Is Sidney Crosby A Dirty Player? The Numbers Say No.

[ChrisKreider20]

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/is-sidney-crosby-a-dirty-player-the-numbers-say-no/#more-14924

This post has nothing to do about whether Crosby is dirty. This has to do with an author's embarrassing use of evidence to support a claim. He is using google hits as a basis for whether people think Crosby is dirty or not. According to the author b/c Sidney Crosby Clean (not in quotations) returns more results than Sidney Crosby Dirty, the consensus is that he is more clean than he is dirty. Horrible, horribel analysis....

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[Coach Travis]

He's no angel. He's not going to be up for a Lady Byng anytime soon. But he's not dirty. The way I see it, anything Sid does that fans don't like, other players do on other teams but their fans over look it because it's their guy doing it for their team.

 

[Starbuds]

The Eye Test > All

Especially if it's the Starbuds Eye Test.

 

[Brooklanders*]

Sid is not any dirty then most.

 

[hatterson]

This isn't exactly the type of "numbers" we usually go for.

Google hits don't count as hockey analytics.