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I have found this recent stat to be interesting. I think obviously a team wants less penalties in critical moments, so by reducing penalties, you should be reducing important penalties. I do question the impact though, so I am looking back and comparing various penalty stats with final rankings. This is only using 2022 data. Based on the limited sample, I don't really think penalties are a good predictor of team success.
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My assertion is not that fewer penalties correlates with wins, but that fewer penalties shows that a team is disciplined and not prone to beat itself with silly mistakes. It's one of the few things we do that's almost entirely within our control.