Until someone develops a good metric for shot quality, the Flames will look like an outlier. They deny their opponents prime scoring areas, forcing shots from lower percentage areas and when they attack, they drive towards the high percentage areas and eschew shots with little chance of success - it is collapse, absorb, counter attack with efficiency: rope-a-dope hockey
Compare this to Basketball - they deny their opponents scoring "in the paint" and aim to take more shots closer to the rim. That is a sport where they assess scoring areas differently, as well as situations - playing off a dribble vs pass, shooting from corner vs low post, etc. This is what hockey needs
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