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Originally Posted by Mike F
The Flames started the season (the first 14 games) going 7 for 49 (14.9%). They then had an 9 game stretch where they went 11 for 32 (34.4%). That was followed up by a 34 game stretch where they went 14 for 97 (14.4%).
The team finally went to Gio and Hamilton on the point (instead of the 1D, 4F umbrella) in the last 6 games, and have gone (a completely unsustainable) 9 for 21 (42.9%).
So, no, they were not "very proficient for roughly 1/3 of the season". Prior to the recent change of personnel and tactics, they were extremely hot for 9 games, and terrible for 48.
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Clearly you’ve done more research than I have, nice work. However, powerplays run hot and cold all the time and fact is, when your sitting close to the top 10 amongst the league for the first 1/3 of the season, that’s pretty darn proficient relatively speaking. Also, having a powerplay finishing top 10 last year in an 82 game season along with a strong performance in the playoffs I think is a pretty good sample size.
So no matter what everyone thinks or how badly everyone wants certain guys fired, Treliving will be evaluating the entire body of work, not just a bad stretch or 2. Man, I can’t even imagine how badly this place would burn to the ground if we were actually the 31st ranked team.