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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
What worries me about this discussion, is that many are sounding much like Leafs fans did last year. "Sure the stats are bad, but that is because our system creates high grade shots", or "Our goalies can sustain the save percentage, because our defensive system allows more low grade shots". Neither of those held out, and the stats argument proved correct.
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The same argument was made about the 2003-04 Flames (who had a deliberate strategy, after Kiprusoff arrived, of letting teams shoot from the outside and clearing the path so Kiprusoff could see them to make the save). In that case, it turned out that the save percentage and GAA were sustainable – all the way to game 7 of the finals. So there are examples on both sides. Which side this year's Flames will fall on is precisely what is in question, and you can only deny the doubt by denying that the other side exists.
To start by making an argument from statistics, and then suddenly do a 180 and finish your argument with pure anecdotes about the Leafs one season and the Wild another season, is too acrobatic for my taste. My head hurts. There are many ways to make an argument from statistics, but this is not one of them.