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Originally Posted by Bingo
This hate for possession stats and scoring chances is just beyond bizarre to me.
It should never be the only thing looked at but to ignore it is crazy.
Pretty sure most fans would want their hockey team to have more scoring chances that the opposition, and if a coach is consistently under water and winning it's likely best to find out why isn't it?
Queue the drive by "deep dive" pot shots.
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Because good advanced stats are a symptom of being a good team and not the other way around. That's not how statistics work. For example, there might be a statistic out there that says on average, most millionaires drive cars that are worth more than $100,000. It would be, however, insane to think that saving all your money to go buy a BMW 7 series, while changing nothing else with your life will make you a millionaire.
Coaching to generate high quality chances and limit them against you is a good thing. Coaching to generate corsi events from the blue line is.... Well, Glen Gulutzan.
Edit: Also shot attempts are not possession. Shot attempts are just shot attempts.