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Originally Posted by Quincy Egg
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They will likely follow the same path as the Colorado Avalanche.
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Your
underlying stats are oblivious to the not-so-underlying stats:
The 2014 Colorado Avalanche gave up 2671 shots against (25th best in the NHL) while getting Vezina-calibre goaltending (5th best sv% in NHL).
The 2015 Flames gave up 2381 shots against (12th best in the NHL) while getting league-average goaltending (15th best in NHL).
And before you toss in "Calgary and Colorado both rode an unsustainable shooting percentage"...
2014 Colorado Avalanche were 2nd in 5vs5 sh% (8.80)
2015 Calgary Flames were 2nd in 5vs5 sh% (8.88)
2015 Colorado Avalanche were 5th in 5vs5 sh% (8.75)
...so Colorado was still shooting very high percentages this year.
NTM Colorado lost a two-way Top 6 center in Paul Statsny while the Flames are about to lose.. Raphael Diaz and Ladislav Smid maybe. While adding David Schlemko, and hopefully full seasons from Mikael Backlund, Mark Giordano, Sam Bennett, Michael Ferland.