I love advanced stats and think they have their place. That said I think some people forget their relative importance.
As of tonight Calgary is +20 goal differential through 65 games ranking them 4th in the conference. To me 65 games doesn't seem like a small sample size that could be based on luck.
Honestly I don't know how anyone could possibly argue that a good Corsi is more important then goal differential in the long run. It just seems asinine at this point to not look at the big picture.
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