puckyeah
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- May 23, 2012
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Statistically and for historic purposes, a goal is a goal, whether its even strength, 1 man advantage, 2 man advantage or empty net. But, in reality, even strength goals are much harder to score. Also, not all even strength goals are equal, it was much easier for Wayne Gretzky to score a goal playing with the powerhouse Oilers than it might have been for a player in the Eastern Conference who had to play those great Devils teams when Marty was in his prime.
I would love to see what the all time goal stats looked like if the difficulty of the goal scored was weighted, in other words, if you're on the Oilers and Gretzky throws you a pass on a 2 man advantage and you score, you get less "goal points" than if you scored a short handed goal vs the NJ Devils during the Stevens/Daneyko/Brodeur prime years.
Has anyone ever done a study like this and done specific analysis on the situation and "weighted" the goals scored by players from more difficult to less difficult?
I would love to see what the all time goal stats looked like if the difficulty of the goal scored was weighted, in other words, if you're on the Oilers and Gretzky throws you a pass on a 2 man advantage and you score, you get less "goal points" than if you scored a short handed goal vs the NJ Devils during the Stevens/Daneyko/Brodeur prime years.
Has anyone ever done a study like this and done specific analysis on the situation and "weighted" the goals scored by players from more difficult to less difficult?