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Originally Posted by Bingo
We need to look deeper into this.
Its not perimeter shots, the Flames were fourth in the league in scoring chances defined as "Scoring Chance For" with 2618, behind only Toronto, Chicago and Pittsburgh.
They were 3rd in the league in splits of said scoring chances with 55%.
They were 2nd in the league behind only Toronto in High Danger Corsi For (home plate unblocked) with 1077 (Toronto had 1078), and 4th in the league in high danger splits with 54.23% behind only Minnesota, Dallas and Caroline, just ahead of Tampa.
It's too simplistic to just rail against corsi stats with jockular comments about out corsiing the opposition or shooting from everywhere because the numbers say they got in the "kitchen" more than most clubs.
So why didn't they score?
Talent?
Are their "events" less dangerous than the rest of the league's due to how they set up?
I'm open to any and all of it, but deeming them a perimeter team isn't supported.
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Every single time someone challenges Gulutzan (and by extension, you), you run straight to these stats. But, what's interesting about all the teams you named in this post is that about half of them missed the playoffs.
It's almost as if the correlation between these stats and success are far,
far weaker than you are willing to admit.