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Originally Posted by Ashasx
That doesn't make any sense.
Even the best face off guys in the league only float around 55%. Players don't get suddenly better or worse on the dot just because they are on special teams.
You mean to tell me that the Flames suck on the PK because they lose the faceoff 55% of the time (at most)?
No, that doesn't make sense.
Our PK sucks because we collapse towards the net in an effort to block shots. We give the opposition so much time and space that they can cycle to puck as low as the top of the circle with no pressure. We only have one guy up top, and he roams around, giving the other team way to much time to make any play they want.
It's not because of faceoffs. It's because of bad coaching.
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I'm not saying it's the reason the PK sucks, just that winning the draw on the PK is an important part of killing the penalty. If there are 3 faceoffs during a PK and you lose all of them, you may still kill it off, but it will be harder.
And this is one time where I don't think you can look at the larger sample size and just assume 1/2 the draws on the PK are won. and have to take it draw-by-draw. Sure most people float around 50%, but that could still mean they lose every PK draw just because ( number of reasons; aren't bearing down enough, face better faceoff players during those draws, etc...).
Toews could win 60% of his draws, but still lose all of his d-zone PK draws. Conversely, a player could go 30% on the dot, but end up winning all d-zone pk draws.
This stuff doesn't happen on a spread sheet.