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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Read Bingo's most recent stat breakdown of the team to see what's really going on with the Flames this year. Overall, they're a much better team. Unfortunately, like most young teams, they're extremely inconsistent. Goaltending has also not been very good this year outside of a hot stretch by Johnson. Any team with below average goaltending is going to struggle with consistency.
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I don't think that's what someone should take away from
Bingo's thorough review...
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.... But this is just shots on goal, and as stated above it doesn’t provide enough colour when it comes to whether or not a team is generating good shots, or just throwing the puck away from all angles.
So for that we look at the three Flames teams again, but this time in terms of scoring chances, which the league defines as shots from within the home plate area of the ice.
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This year under Gulutzan the Flames are on pace for 833 scoring chances, down 103 from last season, but have prevented 98 more against, giving a similar balance as last year, sitting at +4.
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So, compared to last season, Gulutzen has tightened the team up defensively (scoring chances against down by 98), but that has come at the cost of an even bigger drop in offense (scoring chance for down 103). So, they drop from a +9 SCF/SCA to a +4.
Combine that "advanced" metric of team performance with the blunt metric of the team having
only 4 more points than last year through 57 games, and I'm not sure how anyone can conclude that the team is "much better".