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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Just because a goalie played well and had saves above expected, doesn't mean you can simply subtract that from the score and get a different result. Games flow BASED on the score. Hell, refs REF based on the score.
You can't simply say he saved 11 points in the standings. It just doesn't work that way.
Not to mention, these stats are FAR from infallible. Shot metrics in hockey do not consider time and space, so two (statistically) identical shots from the exact same place on the ice, are not identical because one shooter may have had more time than the other. Applying these stats with the assumption that they are perfectly accurate, is folly. Drawing the conclusions that you are trying to draw from them, is beyond folly. It is flat out garbage, as far as statistics go.
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I’m not even sure the accuracy of the stats is a concern for the 2-3 people making this argument. The position seems to be somewhere between “stats exist” and “don’t tell me about stats” and either way there doesn’t seem to be any concern over whether stats are even relevant, let alone accurate.
It’s a funny position. I love Wolf, I think he’s had an amazing season for a rookie goaltender, easy calder consideration. But you’d have an easier time arguing the Flames would be cup contenders if they just added one 20 goal scorer than this whole 17 point drop/bottom five business without Wolf. And I don’t know a single person who would even entertain that argument, so the fact that a small handful of people are trying to actually make this one is wild.