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Originally Posted by Caged Great

If the Flames had a goalie putting up a .918 sv%, they would have surrendered 45 fewer goals (not counting the 4-5 fewer empty netters because of the fewer losses)

If you look at it that way, our goal differential would be in the positive by about 10. That would put us in the same ball park as Minnesota, which the Flames would probably be in a dog fight with right now.

Yes it's simplistic to say that the lack of goaltending is the cause of the current situation, but it is a large part of it.

The Flames basically have 1/2 of their team being that of a contender and the other half being that of a bottom end AHL team.

Gaudreau, Monahan, Bennett, Frolik, Colborne, and Backlund are all high quality top 9 forwards, Gio Brodie and Hamilton are one of the top 1-3 defender groups in the NHL.

Every other player has played terribly this year save Deryk Engelland, who has played at a very Deryk Engelland like level. The other 11 players on the team are all replaceable, some preferably sooner than later.

The other side of that theory is that the flames give up a high ratio of quality chances to shots so an expected drop in save % for a goalie who plays here is a fair assumption.