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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
The difference between .907 and .911 (Average) is very small.
I don't think I'm wrong in stating that the Flames netminding was pretty close to average.
I mean they are tied with the St.Louis Blues at .907 and the Blues are in the middle third on that list.
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The Oilers were 0.24 goals per game from being in the bottom half of the league. A very small difference. See I can play that too.
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Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72
we finished 8th in the league in GF...how is that "overrated"?
the Flames finished 14 in GA with Gio, Brodie and Hamilton and haven't finished top 5 in GA since the Kipper years
no one is claiming the Oilers have a top 5 offense (although we did finish ahead of the Flames last year)...unlike some Flames fans are saying about their defense (although the Oilers finished ahead of them in that category too)
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Talbot's stellar play masked a lot of the Oilers D shortcomings. How many games were thenOilers outshot but still managed to win? The Oilers allowed 62 more shots against than the Oilers did and the Oilers were well below the Flames in CF%. Make no mistake, Talbot is the main reason the Oilers did as well as they did. He's going to remain superb to keep the Oilers afloat.
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Originally Posted by Oilers93
The Flames D are a big reason why their tending has been average to poor the last few years. They give up way to many quality chances and have to tighten up in their own end.
Our D is a huge reason why Talbot had the year that he had. Yes, he did his part but at the same time the D made it easy for him a lot of nights. The addition of Larsson was huge.
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Lol. Talbot bailed out the D, not the other way around.
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Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72
Sekera replaces Hamonic IMO
and the game isn't played on paper....the Oilers have finished ahead of the Flames in GA the past two seasons despite the Flames having Gio, Brodie and Hamilton on the roster and even adding Hamonic (-21) won't move the needle much...and why will it change?
Oilers have the better goalie, and their young defensemen (Larsson, Klefbom, Benning and Nurse) are under 25 and still getting better and better
The Flames have a nice set of offensive defensemen but are vastly overrated in their defensive abilities and the proof is there.
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Benning is a dime a dozen D-man right now and Nurse is projecting to bottom 2 guy.
Gio >> Larsson
Hamilton >> Klefbom
Brodie >>> Sekera
Hamonic > Russell
Stone = Benning
Kulak < Nurse