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Originally Posted by Textcritic
But top half of the league in 5-v-5 possession. The previous two seasons the Flames were a top-ten scoring team. I think last year was probably a down year for them offensively.
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Does possession win games though when the goals aren't there? WHen they were previously a top offensive team they were the worst defensive team in the league. They were literally sacrificing goals against to play a more offensive oriented style of hockey. It remains to be seen if they can be a top 10 team in either category without sacrificing one of them.
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This is flatly wrong, and I don't know where you are getting your numbers. The Flames were ranked 20th in 5-v-5 scoring last year and 12th in 3-v-4 scoring. I agree it is not great, but this was in what looks to be an off year.
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I might be wrong, but the team scored 73% of their goals at even strength.
This little chart says the only team in the league last year to score fewer total goals at even strength than the flames and still make the playoffs was Ottawa.
https://www.sportingcharts.com/nhl/s...al-ratio/2016/
https://www.sportingcharts.com/nhl/s...rcentage/2016/