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Originally Posted by Bingo
it's been an interesting trade deadline from an advanced stats perspective as players have done the opposite of what advanced stat practitioners have suggested
They all panned the Russell and Bodeker pick ups as they are possession boat anchors ...
Russell is #1 on the Stars in CF%Rel on the Stars after being the worst player on the Flames
Boedeker is #2 on the Avalanche in the same stat after being terrible in Ottawa.
So is it going from poor teams to better teams? (reach with the Avalanche)
The other case is the deal they lauded as brilliant as the Islanders used underlying stats as a Sears catalogue and picked up Shane Prince from the Senators but so far he is third last for the Islanders after being this amazing secret for the Senators.
Something to keep an eye on.
But I'll be interested to see what GranteedED has to say on the topic as well.
And Ricardo? He seems like that guy under a blanket in the basement of a house in the middle of nowhere peering out and professing to understand what's really going on. Brilliant trolling or shudder inducing oddness.
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I have been waiting patiently for some numbers to come out on these guys.
A trade is a great way to isolate and test a stat: same player, same season, but a different team - what happens to his numbers?
If his numbers turn upside down (which, while VERY early, has been the case so far here), and this happens on a fairly regular basis (i.e. not a one-off statistical anomaly), it pretty much obliterates the stats as being useful for individual players.