So puck possession isn't nearly as important as generating odd man breaks and breakout chances and having great players among the forward ranks to convert those chances.
Sounds pretty much exactly like the Penguins playoff run this year, especially the Caps series where the Penguins were supposedly thoroughly outplayed but made the most of the juicy opportunities they got. - hardnosed
Micro stats are very different from the existing analytics. Current analytics take more out of a math formulae than 'actual' events (correct me if I'm wrong), where micro stats are people actually following the game & entering the actual event data from what they have seen. Micro stats can actually point to what leads to a goal & who was involved rather than just giving 'everyone' on the ice a positive point when a goal is scored - micro stats for me are more 'off the stick' stats as they are being correlated by people not math formulae.
The zone entries or what look more like break out or odd man rushes (to moi), in the video are correlated by people actually looking at this & counting & marking down events.
What I don't see in any of the video zone entries Gunner shows is where a team has defended with all players in their own zone & sending the puck outside their D zone then the attacking team bringing it back in with a full opposing team in front of them. Is the 4 or 6 second 'rule' still valid?
Micro stats are a truer indication of a game where as analytics in my opinion are not.
Micro stats are very different from the existing analytics. Current analytics take more out of a math formulae than 'actual' events (correct me if I'm wrong), where micro stats are people actually following the game & entering the actual event data from what they have seen. Micro stats can actually point to what leads to a goal & who was involved rather than just giving 'everyone' on the ice a positive point when a goal is scored - micro stats for me are more 'off the stick' stats as they are being correlated by people not math formulae.
The zone entries or what look more like break out or odd man rushes (to moi), in the video are correlated by people actually looking at this & counting & marking down events.
What I don't see in any of the video zone entries Gunner shows is where a team has defended with all players in their own zone & sending the puck outside their D zone then the attacking team bringing it back in with a full opposing team in front of them. Is the 4 or 6 second 'rule' still valid?
Micro stats are a truer indication of a game where as analytics in my opinion are not. - Aussiepenguin
All stats involve math. You are however identifying the truth that is while all leave the need for intelligent interpretation, some reveal more concrete conclusions rather than abstract. Some of these conclusions leave us with common sense knowledge we already know, whether it be the old adage of get pucks to the net and good stuff happens or no shiz they happen a short time after entering the zone -the puck changes zone every few seconds for most of the game anyway. However the indirect, or secondary knowledge, that statistics provide is invaluable. The comment about tooling your roster with capable playmakers and shooters rather than character grinders applies here in a big way (that's not to say character grinders aren't capable of these types of goals or don't matter to a team). Anyway, despite the fact that RW gets shiz for it, he does a good job to most always clarify that advanced statistics shouldn't be viewed as a GM's bible. It's laughable that no matter what he says people assume he, and others alike, don't watch games but just look at digits and graphs on a computer screen.
THE STATS AND GRAPHS ARE MERELY A GUIDE OR FRAME OF REFERENCE PEOPLE. Do some people abuse them and think/wish they should always predict reality, yes. That's a totally understandable illness that comes from blogging for the Caps though.
All stats involve math. You are however identifying the truth that is while all leave the need for intelligent interpretation, some reveal more concrete conclusions rather than abstract. Some of these conclusions leave us with common sense knowledge we already know, whether it be the old adage of get pucks to the net and good stuff happens or no shiz they happen a short time after entering the zone -the puck changes zone every few seconds for most of the game anyway. However the indirect, or secondary knowledge, that statistics provide is invaluable. The comment about tooling your roster with capable playmakers and shooters rather than character grinders applies here in a big way (that's not to say character grinders aren't capable of these types of goals or don't matter to a team). Anyway, despite the fact that RW gets shiz for it, he does a good job to most always clarify that advanced statistics shouldn't be viewed as a GM's bible. It's laughable that no matter what he says people assume he, and others alike, don't watch games but just look at digits and graphs on a computer screen.
