The Pittsburgh Penguins built a hockey team while ignoring many of the perceived requirements for doing so. As a result, they won the Stanley Cup. It's time for the Rangers, and everyone else, to join them.
The analytics debate should have been ended a long time ago. There has been more than enough, clear evidence for multiple years now that analytics in hockey are like your local weather report; it's not right every time, but enough of the time that you better take it very seriously.
The debate should have been over after Detroit and Pittsburgh dominated towards the end of the 2000s while leading the league in possession.