Re: Toronto Maple Leafs
Originally Posted by
Mr. Guru
I don't agree with those people who believe in analytics.
Those people would not have predicted an 8 game losing streak to miss the playoffs. Those people would not have predicted the Leafs to be a comfortable playoff team at the Olympic break.
That is what I am saying.
What you said in November means nothing. You also would have said the Leafs wouldn't have been that high in the standings starting March.
Besides these horrific results post Olympic break, the advance stats/analytics people were dead wrong. And an 8 game losing streak doesn't make them right. Call it what you want. No one would have predicted an 8 game losing streak.
I'm not incredibly well-versed on advanced statistics and analytics in general; however, I'm pretty sure that's exactly what the argument was: that the Leafs were an historically awful possession-driving team, and their relative success early in the season was based on HUGE performances from guys like Kessel and top-quality Goaltending from Bernier for most of the year. The analytics crowd has been saying this all year long, that the Leafs would probably turn into a pumpkin before midnight, and ultimately miss out on the playoffs ... because they're not a good team.
Now that it's coming to fruition you can't say that the analytics crowd was wrong because they failed to predict exactly how many games in a row the Leafs would lose. They called out a huge problem with how the Leafs have been playing, and now everyone sees it. Even the casual "just watch the games" fan.
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