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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I'd argue that's not unlucky, that's a lack of killer instinct to finish off your opponent. The Kings did not deserve to be in a playoff spot. Bottom line is they didn't win enough. Don't feel sorry for them either.
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See, that would be an emotion, which isn't quantifiable by a stat. Much similar to chemistry, drive and will to win. So Big Advanced Stat disregards it. What I find super interesting, is lack of emotion is something that seems very common in these Advanced stat gurus. They never get mad at anything you say no matter how hard you run down their theories. If they cannot understand it, they disregard it.
I say this seriously, it would be interesting to see the stats of the mental makeup of the folks obsesses with Advanced stats. What type of personality are they? Do they show tendencies to fall towards certain mental spectrums? I honestly believe there would be some very interesting results. And I do not mean it as a dig.
There are a couple posters I can think of where their obsession with 'the numbers' fall beyond simple hockey numbers, and their posts on every single subject boils down to statistical patterns.