THE STATS AND GRAPHS ARE MERELY A GUIDE OR FRAME OF REFERENCE PEOPLE. Do some people abuse them and think/wish they should always predict reality, yes. That's a totally understandable illness that comes from blogging for the Caps though. - Le_Magnifique
All stats involve math. You are however identifying the truth that is while all leave the need for intelligent interpretation, some reveal more concrete conclusions rather than abstract. Some of these conclusions leave us with common sense knowledge we already know, whether it be the old adage of get pucks to the net and good stuff happens or no shiz they happen a short time after entering the zone -the puck changes zone every few seconds for most of the game anyway. However the indirect, or secondary knowledge, that statistics provide is invaluable. The comment about tooling your roster with capable playmakers and shooters rather than character grinders applies here in a big way (that's not to say character grinders aren't capable of these typfes of goals or don't matter to a team). Anyway, despite the fact that RW gets shiz for it, he does a good job to most always clarify that advanced statistics shouldn't be viewed as a GM's bible. It's laughable that no matter what he says people assume he, and others alike, don't watch games but just look at digits and graphs on a computer screen.
THE STATS AND GRAPHS ARE MERELY A GUIDE OR FRAME OF REFERENCE PEOPLE. Do some people abuse them and think/wish they should always predict reality, yes. That's a totally understandable illness that comes from blogging for the Caps though. - Le_Magnifique
All stats involve math. You are however identifying the truth that is while all leave the need for intelligent interpretation, some reveal more concrete conclusions rather than abstract. Some of these conclusions leave us with common sense knowledge we already know, whether it be the old adage of get pucks to the net and good stuff happens or no shiz they happen a short time after entering the zone -the puck changes zone every few seconds for most of the game anyway. However the indirect, or secondary knowledge, that statistics provide is invaluable. The comment about tooling your roster with capable playmakers and shooters rather than character grinders applies here in a big way (that's not to say character grinders aren't capable of these types of goals or don't matter to a team). Anyway, despite the fact that RW gets shiz for it, he does a good job to most always clarify that advanced statistics shouldn't be viewed as a GM's bible. It's laughable that no matter what he says people assume he, and others alike, don't watch games but just look at digits and graphs on a computer screen.
THE STATS AND GRAPHS ARE MERELY A GUIDE OR FRAME OF REFERENCE PEOPLE. Do some people abuse them and think/wish they should always predict reality, yes. That's a totally understandable illness that comes from blogging for the Caps though. - Le_Magnifique
Unfortunately Spanner isn't the only person that does that, & it appears current analytics is open to many different outcomes when individuals pick a stat or a couple of stats but don't provide all relevant data when trying to justify their opinion.
Unfortunately Spanner isn't the only person that does that, & it appears current analytics is open to many different outcomes when individuals pick a stat or a couple of stats but don't provide all relevant data when trying to justify their opinion. - Aussiepenguin
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Looking at that boy are we gonna miss kuni! - taleisyreXIII
Big time. Kunitz in the bottom 6 was a beautiful thing. For me he's just as much a core player as MAF was so I hated seeing him go and especially for one year/2mill.... And to the Bolts who I believe are returning to the ECF this year.
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF Joined: 12.12.2014
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All stats involve math. You are however identifying the truth that is while all leave the need for intelligent interpretation, some reveal more concrete conclusions rather than abstract. Some of these conclusions leave us with common sense knowledge we already know, whether it be the old adage of get pucks to the net and good stuff happens or no shiz they happen a short time after entering the zone -the puck changes zone every few seconds for most of the game anyway. However the indirect, or secondary knowledge, that statistics provide is invaluable. The comment about tooling your roster with capable playmakers and shooters rather than character grinders applies here in a big way (that's not to say character grinders aren't capable of these types of goals or don't matter to a team). Anyway, despite the fact that RW gets shiz for it, he does a good job to most always clarify that advanced statistics shouldn't be viewed as a GM's bible. It's laughable that no matter what he says people assume he, and others alike, don't watch games but just look at digits and graphs on a computer screen.
THE STATS AND GRAPHS ARE MERELY A GUIDE OR FRAME OF REFERENCE PEOPLE. Do some people abuse them and think/wish they should always predict reality, yes. That's a totally understandable illness that comes from blogging for the Caps though. - Le_Magnifique
- but mostly due to him being a tool. 
