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Originally Posted by AC
Some interesting looks at advanced stats paint an optimistic view of the Flames....
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Thank you for sharing this. I am generally a strong endorser of advanced stars, but this is starting to make me realize that there is a lot more to the drunk guy-lamp post analogy than I had previously considered.
Based on these graphs I would word my new theory as follows. There are those teams that have good advanced stars as a result of their play and those teams that focus their play on achieving high advanced stats.
I believe the Flames, Oilers and likely San Jose are the later, whereas Tampa Bay and Nashville are the forner. The eye rest would suggest that neither the Oilers or Flames are just a bit of an puckluck correction to the norm away from being a top team. Any statistics showing this are clearly missing a core component of team performance.