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Originally Posted by The Cobra
GWG is not an official stat, as it is inherently flawed.
The 4th goal in a 7-4 game may become the GWG simply because the losing team scored a late goal.
In baseball, the game winning RBI (again not an official stat) is the one which puts the winning team into a lead that they never relinquish. That makes way more sense, as it’s always a lead changing RBI.
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What a ridiculous take. An actual measure where there is no argument or faulty assumption is a flawed stat, but stats that are measures of unrelated events arrived at using a subjective means are valid stats. I'm with you and prefer the baseball methodology, but until that is changed in hockey, the GWG is still a stat and one teams and agents rely upon when discussing player values. Only an fool would suggest that game winning goals have no value. Matthews is one of the best in the game at scoring big goals and has shown that consistently during his career. Suggesting otherwise is ignoring reality.