If I had to guess what TC meant, it'd be that, if we were to rank top NHL players by their advanced stats performance against NHL caliber players (a subjective ranking, I suppose, depending on what metrics you choose and how you weigh them), which projected World Championship team would have the highest average rank?
The thing is, advanced stats do not project well when you increase the talent level of all players involved. In fact, they change significantly. Some players can dominate against 80% of NHL players but play like garbage against the top 20%, but then there are some players who don't really dominate against any type of player but can find a way to score against or shut down the best players. It's weird, subjective, and fuzzy.
I don't think the US will be putting too much emphasis on the "advanced stats":
Torts about advanced stats:
"He’s never explained to me how his process works, but Tortorella has a way of looking at games through scoring chances. Breaking down how they happen gives him a true picture of what occurred. In a Tampa radio interview, Tortorella said he spent last season trying to learn about analytics. So what did he uncover? “You know what, not much…There are so many red flags going on with analytics. Corsi, Fenwick…(The year he coached in Vancouver), we were 10th in puck possession and finished 25th. Last year, LA was fifth and didn’t make it. It’s so media driven, it’s taken on a life of its own. It’s not Billy Beane, it’s an instinctive sport. It’s who you are playing against, and on a shot anything can happen. You have to be careful not to be controlled by numbers. You can’t sacrifice your beliefs to get along with the norm.â€
Ugh, and he thinks Toews is the best player in the world. This Yank may have to root for Finland.
Some players can dominate against 80% of NHL players but play like garbage against the top 20%, but then there are some players who don't really dominate against any type of player but can find a way to score against or shut down the best players. It's weird, subjective, and fuzzy.
Tortorella has a way of looking at games through scoring chances.
The "Just Knows How to Win" World. The captain of a three-time Cup winner? How could he not be the best?Which world?
Reasonable, unless he's rejecting it entirely because of that. His comment seems very dismissive, and he noted just a few examples of when it doesn't correlate to winning. That sounds like a naive understanding to me.Sounds to me that Torts support analytics, just isn't on board with corsi/fenwick as some kind of God stat....which sounds perfectly reasonable.