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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Yeah we are first in the league in shots from those areas with 948.
But rank 29th (11.71%) in the league in converting on those chances from the high danger areas.
Last year the Flames ranked 9th in finishing those chances (14.58%).
That difference in shooting percentage equates to 27 goals. As mentioned part of that might be them getting "lower quality" high danger chances but it's hard to really say what causes that big of a shooting percentage drop.
And it's also a decent stat to be top 5 in looking back. Going back 5 years every Stanley Cup finalist has been at least in the top 10 of generating these chances. Pittsburgh finished top 5 each of the last two seasons.
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Drop in % definitely due in part to a major dip in production from guys like Frolik, Brouwer, Stajan and etc. I agree the "high danger" chances might be lower quality, but I hold the belief that if we had better shooters/snipers, those pucks would be in the back of the net.
We've blown a lot of grade A opportunities this season where I thought many times, how did that no go in? Fact is, we don't have the type of shooters as teams like the Jets who have Laine, Scheifle, Ehlers and etc who can create their own shots and beat goalies from far distances.