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Originally Posted by Textcritic
From Bingo's article:
Of course, this depends upon how "high danger scoring chances" are defined, but given that the same definition is applied to every other NHL team I expect it won't change the outcome.
Bingo has supplied some pretty compelling numbers. You have countered with "the coach is bad, and it just doesn't feel like the team is playing well."
I am strongly compelled to endorse his evaluation over yours.
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Sorry but that is not true. I have been validating my opinions with things like goal differential, goals scored, special teams etc. And I hate to break it to you but I have been right. The standings prove me right
The same standings prove the advanced stats wrong. Would I want to play LA in a playoff series right now? On paper should be a Flames sweep, right? Do we really believe that we would dominate them like that?
To me it comes down to simple things why I have reserved expectations.
Team is not scoring a lot.
Team is not defending well.
Special teams are spotty, were terrible earlier
The team is not really good at anything. Very average at most. Thus they are a bubble playoff team.
For that I blame coaching. Because I believe they should be more than that.
Bingo has compiled stats that appear to paint a picture that the team is ready to take off and be a much better team. And I don't want to completely discount it, but they have had these good underlaying numbers all season, yet they have not taken off. So I ask, can we really trust them?
Some say that the last 4 games are a sign of huge improvement. Well, we went from getting blown out to these tight games. But is losing 2-1 that much of an improvement?
I think the games are so over analyzed now that simple and proven indicators are being ignored. This team lacks consistency so I expect more of the same, an average team.