“130223 Calgary Flames salute” by Resolute – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons.

Hockey Talk is a (hopefully) weekly series where you will get to view the dialogue amongst a few of the Hockey-Graphs’ contributors on a particular subject, with some fun tangents.

Prior to the summer moves, we discussed here that the Calgary Flames looked poised to regress, hard. The Flames were one of the most out shot teams to make the playoffs, and the most out shot team ever to make the second round. After making the playoffs with 97 points in a weak pacific, it seemed like they were unlikely to repeat. But, then this summer, the Flames made some interesting moves.

This week we look at whether or not the Calgary Flames will repeat their success or regress out of the playoffs:

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Semin, the pinup girl and eternal darling of the Corsi asylum, is the prime example of how utterly BS advanced stats are in hockey.

— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) July 24, 2015

It happened again.

Someone said something against Corsi; maybe even in jest with some slight sarcasm. The masses counter attacked. Then two sides started to fire shots at the other.

It is not the first time, and it won’t be the last time.

In some ways, I understand and agree with the sentiment of letting things just go. Move on. Often we are only preaching to the choir.

Still, it’s an opportunity to teach and use examples of misconceptions, and also warn against potential issues. There are some thirsty to know more.

This is not the first time I’ve written in response to misconceptions, but alas here we are.

Let’s take a look.

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