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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
This is a ridiculous question - and you know it.
There can be more than one thing at play at the same time. A worse team can better a better team; a tired team can beat a rested team; a player who is concentrating fiercely can lose to a player who is not trying.
None of that suggests, let alone proves, that talent, fatigue and concentration don't exist.
One of the biggest problems with stats, is its limitations. Just because you can't see the effects of something in the stats, does not mean it isn't there. Just because the standard error is expected to be zero, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just because the averages wash out the randomness in the aggregate, doesn't mean that luck doesn't exist.
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That’s the point. Luck is a major factor in hockey.
If you’re so convinced that rest matters, quantify it.