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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I chose to show the last 3 seasons because the roster was roughly similar from year to year.
The numbers do not lie:
- The Flames going from 1st to 30th in minor penalties taken
- The Flames going from a generally positive penalty differential team to a significantly negative penalty differential team directly after the Wideman incident doesn't scream coincidence to me
- I've watched every game this season, the numbers seem to corroborate with the eye test from what I've seen
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Most of the Flames top guys haven't shown a big increase in their penalty minutes though.
Guys like Giordano, Brodie, Backlund etc arent way up. A couple may be but you have guys like Gaudreau and Brouwer with minutes way down.
I'm looking at Bennett, Hamilton, Hathaway and Tkachuk as the main drivers in the increase in penalties. Tkachuk's number is pretty absurd for a guy that doesn't really fight.
Look at the guys the Flames moved at the deadline last season. Hudler, Jones, Russell, and Granlund. All super low pims guys. Who did they replace them with? Did Hathaway play more down teh stretch?
Maybe this needs to be looked into deeper before jumping to conspiracy theories.