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Originally Posted by heep223
Why can't draw a box from the posts, to the dots, to the high slot and shots/attempts from that box are worth more? Where shots have been attempted from is already tracked with those heat maps, I've never understood why the stats guys couldn't use that to measure shot quality and incorporate it into a stat.
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This has been done literally for more than half a decade. It's called home plate.
http://flamesnation.ca/2015/1/7/revi...half-way-point
Here is why it doesn't really improve current stats:
http://nhlnumbers.com/2012/6/26/shot...nd-shot-totals
That latter article is about shot quality which was one of the most discussed topics for several years. There are dozens of articles about it. It's not like no one noticed that a shot attempt from the point counts the same as one from the slot for corsi purposes.