I'm not taking the point to the extreme, that is literally the point that several people were making. I.e., I say I think the Kings are better at hockey than the Flames, Jets, and Canucks, and someone says, "you're wrong; look at the standings". That is not the final word.
Wins and losses of course have some value in predicting future wins and losses; they're just not as useful a predictor as possession is. And possession, in turn, is not even close to infallible.
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