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Poe969 · 02-01-2018, 07:19 AM

No, I didn't ask what his fancy stats were I asked you to tell me about the fancy stats. I've asked a lot of people about corsi and fenwick and all these other things and the most common answer is "it's complicated" followed by "I don't really know everything about it..."

To me, fancy stats are about as useful as +/- I'm sure they're not completely useless but I don't think they really matter much at all. A lot of hockey was played before the introduction of fancy stats and I'm sure a lot of teams still don't really care too much about those fancy stats...except maybe the coyotes! Being a fancy stat master GM is really helping that team make huge strides!

Some stats that are more important than +/- or all the fancy stats in the world are goals & assists and wins & losses. Backlund had a really good year last year and I know people are saying that he's on pace for about the same but I don't think he'll get there. He seems to have cooled off a lot and his play just isn't as good as it was last year. But again, that's just my opinion (and some others too I guess). My whole point is that having Backlund as the team's second best center isn't going to get the team far. Management has to find a way to either add someone who can help drive this team or replace Backlund with someone who can.

02-01-2018, 07:19 AM	#241
Poe969 Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Thunder Bay Ontario Exp:	No, I didn't ask what his fancy stats were I asked you to tell me about the fancy stats. I've asked a lot of people about corsi and fenwick and all these other things and the most common answer is "it's complicated" followed by "I don't really know everything about it..." To me, fancy stats are about as useful as +/- I'm sure they're not completely useless but I don't think they really matter much at all. A lot of hockey was played before the introduction of fancy stats and I'm sure a lot of teams still don't really care too much about those fancy stats...except maybe the coyotes! Being a fancy stat master GM is really helping that team make huge strides! Some stats that are more important than +/- or all the fancy stats in the world are goals & assists and wins & losses. Backlund had a really good year last year and I know people are saying that he's on pace for about the same but I don't think he'll get there. He seems to have cooled off a lot and his play just isn't as good as it was last year. But again, that's just my opinion (and some others too I guess). My whole point is that having Backlund as the team's second best center isn't going to get the team far. Management has to find a way to either add someone who can help drive this team or replace Backlund with someone who can. __________________ Fan of the Flames, where being OK has become OK.