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Originally Posted by transplant99
Im not having the fancy stats argument again though. Its been done a thousand times.
Hockey is played in a very fluid arena with variables of humans making different decisions and on a surface that is not constant. Trying to make it static with spread sheets just isnt something that will ever happen.
they have some value to see if what you are observing is backed up by all kinds of statistics or even close. It allows those who do this for a living to have some checks and balances against their own possible biases.
It is not anything more than that however.
Your stance on Mangiapane is a perfect example actually.
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My stance that he hasn't done anything to earn 6mil a year yet, but will flourish with better linrmates and pp time?
Everyone was crying that Bennett was a victim of circumstance because of his usage and now we have a guy who gets no freebees with ice time, usage, linemates and zero pp time and he is absolutely blossoming. I don't need a spreadsheet to explain that for me.