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Old 03-08-2015, 01:13 PM   #199
EldrickOnIce
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Originally Posted by heep223 View Post
My biggest issue is that "possession" stats don't actually track possession. A team could be holding the puck for 2 minutes cycling in the o-zone and have some great scoring chances that don't end up in actual shot attempts. Then the other team rushes back with a weak shot attempt from the outside and they are winning the Corsi battle.

I know this isn't a new criticism but that's my biggest issue. I will start paying way more attention when the technology arrives that actually tracks the amount of time the guys have the puck on their sticks and shot/scoring chance quality.
And the amusing part of that is that the 'analytics people' will reject this new technology that enables this... simply because it basically proves CF/CA as useless. Which they mostly are.
These new 'measures' will not be useless.
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