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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I think as long as people keep these advanced stats in perspective, they can be interesting to see where teams are doing well and where they need improvement.
My problem with them is that they are just one small piece of the puzzle where the final outcome is measured simply as wins and losses (or goals for and against). A lot of people use advanced stats like they are the bigger picture when in fact, they are a just one tool and not all that significant in the big picture.
I think part of my dislike and mistrust of them is that for the last 5 years at least, we have had to hear Oiler fans use them to prop up their team when the results the whole time have been terrible.
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I think too, that maybe they're not compete and some bad assumptions are there. Read Bingo's post on the Edmonton is No Good thread and it raises some interesting wisdoms about save % that throw PDO and other commonly used stats under the microscope