Another fine take on the subject by Paul Stewart

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...read_id=117204&forum_id=1
- MJL

well that wasn't informative at all.


also please no more posting of Stewart blogs. Any credibility he may have had was lost when he blogged about a 19-year-old Eric Lindros not being friendly to him and openly admitting to making biased calls/non-calls involving him for the rest of his career as a result.

you're telling me half these people browse the misc section
learn something new everyday

well that wasn't informative at all.


also please no more posting of Stewart blogs. Any credibility he may have had was lost when he blogged about a 19-year-old Eric Lindros not being friendly to him and openly admitting to making biased calls/non-calls involving him for the rest of his career as a result.
- Crimsoninja

I found it to be informative. I don't agree with a lot of stuff he writes, especially calling out others personally who aren't aware, or don't have the forum to respond. But I agree with his take on this subject.

Lets all be clear on this:

Clarkson was a good player based on advanced stats two years ago.
- A_Tree

Lets all be clear on this:

Clarkson was an incredibly unlucky player who was thrown into a poopstorm of a hockey team based on advanced stats this year after signing a contract that was clearly more than he was worth.

This does not prove or disprove anything about advanced stats. It's a single data point with no context and merely an easy target for those who don't care to see the value in them.