QoC doesn't matter nearly as much as you think it does
@Ola , it's been proven time and time again by the "geeks" as they're called in this thread (not by you).
I think it matters a lot more than everyone thinks. And the counterary have definitely NOT been proven.
Look this is the problem, if I can call it ‘you guys’, never critically look at these claims.
You want to criticize the use of +\~. Due to that so many can point at some very solid factors for why its pretty meaningless to compare two players rating in that column. But name one point of critique against +\- that doesn’t apply to corsi, besides the fact that plus minus includes shorties. One.
It can’t be done, the only difference between +\~ and corsi is that corsi takes away quality of goaltending and shot blocking, but you can also argue that +\~ has an advantage over corsi since it’s defacto counts goals and hence to a large extent quality of shot.
And, the icing on the cake, goal difference has the last years been a better teller of success than corsi. And surprise surprise, Pionk is at the bottom of our team in +\~ too.
My point is just, can we just admit that corsi more or less the same thing as +/-? Marek Malik can lead the league in +\- and Patrick Weinroch can lead the league in corsi. Both have a margin of error the size of the Pacific if you believe that they stand alone can be looked at.
Corsi beats out +/- since you need a smaller sample size that is for sure. But still — the exact same point of criticism against +\- applies on corsi besides that shorties count as a minus.