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Originally Posted by burnitdown
I'm not sure it's safe to say any of the points you made. We're average at best for goal scoring
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5th best over the last 42 games is average at best? I don't put much stock into those first 9 games where everything was a mess, as being half as representative of this team as the majority of the season.
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and most of our offense comes from our top line of F/D...which is a worry if injuries hit.
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Every team gets most of their offense from their top line, including the Stars and Panthers. The teams that don't are stacked.
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Goaltending is pretty much worst in the league so I'm not sure how much worse it has to get before we consider it a gaping hole.
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Goaltending is the worst in the league because they had one bad month? Since Nov 1st they're tied for 11th best Goals-Against. I put more stock into most of the season rather than one bad, and mismanaged, month. Even Rask had a bad month.
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And our penalty kill is last, so even if it's not reflective of our play, it's hard to argue it's a strength.
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It's last because it was bad in the first two months. That doesn't mean that it's the functionally worst PK in the league right now. If could very well be the best PK in the league right now, but PK% will tell you that because they couldn't kill a penalty to save their life in November, that it's been the worst PK all season.
Between Oct 1 and Nov 30th (24 games), the Flames allowed 19 goals against in 102.6 Shorthanded Minutes and 83 penalties taken.
Between Dec 1 and Now (27 games), the Flames have allowed 7 goals against in 87.8 Shorthanded Minutes and 72 penalties taken.