diceman934
Help is on the way.
OP if you were expecting posters to actually read the article and engage in a meaningful debate you will probably be let down.
People will just claim stats are wrong and meaningless and the Leafs are amazing and will be a playoff team and the numbers don't matter.
I too hope for Leafs' success, but come on people have a shred of objectivity and just consider that maybe the Leafs exceeded expectations due to great goaltending and a high shooting % that may or may not be sustainable. If we are a great team again then WOOHOO!! go Leafs! but if regression happens maybe there is merit in examining articles like the OPs and not getting too worked up and excited over this team.
It's much easier to have modest expectations and be pleasantly surprised by success than to put the team on a pedestal believing they can do no wrong and all the objective stats that suggest the Leafs played over their heads are garbage and have no basis in reality. You can disagree with the article or the value of advanced stats, but if you don't put in the time to read and understand things I don't believe you have the right to dismiss it as incorrect.
Be open minded and cheer for the team you love! Completely ignoring presented facts just makes posters come across as stubborn, ignorant, close minded and incapable of critical thinking.
A while ago, shots on goal were the measure of what team out played the other team in a game....very flawed.
Score of the game dictates a lot of stats.....so excuse me if I continue to ignore the stats that has no meaningful way of measuring true items that control who is most likely to win.....effort/skill and execution of systems.