It's like how there has been multiple calculations that you should NEVER punt in football, yet somehow people pay at least one person to specifically execute a sub-optimal decision multiple times a game.
Math is weird when it comes to sports. I have no doubt that pulling the goalie early is a correct choice and teams usually wait too long to pull the goalie, but players aren't robots. Having a 5-0 game go to 10-0 because you're trying to play 6 on 5 has implications on the team dynamic past that single game.
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