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Originally Posted by New Era
Fancy stats are bull####. This last game was just more proof of that. The Flames didn't push and generate all those fancy stats until the game was over. Oh, but the fancy stats said the Flames dominated the game and got beat by a hot goaltender! A refrain we hear all too often, which tells me the system doesn't work worth a damn.
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FWIW most analytics supporters do consider the impacts of score effects during the game.
Yeah I think we can agree that the Flames put on a lot of pressure when they were down by 3 goals - but so would most teams in the league.
The problem for this team, as it has been for 2 years under Gulutzan, is playing like this when the score is close. Or more importantly from my perspective, the team's inability to put teams away when they are up by a goal. They don't create opportunities to put up a dagger and put teams away. They have no killer instinct, and give teams so many opportunities to get back in it.
That's Glen Gulutzan hockey. That's 50/50 hockey.