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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
It's certainly a different perspective worth considering. You wouldn't draft a player 3rd OA based on one scout's opinion, you'd want discourse among many scouts about the pros and cons, and in this case this is just another set of pros and cons. So of course, stats need context but if you treat them for what they are, one not insignificant part of the puzzle, they do raise a bit of a red flag.
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Except they really don't.
I agree that stats are just another source of information, and that all information is good.
However, using stats (properly and usefully) requires understanding how to interpret them.
Taking the NHLe for all players 25 and under from the SM-Liga is extremely misleading. If a 22 year old gets 30 points, that's one thing. But if a 17 year old gets 30 points in the same league, that is something else entirely.
There simply isn't enough data to make any kind of assessment of these guys with respect to an NHLe.
Are there ANY players that have come over as 18 year olds from that league?
Certainly there aren't any 18 year olds from the Swiss league. So how can one calculate an NHLe when there are ZERO prior data points?
Stats are great. ONLY if the analysis is sound.