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Originally Posted by Tinordi
I just don't get the hate for advanced stats especially on a message board.
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I think advanced statistics are terrific.
I think it would be nice if there were some for hockey. Corsi and Fenwick aren't advanced. PDO isn't even a statistic; it's a fudge.
When one team can have terrible Corsi and Fenwick numbers and be in a playoff position, and another team can have good Corsi and Fenwick and the second-worst record in the league, a rational person would conclude that Corsi and Fenwick don't tell the whole story. Clearly there is some other factor involved in winning hockey games.
Instead, the ‘advanced’ stat hounds try to dismiss those teams and claim that their success or failure is all due to luck. They can't explain the Flames or the Oilers, so they try to explain them away.