It's probably a matter of finally being in hockey long enough to notice, but wow I am really noticing this postseason how flatout absurd most of the narratives are.
The one where any given goal scorer who fails to score goals does it because he's "not a playoffs guy" (or worse, because he "doesn't want it enough") is the one that really comes to mind. Adam Gretz had a great cranky article about how goal scoring is always going to be streaky because of the low number of goals scored in general.
I feel like if the hockey media and fans could wrap their heads around the idea of small sample sizes (and by extension, luck), a lot of stupidity could go away. Although that's probably too optimistic on my part!
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Re: SCF Predictions Thread
From: (Anonymous)The one where any given goal scorer who fails to score goals does it because he's "not a playoffs guy" (or worse, because he "doesn't want it enough") is the one that really comes to mind. Adam Gretz had a great cranky article about how goal scoring is always going to be streaky because of the low number of goals scored in general.
I feel like if the hockey media and fans could wrap their heads around the idea of small sample sizes (and by extension, luck), a lot of stupidity could go away. Although that's probably too optimistic on my part!