Couple of factors that fancy stats don't cover.
1) The Flames have exactly 1 injury (Vertsteeg) up to this point in time. There has to be a fancy stat that says that injuries to one of the 10 top players is likely to happen before this season is done. The 6/7 D and 12/13/14 forwards are not going to take up the slack.
2) The Flames are a soft team. They are #31 in hits. They don't score many dirty goals and have dirty goals scored against.
3) The Flames are slow. They are fast enough compared to other Flames teams but the rest of the league has stepped it up a notch.
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