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Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Chris Tanev's stats comparisons, from VAN last year to CGY this year, are a perfect illustration of the fact that context matters for these stats.

Just taking the stats as is, and saying this player is better ta that player, or this player's play has deteriorated, COMPLETELY ignores that context. The stats are what they are, but the conclusions drawn from them are all but worthless.

You can't compare the stats of this defenseman, on this team, with this partner, used in these situations, against another defenseman on a different team, with a different partner, used in different situations.

Again, that's the problem with these stats - people don't understand their limitations, and jump straight to conclusions

Kind of makes you wonder what an advanced stat turd like Ristolainen might look like if he ends up on a different roster in the next couple of seasons.