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Originally Posted by Red
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...
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That doesn't really answer my question. Please help me to explain what you mean by this:
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Originally Posted by Red
...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.
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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.