Advanced stats can be illustrative but they look at such a narrow band of performance. Having more shots is better.... sure possibly. But the number of other relevant factors in a hockey game are pretty significant. Using corsi to say a team is good is like saying ice cream is healthy because it has low salt. It's one number out of a ton that matter.
And frankly many of the people pushing advanced stats are really arrogant and irritating.
I heard somebody talking about how great a player was the other day because his turnover rate is so low.... I thought, I see the guy with the puck like twice a game - what the hell difference does that stat even make.
Most of us accept that stats are interesting and useful, but talking about any stat (especially Corsi) like it predicts who is better makes a lot of people trying to look smart seem simple.
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