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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Anyway, it also means, that you can't just look at the stats sheets I the NHL and not watch the games. Anyone that has watched the Flames and Oilers play, realize there is a reason for the discrepancy for records, and it's not luck for the Flames and bad luck for the Oilers. But a Toronto Star columnist who doesn't watch the games is only going to put the effort in to look at stats, not watch, and assume his conclusions are solid, even though he's using very directional data at best to make his conclusions.
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How many people believe that columnist even watched five Flames or Oilers games this season? I would be very surprised if he saw a complete 60 minute Flames game. Just goes to show what a tool advanced stats have become for people to draw conclusions without seeing the proof with their own eyes. Haven't seen the Flames play once in 82 games but looking at advanced stats a geek can claim to tell us exactly how the Flames played all season and what type of team they were.