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Originally Posted by moon
The only problem I see with looking solely at shots against stats is that it ignores how many of those shots have come from guys standing alone in the slot with nobody around them.
The Flames may be good at limiting shots this year (helps when teams take periods off against them) but they are awful at covering the opposition in their own zone and have left guys wide open in prime scoring areas far too much this year.
Kipper hasn't been great but he also hasn't been getting a ton of help from his team as well.
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Last night, Butler's horrible turnover. Bouwmeester+Butler leaving a guy all alone in front of the net.
Game 1 (and 2) Giordano completely fails to clear a pick / man immediately next to Kipper.
Anyone that has watched this game should have seen instance after instance of the d-zone break downs by the team.
It is great that the shot totals are in our favor. But like you say, there have been way to many breakdowns to say this team has been strong defensively.