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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I think we‘re all interpreting advanced stats wrong. See, the ‘purpose‘ of hockey isn‘t to possess the puck, it‘s to score goals; however, possessing the puck sure does help you to do that.
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Fine. Then let's not talk as if possession were an end in itself.
And let's not talk as if all shots on goal were of equal value, because that's been amply disproven by Valiquette and others.
And for the love of all that goes on skates, let's not talk as if Corsi or Fenwick actually measured possession. They don't. They're merely the least crappy proxy that you can come up with while not watching the games, since the NHL does not actually track time of possession.