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Originally Posted by GullFoss
It's honestly more likely both goalies are underperforming than it is that the stats are biased against the flames goalies.
The idea that the opposing teams are systematically better at shot placement than the flames should actually be reflected in the GF vs xGF of the flames. Because that suggests the flames are below average at finishing more than it suggests the other team is good at finishing. And that's exactly what the data shows.
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But not really, because the xGF is based on a bucket of shots, based on the common elements of location they are taken from, and preceding event
It is not based on time and space available to the shooter and shot placement
It is a problem I have observed. The Flames give up costly grade As
The stats aren’t biased. They reflect what they measure.
Because the measurements don’t capture the problems I observe, the conclusion people draw seems to penalize the G