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Originally Posted by Kovaz
It's blatantly clear you stopped reading, because your post doesn't address Frank MetaMusil's argument at all.
Gulutzan preaches a "puck possession" style. He frequently brings up advanced stats like Corsi in his post game press conferences, so clearly the team looks at those internally. He believes that having strong Corsi% is a part of being successful. We're top-3 in the NHL in Corsi%, and have been #1 at times. To me, that's pretty strong evidence that the team has bought in to what Gulutzan is preaching. It just doesn't work, no matter how well you do it.
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Management may have bought in but I don’t think the players have or they’ve lost it.
Someone made a great post earlier saying how the easily measured advanced stats like coral have a very weak correlation to actual winning. I think if GG believes that corsi = winning then he will not be long for professional hockey.
Also on the topic of stupid analytics... did you know they don’t count a tip as a high danger shot if the shot itself came from outside the home plate area? Seems dumb to me