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Originally Posted by squiggs96
How is it disingenuous? It's a stat that is representative of the entire season. It's also one that usually correlates to making the playoffs...
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It's disingenuous in that a -36 goal differential can be construed on its own to indicate a terrible team, but there are a number of significant mitigating factors which strongly suggest that the Flames are better than their current goal differential. My point is not to ignore the fact that there are issues—clearly, there are problems with the team that need to be resolved. My concern is that the goal differential on its own exacerbates the problems, and I am not remotely convinced that the Flames are as bad as this number suggests.
I agree with Treliving, here: "Things are never as bad as they seem ... The first instinct is we have to blow the whole thing up. I don’t think we’re in that mode."