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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Please explain why you'd take that view. The statement "You're wrong, clearly X team is better than Y team because they're higher in the standings" barely deserves a response even if you don't believe in any "advanced" stat. It's clearly wrong, and we've just been talking about how obvious that is.
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I was referring to the condescending nature of your post, which was basically "this is why you suck".
But to answer your question, it is actually baffling that you would take the position that the the standings are
wrong as the basis for an argument. On paper, the Kings are more talented, yes. On paper, they
should be better. But on the ice, the Flames have been the marginally better team so far this year, and that reflects in the standings.
The only thing the stats tell us is that it is highly unlikely that the Flames should be a better team this year, but that does not invalidate the standings themselves. The 1991-92 Flames should have been a team that went to the third round of the playoffs. Looked great on paper, but were flat out a bad team that year.
And if you want to get into arguments of "Luck", the Kings PDO is 99.9. (100.5 at home, 99.5 on the road). They aren't unlucky, just mediocre.