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Old 12-14-2017, 03:14 PM   #36
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I guess I'm just not a fan of fancy stats. Scoring a goal is a combination of many random things. Yes getting chances is better than not getting them, but in the end only a fraction of chances get converted to goals. This is why I don't quite fully buy in to Bingos prognosis...
That doesn't really answer my question. Please help me to explain what you mean by this:
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...not all chances are equal. We can't judge a team by that. Monahan missed an almost sure goal in OT last game. That's a chance that gets on a replay feed and more often than not they go in. But how are other chances defined? A shot from the same spot by Monahan will have a different outcome than one from Brouwer. At least most of the time.

So yes the Flames are buzzing around and shooting, but again, that can have different results.
You chose this specific criterion upon which to illustrate your opinion of why the results do not correspond easily with the underlying numbers. So, explain it.
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