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Originally Posted by _Q_
But see the thing is, Calgary is built differently than those teams. I think what happens most of the time, is people attribute individual stats to the entire team which doesn't paint an accurate picture.
Take Pittsburgh for example. You have Malkin, Crosby and possibly Letang that are highly skilled offensively. You would expect them to have higher shooting percentages than the likes of Hudler, Monahan or Glencross. Then you have the next level guys like Sutter and Kunitz who are probably on the same level as most of our forwards and then you have a whole bunch of players that would have a tough time cracking the Flames fourth line. What I'm saying is that the Flames skill is more evenly spread out, while you can argue that Pittsburgh's high shooting percentage is being propped up by a handful of guys. We also forget that Giordano and Brodie have emerged as elite or at least star defencemen that can produce the type of offence that most teams can't match.
So really, there's nothing "unsustainable" when it comes to our high shooting percentage.
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Yeah, but the Flames are converting at a rate that'd be similar to having a Getzlaf on each line and that's not sustainable. His on-ice s% over the last 4 seasons is 10.17%; Calgary's is currently 10.16%.
Maintaining those kind of numbers just isn't really possible unless you've got a line or two with superstar players, and even then over 10% for a whole team is almost unheard of in an 82 game season.