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Originally Posted by dammage79
I can provide 1 example, the 2014/2015 Calgary Flames and their players. Another example would be the same team this year.
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Poor possession stats last year, team found success. Better possession stats this year and here we are, talking about Finns and Matthews. [/QUOTE]
The flames are exactly where their underlying stats say they should be. As for last year, you understand probability I imagine? Players and teams in every sport outperform their expectations every year. Is Clarkson a 30 goal scorer? Or do outliers exist that don't disprove the rule?
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There are a ton of different types of fans who follow the game. some people cannot just watch a game for the sake of watching it, they need to fill their heads with a stock ticker of stats and percentages to find any use in watching the game. But this isn't baseball or Football. It's not a linear sport of limited moves per play.
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I love watching sports and want my team to improve. Therefore I like to understand more of it. Strange thing to be belittled about. Just because hockey isn't segmented doesn't mean there aren't important underlying repeatable events that can be tracked