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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
That would be an acceptable measure for me. Good teams don't tend to have prolonged losing streaks. Picking yourself up the next night seems to be a decent metric.
I would also include comeback wins when trailing after 1 or 2 periods, but since that gets into the problem of being behind often in games, it's maybe a negative indicator of failing to show up on time.
I could go on. As you see, these get pretty messy, as all measures of things that aren't direct on-ice events get messy when you try to quantify them. That's why I give Corsi and Corsi in context (Corsi relative, Score adjusted Corsi) a break when they're trying to determine a picture of what's happening out there.
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I am intrigued by this. Why would you give corsi a break? It isn't a child that is trying hard. It is a statistic - either it is strongly predictive, and therefore very valuable, or it is less so, or it is useless. Giving it a break serves no purpose whatsoever.
This goes back to the very common defense of current advanced stats being: well, they're the best we have. Yes, they are. So what? If they're not actually
good, who cares if they're the best we have?