Canadiens1958
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Stats
My point has always been that stats are a small part of the overall scouting system package. Your point seems to be that stats are a stand alone indicator that work well without any contribution from all the other components that at the arena scouting brings to the decision making process.
The subpoint is that your stats package is underperforming compared to the NHL overall package. Certain elements have merit from what I have observed - the age factor is given a bit too much weight. At the Novice level the difference between a first year Jan and December birthday may be as much as 365 days or upwards of 20%.By the midget/junior levels the difference may still be as much as 365 days but the actual devleopmental difference is down to app 5-7%.
Your appreciation of Quebec Midget AAA stats,Quebec/Eastern Ontario Junior A stats is not in tune with the league realities - expansions,rule changes jurisdictional issues and team structures. These impact performance and the evaluation of same.
You overrate Quebec/QMJHL goalies especially in the second half of the nineties onwards because the stats simply did not show how the game had changed at that position.
Pretty good does not cut it in the NHL. Access to better data? Interesting question. Change your approach to cultivating possible resources.
Wow. So you obviously agree that using stats aids in the scouting process. And yet, my suggestion that such is true is met with complaint after complaint. You're a piece of work, you are.
My entire point is that with a fairly simple system using only very basic stats, you can get pretty good draft rankings. I can only imagine what can be done with a much more thorough system with access to better data.
My point has always been that stats are a small part of the overall scouting system package. Your point seems to be that stats are a stand alone indicator that work well without any contribution from all the other components that at the arena scouting brings to the decision making process.
The subpoint is that your stats package is underperforming compared to the NHL overall package. Certain elements have merit from what I have observed - the age factor is given a bit too much weight. At the Novice level the difference between a first year Jan and December birthday may be as much as 365 days or upwards of 20%.By the midget/junior levels the difference may still be as much as 365 days but the actual devleopmental difference is down to app 5-7%.
Your appreciation of Quebec Midget AAA stats,Quebec/Eastern Ontario Junior A stats is not in tune with the league realities - expansions,rule changes jurisdictional issues and team structures. These impact performance and the evaluation of same.
You overrate Quebec/QMJHL goalies especially in the second half of the nineties onwards because the stats simply did not show how the game had changed at that position.
Pretty good does not cut it in the NHL. Access to better data? Interesting question. Change your approach to cultivating possible resources.