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Originally Posted by Bingo
It's an averaging list of counts that is supposed to create a discussion in a topic about the Flames being contenders.
It was never sanctioned as being
a) better than standings
b) better than goal differential
c) the future
d) a secret that only I know
It was meant to look at the possibility that some teams were playing better than their results showed through 1/3 of a season, teams playing worse than their results have been through 1/3 of a season, and of course some teams that have underlying stats that just don't make sense.
That's it.
I just don't get the need to attack these stats every time they are posted. They shouldn't scare you. They are harmless counts that may or not make sense.
It's better to have higher counts on generating things then it is in giving things up. That's all folks.
What made me bring it up was the mention of Buffalo as a contender as I don't buy that at this point in the season. Since I posted the ranks they've lost something like three out of four.
Early in the year the Canucks were winning nightly but had terrible underlying stats ... they've petered out as one would expect. Carolina continues to have great numbers but not great results which make them an interesting case.
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No one is scared of them Bingo. You post them to add more to the conversation (I assume). And people then discuss them. I personally see no correlation with what you posted, vs what I believe from watching the games, so my comments attempted to refute them.
But you clearly
are defensive about this, so I am done talking about it. And my apologies for rarely agreeing with them.