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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
What I take issue with are statements like "dominant in every facet of the game" and "best in the league" when we're still having discussions about why the defense isn't getting it done in their own end. They're a good pairing, but with Mike Smith playing the way he is you would think a team with such a "dominant" pairing would be a bit better than 22nd overall in goals against, unless you believe that Brodie/Hamonic really is dragging the team down that hard.
Teams with true dominant pairings backed by solid goaltending (Columbus, Nashville, Anaheim, for example) tend to do very well at limiting chances consistently, which I have yet to see from the Flames.
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Teams that are good defensively don't do it with a single elite top pairing, they do it through team defense.
Back to the original point though, the underlying numbers show that Dougie/Gio is one of the top pairings in the league. You dispute this, correct? What do you take issue with? Do you believe the numbers are false? Do you not put very much importance on those types of stats?
You don't think they are a top pairing. Do you have evidence to back this up?
If you are using the GA as evidence, I don't think that is very fair. Edmonton, for example, has one of the worst GF, yet I think most would agree McDavid is one of, if not the most elite offensive threats in the game. Their offensive issues stem from other parts of the line up, just as our defensive problems are likely because of other parts of the team (highly unlikely that it would be as a result of one of the league's best d pairings).