[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Chicago, Nashville and the Islanders lead the league in shot attempts. And they win lots.

When you get down to it, the Flames and Oilers are extremes on the same scale. Edmonton took lots of shots, but a lack of talent hampers them. Calgary doesn't take many, but we have ridiculous things happening like Lance Bouma scoring 16 and Josh Jooris 12, on top of our skill guys easily exceeding previous career highs.

So why does it work this year where it didn't last year?

Our shooting success is almost certain to regress next year. Hopefully another year of experience and growth will allow it to be smoothed out by possessing the puck more often.

How do you know those are ridiculous things? Those could be the norm for these players. I certainly haven't seen anything to suggest that either of them are flukes.