Colin Dambrauskas: Maple Leafs; From Miley Cirus to Iggy Azalea - Fancy Stats

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first!?
- Liger4

Enjoy your ban

Ok now do goals out and goals in

Enjoy your ban
- Pea-Brain

Oh come now... I'd have been banned way much more if first post stealing was punishable.

Corsi - Corsi is the number of shot attempts by a team or player. In other words, it's the sum of a team or players's goals, shots on net, shots that miss the net, and shots that are blocked. It's used as a proxy for puck possession: since we can't (yet) measure how long a player or team has possession of the puck, we use corsi as an approximation.
- Colin_Dambrauskas

I see this as flawed logic.

Brett Hull never, ever had puck possession. But he took a heckuva lot of shots.

How can Fenwick be worse at smaller sample sizes and better at larger ones? And how can we even know that if we aren't directly measuring possession somehow?

I see this as flawed logic.

Brett Hull never, ever had puck possession. But he took a heckuva lot of shots.
- Atomic Wedgie

I hope the idea with Dubas is that he will not be using statistics that are readily available, not in the long-term anyways.

I take it he will have a state of the art data collection and maintenance department set-up at the ACC that will be not only gathering and using their own proprietary data but cleansing it for the flaws.

I hope the idea with Dubas is that he will not be using statistics that are readily available, not in the long-term anyways.

I take it he will have a state of the art data collection and maintenance department set-up at the ACC that will be not only gathering and using their own proprietary data but cleansing it for the flaws.
- Tumbleweed

Read today's Toronto Sun - an article in it pretty much confirms he'll be doing what you are hoping for.

At the end of the day, you have to go with your gut.

It appears that he uses these things to make a more informed decision, but at the end of the day still goes with his gut.

Read today's Toronto Sun - an article in it pretty much confirms he'll be doing what you are hoping for.

At the end of the day, you have to go with your gut.

It appears that he uses these things to make a more informed decision, but at the end of the day still goes with his gut.
- Atomic Wedgie

Please don't make me the the Sun's Leafs coverage.

I assume it'll be like Chicago, no analytical approach told Bowman to pay Kane and Toews +$20M/year. At some point you step away from the spreadsheets and do the right thing.

Nice article, Colin.

Please don't make me the the Sun's Leafs coverage.

I assume it'll be like Chicago, no analytical approach told Bowman to pay Kane and Toews +$20M/year. At some point you step away from the spreadsheets and do the right thing.
- Tumbleweed

Isn't that the National Enquirer's competitor?

You forgot Leo Komarov in your assessment of players brought in.

You forgot Leo Komarov in your assessment of players brought in.
- Antag

Komarov - CF%: 45.6, FF%: 46.8

Still higher than all players that left.

Nice article, Colin.
- jerseyleaf

Glad you liked it

Fancy stats schmancy stats... someone drop the gloves already

I don't like "fancy" stats but I understand some of the advanced stats need to be considered when making a team.

Colin Dambrauskas: Maple Leafs; From Miley Cirus to Iggy Azalea - Fancy Stats
- Colin_Dambrauskas

What does it say if all those +corsi guys come in here and their corsi falls or even mirrors those that left and those that left have their corsi rise?

Colin Dambrauskas: Maple Leafs; From Miley Cirus to Iggy Azalea - Fancy Stats
- Colin_Dambrauskas

Did we exclude gunner/polak on purpose?

What does it say if all those +corsi guys come in here and their corsi falls or even mirrors those that left and those that left have their corsi rise?
- burn

Classic leaf fan

Classic leaf fan
- JVR_42_PK81

What?

The Leaf dressing room was hit by a wrecking ball and couldn't be put back together again.


Yeah, that was weak, so is her music, so a match.

Did we exclude gunner/polak on purpose?
- burn

No, edited.

Gunnarsson - CF%: 40.1, FF%: 41.1
Polak - CF%: 49.4, FF%: 50.9

What does it say if all those +corsi guys come in here and their corsi falls or even mirrors those that left and those that left have their corsi rise?
- burn

Well, as I made mention in the blog, the system put in place can influence these individual stats. So it will be on the Leafs management to also make necessary changes. But by bringing in a guy like Dubas who can bestow some of his knowledge upon the coaches, in addition to (having) new coaches...it couldnt get any worse, right?

No, edited.

Gunnarsson - CF%: 40.1, FF%: 41.1
Polak - CF%: 49.4, FF%: 50.9
- Colin_Dambrauskas

I don't think that just posting those numbers side by side is a true comparison. I believe there is a way to quantify their corsi/fenwick against their team as a whole to show their contribution to the team. Gunner played higher in the lineup against much tougher competition on a historically bad corsi team and polak played lower on a very good corsi team.


I'm sure without a doubt that gunner will play higher in the the blues lineup than polak did, and will have better corsi numbers than polak.