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Originally Posted by MoreDrank
That's why you have to look at other numbers in addition to "possession numbers" which I'm assuming you mean your corsi and fenwick numbers.
He's shooting at 4.3% right now, way below league average. He's shooting at the net. He's getting his chances. Sooner or later those shots are going to start going in.
Doesn't mean a complete fail for possession numbers. Just that you can't look at any stat in isolation.
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I was referring to them all in the aggregate.
And that is precisely the point. He may have good Corsi numbers, but if you look at the chances he is creating (very soft shots from non-scoring areas) and compare that to the chances his opponents are getting (point blank), he is losing the battle by a mile.
The numbers say he has been fine.
BUt anyone watching Flames games knows he has been anything
but fine so far this year. (I have always been a Backlund supporter)