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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Why not just track the number of times Tortorella's teams have played in the playoffs? The answer is 8/13, with one championship and one more conference finals appearance. That looks pretty good to me.
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Because if you just look at playoffs vs. not, there's no difference between a coach that consistently leads teams to 93 points and one that consistently leads teams to 105 points. And I think there is a big difference between those two coaches.
More accurate data is better.