Why have the Carolina Hurricanes turned to Analytics and Advanced stats?

Given Carolina’s sudden transition to become a team based of analytics and advanced stats, what is the reason the team has decided to put their faith in microstats?

For those of you that don’t know, the Carolina Hurricanes have become absolute analytical favorites. They are among the best in terms of most analytics and advanced stats including but not limited to:

Corsi differential (For those that don’t know, Corsi is the amount of shot attempts taken in a game)

x_GF (expected goals for, this is usually based off of the quality of the shots the team gets combined with the amount of shots)

X_GA/60 (expected goals against per 60 minutes, this is the amount of goals any team would be expected to…