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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I don't care what CF% says, the Flames have been great with the lead.
They shut down Dallas nicely
They ran away from Anaheim
They gave Toronto a few shots, but held them off
They shut down Boston
They shut down Columbus
And they shut down Detroit
What's not to like here?
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What's not to like, is that we give up way too many scoring chances when playing with the lead, both in terms of absolute numbers, and relative to the opposition. If we narrow it down to time spent while up by 1 goal, the numbers look even worse. Chad has been a beast for us in net, but the team needs to step it up and not give other teams so many opportunities to get back into it.
Obviously I like the results lately, but there's also a worrying trend there that the team has to be aware of.
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Originally Posted by thymebalm
CF% can't reflect strategy changes when playing with the lead unless you use close score CF or whatever.
I'm pretty sick of corsi as a measure of anything. Flames may have allowed shots but not chances so much. There is strategy beyond volume.
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This simply does not hold water. Our CF% with the lead is not good, but our SCF% and SCA per minute, with the lead, are even worse. For me, the numbers match the eye test as well. Too many times it's Chad bailing us out when we're playing with the lead.