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"On Corsi and Faceoffs" Rebuttal
Tom Benjamin over at Canucks Corner decided to take a swipe at the stats crowd yesterday, and usually I leave the rebuttals to Gabe but this one is relatively easy. The first sentence of his blog post: "I'm fairly skeptical of much of the statistical analysis being kicked around these days." So...
Filling the news void, one unsourced falsehood at a time
Starting just after the Radim Vrbata trade and climaxing in the immediate aftermath of the Vaclav Prospal buyout, I've been reintroduced to just why fans turn to unsourced speculation about player movement. I've been reintroduced to just why people turn to a less-than-three-percent-accuracy rumor...





