Below is the final Ranking on Dashboard Metrics data, which suggests that the eight finalists includes:

The Top 7 teams on Own Scoring Shots (GWS the exception)
Seven of the Top 8 teams on Opponent Scoring Shots (GWS the exception)
Six of the Top 8 teams on Own Scoring Shot Conversion (Melbourne and Western Bulldogs the exceptions)
Six of the Top 8 teams on Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion (Melbourne and Essendon the exceptions)
The Top 8 teams on Own Goals and Points
Seven of the Top 8 teams on Opponent Goals and Points (Essendon the exception twice)
Six of the Top 8 teams on Q1 Performances (Port Adelaide and Geelong the exceptions)
Six of the Top 8 teams on Q2 Performances (Melbourne and GWS the exceptions)
Six of the Top 8 teams on Q3 Performances (Western Bulldogs and Essendon the exceptions)
Seven of the Top 8 teams on Q4 Performances (GWS the exception)
All of the Top 8 teams on Quarters Won
All of the Top 8 teams on the MoS Win Production Function

The full Team Dashboard appears below, a few of the interesting things from which are that:

Sydney have recorded 56.2% of their Scoring Shots as goals, Fremantle only 45.3%
Collingwood’s opponents have registered 56.9% of their Scoring Shots as goals, Port Adelaide’s only 47.5%
Adelaide, Carlton, Gold Coast, and North Melbourne are the only teams to have been outscored by their opponents in each of the four quarters considered separately
Brisbane Lions, Melbourne, and Sydney are the only teams to have outscored their opponents in each of the four quarters considered separately
Geelong have scored only 19% of their points in Q1s
Essendon have scored more points than the three teams atop the competition ladder (but also conceded about 300 points more than all of them)
Western Bulldogs have won 84% of Q1s, but only 39% of Q3s
GWS have won 64% of Q1s and 61% of Q3s, but only 45% of Q2s and 36% of Q4s