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by liberte82 2537 days ago
This is a great explanation of the issues we have with statistics. You see this all the time in other sports too. As a hockey watcher, fans always want “explanations” for a loss or losing streak. More often than not, it’s just bad luck, and the kneejerk reactions that coaches and GMs take often just make things worse.

Nate Silver did a writeup showing the math around how the winner of the Stanley Cup comes down to little more than random chance.