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devo22 · 12-03-2014, 11:52 AM

I look forward to the day when people run out of both the sad excuses for the Oilers ("oooh, they are sooooo unlucky right now!") and the tedious forecasts of how the Flames are going to crash and burn ("just wait, their advanced stats are sooooo unsustainable!").

I'm not demonizing advanced stats, I still think they are helpful. But there's a point when it becomes just laughable ... one team is winning and another team is losing, and that has nothing to do with Corsi, Fenwick or PDO. Advanced stats can never be more important than the win column.

12-03-2014, 11:52 AM	#8
devo22 Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Austria, NOT Australia Exp:	I look forward to the day when people run out of both the sad excuses for the Oilers ("oooh, they are sooooo unlucky right now!") and the tedious forecasts of how the Flames are going to crash and burn ("just wait, their advanced stats are sooooo unsustainable!"). I'm not demonizing advanced stats, I still think they are helpful. But there's a point when it becomes just laughable ... one team is winning and another team is losing, and that has nothing to do with Corsi, Fenwick or PDO. Advanced stats can never be more important than the win column.