One thing to add - and this applies to the Leafs as well (who as much as the advanced stats like to crow about their collapse last year, they've pretty much been better than their stats for last two seasons besides a month collapse).
The Flames advanced stats suck mainly because the 4th line and 3rd defense pair aren't very good.
Those players play the vast majority of their minutes against other 4th lines. Getting whipped by poor offensive players doesn't hurt as much as getting whipped by 1st liners.
Take a game against Anaheim for example - The Flames have Gio/Brodie and some combo of non-Bollig/Bouma forwards out there against Perry/Getzlaf so possession is even or in the Flames favour.
Then the Ducks 4th line goes out there with Tim Jackman/Nate Thompson and co and they dominate the Flames. Those types of guys have 3-5% shooting percentages. Getting whipped by them isn't going to hurt much. Obviously you'd prefer to not have it happen, but if you are going to get whipped by a line, you'd want it to be Jackman/Thompson and not Getzlaf and Perry.
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