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Originally Posted by FanIn80
But the two groups still scored the same goals and points per game. What differed between the two teams is special teams, shots for and against, +/- and goaltending. All of which are very much related to systems rather than just straight talent. Especially when you consider that our goalie had the best SV% in the league last year playing behind Hitch's system, but he's putting up the same lousy numbers that we've gotten from every other goalie while playing for us.
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Goals and Points per game are great. The Flames best players have played 500 less games in that time frame. Meaning other players with worse PPG numbers were playing in those 500 games for the Flames, which is a huge number, and likely accounts for much o the difference you are trying to assign stricktly to coaching.
Coaching played a role no doubt, Hitch is one of the best, better than our previous or current coach for sure, but he also had his best 15 players on the ice 25% more of the time than the Flames did in that time frame.