I am seeing a trend which is the opposite of the 14-15 Hartley campaign. Then it was winning, with a bunch of explanation how it was lucky and not sustainable. This year it is too many shoddy results with a bunch of excuses letting us know that advanced stats indicate domination of play and bad luck.
Then they were under dogs playing fast and with heart. The find a way Flames. Now they often play slow when they have possession and particularly when they are not on the rush.
Maybe we need to look at the assumptions behind the stats more so than drawing conclusions. There are far, far too many games where the stats are defied to warrant giving said stats such merit.
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