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Originally Posted by Bingo
It's so early so when you look at a stat production / 60 it can get skewed.
Gaudreau has 3 individual high danger chances, Ritchie has two. But Ritchie only has 20 minutes of ice time to Gaudreau's 30.
Bottom line Ritchie hasn't played too bad in the two games to start the season. Honestly the whole team has played pretty well.
Only five players under water through two games ... Lucic, Tanev, Zadorov, Backlund and then Lewis who is a whisker under 50%.
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I think advanced stats are too black and white though. When the game is more of a full scale of contrast between black and white. You can take a analytics number to support a larger argument for sure. But when I see guys #### post a bunch of lines of 10 different percentages as if that alone shows who is a good player or not I shake my head.
I would expect a guy like Ritchie to have good analytics he's got a never ending motor. He wins puck battles. Has a big body. But he handles the puck like a grenade. So although he might drive possession he has zero finish. The only stat I know that accurately shows a players finish is goals. And that's why the Flames as a whole have been analytics darlings yet the end result has been lackluster. Alot of effort. Win on the shot clock. Yet no finish. The story 2 games into this season is the same story going back to Gulutzan. I remember outshooting opponents then as well.