Saw this on HF and since we’re the skyscraper sized thorn in the Analytics crowds ass, I figure it was worth a share on here.
http://www.si.com/nhl/2015/04/14/201...key-fancystats
Sports Illustrated claimed their advanced analytics model would predict 75% of the series outcomes correctly (11 out of 15). Well so far they’re 2/6 and can’t get any more incorrect if they are going to reach their goal. They picked the Capitals and the Lightning too so that could drop to 2/8 quite easily. Also they were wrong in the # of Games in the series they picked correctly but I guess we can let that slide... Even though they predicted they would both go to 7 and they only went to 5
The best part? They got one of the analysts 4 year old daughter to make some predictions and she is beating them! (okay only by 1, but still)
Hopefully this trend continues and people stop underestimating the powers of intangibles, shot blocking and shot quality.
Either way, their ineptitude is quite satisfying for this Flames fan.