoking and health