Quote:
Originally Posted by Vulcan
Some teams are good at scoring off the rush, others are good at scoring off the cycle. The cycle teams will have the better possession stats. Not having a good cycle and possession stats could partly be due to being a small team.
|
The Flames are a team that take away time and space, so I expect the opposition is forced into shots that aren't ideal. The Oilers could give up 15 shots and lose a lot of games, simply through golden chances and sub par goaltenders.
Lots of things can skew the numbers in favour of or against any team... And I think k the Flames are one that can consistently be out shot / outplayed to some degree and still be successful. Going back to January last year, it's a pretty long 'lucky' streak now.
That said, I'm sure it's bound to catch up with them... but I don't really care. I love watching this team. Any hockey fan does. I'm just going to enjoy it