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Originally Posted by corporatejay
That's his point. Corsi and Fenwick SHOULDN'T be used to measure possession. People using them incorrectly are saying "Corsi is high therefore they are a high possession team".
What Enoch is saying is both Corsi and Fenwick measure, for lack of a better team, "Shots AT goal" (one with blocked shots, one without).
Stats guys have managed to conclude that measuring Shots at goal is a pretty good proxy for possession (i.e. someone who has a lot of shots at goal is more likely to be controlling the play).
Presumably this is a lot easier to calculate than using a stop watch, which is why people use them.
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I'm sure people would switch to stopwatch time in a heartbeat if it was available. Put a tracking chip in the puck and on each player plus a bit of software and you could get a much more accurate assessment of possession. In the meantime shots may be the best we've got