[News] CBS Sports power ranking w/ intro geared at Calgary

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Red

Advanced Stats people need to show us why the Oilers are so bad. We hear about how unsustainable Flames record is based on recent fortunes (unreal goaltending for most part) followed by misfortunes of Toronto and Colorado. But let's hear the other side of the coin, teams with good stats that lose more than they win.What do the stats show there?

It's not exactly rocket science. Generally, you are more likely to be successful if you out shoot the opposition.
Of course, not always. But generally. Which is why, if you must use one, Fenwick is better than corsi.

But I agree 100%.... Absolutely nothing advanced about it.

[Resolute 14]

FWIW, the Oilers have dropped toward the bottom of the Corsi chart as well.

[Split98]

Originally Posted by Reaper

So, your response to perceived rudeness is to start name calling. I guess you had your reason. I shan't sleep well tonight as I stew over being called an asshat.

*Implied

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Split98

*Implied

I implied nor inferred no rudeness in my post. You perceived what you thought was rudeness. I was blunt and dismissive of basketball. I didn't think a sport could feel insulted. Who knew?

[heep223]

Can we all just agree that pumpkin toss is by far the worst pro sport and just move on. Please and thanks.

[Itse]

Soccer has had advanced player tracking for a good while now. It became rather obvious after a while that team possession isn't a very interesting stat. I suspect this will also become obvious in hockey after the initial excitement.

Stats are most interesting when trying to understand individual players and their roles on the team. Tracking linemates, icetime and zone starts tells you a lot about the way a player has been used by a team, which gives you a lot of added perspective to his other stats. To me those are much more advanced stats than corsi.