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Originally Posted by Zevo
Wasn't really trying to be a dink. I enjoy looking at stats and seeing how players are doing as much as the next guy, but advanced stats should really mean nothing as a fan. If you like looking into them, great I guess, each to their own.
If your team is doing well and playing entertaining hockey, what does it matter what a players corsi or fenwick is. It just seems that people, as fans that use these stats when teams are rolling, are looking for a dark cloud on a sunny day. Conversely, if your team sucks and aren't at all enjoyable to watch, do you really care that player a has great advanced stats? In the case of Edmonton, it shows a team can have okay advanced stats if the other team scores quickly and then goes on cruise control.
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It means the same thing as seeing where Johnny is in the rookie scoring race, or seeing if the flames have the most goals scored, or if the flames are ahead of the Oilers in the standings. Hockey is a sport. Sports are about compelling storylines. Without a storyline, we wouldn't watch. Doffing deeper into
why a team is winning it losing is absolutely part of a storyline.