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Originally Posted by kevman
I believe the anti-advanced stats crowd are being purposely obtuse to further their view point. It is simple.
Here is last nights 5 on 5 shot chart. Numbers aside, this isn't complicated. Calgary had more shots from in close. It just so happens that Tampa did a better job capitalizing on shots from, or behind, the goal line.
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Do you think a boxer who throws a lot of in close punches but often gets knocked out is a good fighter?
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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