The Flames gaudy possession stats under Gulutzan have have amounted to a pile of magic beans in regards to success on the ice. As many have noted the possession stats have come as the expense of transition game and creativity. I'm pretty willing to bet most season ticket holders will agree that these possession stats have not provided much in the way of entertainment per dollar as the product looks lifeless and boring. Arguably the worst hockey that's been played in the dome since pre-Darryl Sutter Flames. The bottom line is that regardless of what the advanced metrics say this team doe not play visually well and the results in the standings back that up.
Sooner or later fans that rely too much on advanced stats to pass judgement have to look in the mirror and ask what's more important to them. A team that looks good by advanced stats or one that looks good on the ice because as we have seen these two things are not mutually exclusive.
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