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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
And you think Darryl Sutter came to that conclusion from reading Corsi charts?
Kings are also one of the bigger heavier teams in the NHL.
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It's funny because their team make up doesn't really jive with what most advanced stats guys would promote.
They are a team that has good advanced stats results, but they weren't built by compiling a bunch of players with good Corsi on the same team.
It's not that surprising that having the result of being a good Corsi team is going to mean you are a better team overall.
What hasn't been proven yet is that by acquiring a bunch of players with really good advanced stats individually and putting them on a team means they will become a good team.
Personally I like them to help look at underlying factors - i.e. Kris Russell's play but I don't think they are actually very good at translating from team to team and predicting how a player will perform in a different situation. Mark Fayne had great advanced metrics in New Jersey, and has been a tire fire in Edmonton.
Also think they can do a good job at predicting teams that are overachieving, and underachieving, but in the end it has proven to be just as accurate as a team's goal differential in the long run.