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But doesn't this work both ways? Canucks fans were saying it was all about results now it's about analytics?
Most Canucks fans' argument was that the PDO and other stats was misleading because of the team scoring fast, early, and often, then playing turtle for two periods. The team was on the winning side of like 5 blowouts extremely early in the season while all their losses were very close or in overtime.
Excluding the people who don't know anything about possession stats, of which there are many in all fanbases, generally Canucks fans continued to point to the Canucks being an elite defensive team despite allowing a ton of chances against. Since Demko went down the team has been playing far more conservatively because AHL goalies are getting a lot of starts.
edit: sorry didn't realize this was a necro