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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I agree that the Flames are getting worked, but I also think that advanced stats are still not really very advanced. They're still pretty simple models that leave out a tonne of data.
Some day there will be much more advanced stats that use much more complete data with more sophisticated models and provide much greater insight, but for now I don't think the advanced stats can be consistently counted on to provide better insight than the pattern recognition abilities of a human brain trained on a tonne of game-watching & game-playing data.
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Yeah I don't like the word advanced at all.
Someone is just counting instances of certain events. Things will certainly progress into something more advanced but that's all it is now.
To me it's an onion.
Shots on goal mean something, but you can go deeper.
Shot attempts mean something as well, but you can go deeper.
Game three the Stars had more shots and shot attempts, ... more scoring chances, but a 10-7 edge in high danger chances and the Flames won the game. They gave up zone time, but protected the paint well.
Game four was different ... Stars had the possession but they converted said possession into scoring chances ... something like 20-8
There aren't many instances where the event summaries don't match what you're seeing.