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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Great article. Really liked the bit about passing into the danger zone. That speaks to what some of us have been saying about there being different degrees of high danger.
Then you also said this:
which I would again argue misses a third option, that maybe your chances just aren't as high quality.
Conversely, we also have this:
Pretty indisputable that there has also been some bad luck involved. IMO, bad luck is a residual of a lack of confidence. Hopefully, they get a little 'luckier' in the 2nd half.
There would be no way to quantify it I am guessing, but it would be interesting to see numbers on zone entries.
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What I see is a team that struggles to enter the zone, establish possession and move the puck quickly more often than naught adding up to a PP that is running at the worst % in the league since November.
I honestly do not get this bad luck or crossbar/post hitting rhetoric that has suddenly become the flavor of the week for a struggling offense. To me, this has and always will be viewed as a missed shot, nothing more, nothing less. To quantify offensive struggles as unlucky is simply a crutch. How is a shot into the goalies chest any less unlucky than a post or crossbar? Both are just poor shots in my eyes.