Modern statistics that are overrated

[Bear of Bad News]

From Broad Street Hockey:

http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2014/2/5/5348290/overused-and-overrated-statistics

Largely covers covered ground (hence the name "covered ground"), but a nice recap of team effects.

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[seancolorado]

Great stuff. Broad Street Hockey is a great website

 

[Sevanston]

I agree with every single item on that list.

 

[Ryp37]

Only one I disagree with is hits, Matt Martin consistently leads the league in hits because he's on the ice to purposely to dump it in a d-mans corner and finish his hit, he's not out there for possession time

 

[Averick*]

Amen! That guy needs to sniff around baseball.

 

[capebretoncanadien]

Only one I disagree with is hits, Matt Martin consistently leads the league in hits because he's on the ice to purposely to dump it in a d-mans corner and finish his hit, he's not out there for possession time

I agree with this too.

Landing some big blasts on an opponent has a cumulative effect in my opinion.

The way they count the stat is pretty sketchy though.

Same with shot blocks.

My own team (MTL) is terrible for fudging the shot block numbers.