JRich vs the Corsi and Fenwick worshipers...Game 2 Monday 4pm, CAR @ NYR
Game 1 was CAR @ NYR -- The Hurricanes with all their AMAZING Possession stats came into town and got waxed! I heard nothing for the Possession worshipers that day. And they were ALL over the Canes that game.
The Rangers Possession numbers are awful, maybe worst in the NHL. And now that they've lost 3 in a row ALL of the Corsi and Fenwick lovers have put on the house slippers and come out of their mom basement screaming: "Possession matters ABOVE ALL"
My point has always been, I prefer the stats that actually involve scoring the puck and preventing the puck from scoring, since that Is what matters in this sports. Again, I said "prefer"...I don't dismiss possession stats as They Dismiss Shooting % and Good Goalie play as "Luck" and "Variance".
So the WAR continues. Ive lost some and Won some. But Last year though, I Won plenty of battles in the war. I picked the Calgary Flames, In Nov., to make the playoffs while the Possession lovers shouted me down. I also picked the Flames to win in the playoffs over VAN. I picked the Capitals to beat the Islanders in the playoffs. The Isles were also a big possession team.
So again, another battle in the WAR -- Rangers vs Hurricanes, Gm2. My #'s made this -255...its sitting at -200. The Last time these teams played the number got as low as a Ridiculous -167 as the possession guy loaded up on CAR...And The Rangers BEAT THEM DOWN that game, btw.
Will they drive this Rangers line Down Again.