[JerryUnderscore]

I'm honestly confused at how people can look at the Flames this year and suggest the blame lies with Gulutzan.

1. The team is third in the division at 12-9-1. That's good for 6th in the conference and 13th overall. They're a team that has been winning games.

2. If we look at advanced stats, the Flames are 8th in the league in CF% (and 9th in raw corsi for).

3. If we want to look at scoring chances we're SCF% and 7th in raw scoring chances.

4. If we look at high danger scoring chances we're 7th in HDCF% and 10th in raw high danger chances. Points 3 & 4 suggest a team who is actually getting the puck to the dangerous areas of the ice rather than just taking wild shots from the perimeter.

5. The real problem is that our shooting percentage is terrible. We're 26th in the league with a shooting percentage of 6.87%

6. This terrible shooting percentage is mostly due to the fact that our bottom six shooting percentage has completely dropped off. However, just about everyone in the bottom six is shooting the puck at a rate around their career average.

Is it Gulutzan's fault that the bottom six that aren't scoring? If you would say yes, how? What systems has he implemented that has lead to their shooting percentage to crater?

Compared to Hartley, Gulutzan has the team playing a more defensive system rather than a run-and-gun system. This will typically result in winning games 3-2 rather than losing them 5-4.

This is not to say that Gulutzan and his coaching staff have been perfect. The special teams need some work and it would be nice to see the shots against come down. However, let's not act like this team is a train wreck in need of a coaching change.