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Originally Posted by Bingo
If the deep dive into video proves the opposite, that the Flames do have equivalent danger rates of contending teams when it comes to rating scoring chances then you have this;
a team that out chanced their opponents greatly but didn't score
If that's the case then I don't fire the coach.
Personally I think there is something in the Flame's system that would come out of the deep dive and give you an answer to why they have great numbers but not actual great scoring chances.
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I think if you've got it right Bingo. Anyone watching this season could see that this team was working hard in the offensive zone to create scoring chances and manufacture goals. But they just simply don't have the natural talent.
They did a good job last season and managed to finish 16th in goals. but there was too much regression this season from too many players that even the career years and a better goaltender could not overcome.
The coaching staff has shown success in many areas that a lot of posters are complaining about. Powerplay was very good for a long period of time. In game management contrary to popular belief is quite good as this team was something like 50-0-3 when they were leading going into the 3rd. Mental weakness is another common criticism, but this team was ranked 12th and 13th in games which they were trailing after the 1st and 2nd.
People might hate the coaching staff and blame them for everything that has gone wrong with this team, but with a deeper roster and/or less injuries, this team could've easily been a playoff team. But as everyone saw, with every injury, this team just could not recover which tells me that the roster was too shallow.
When the Jets lost their #1 center Scheifele, they were still winning at a high rate. Same with the Leafs when they lost Matthews, they didn't skip a beat. conversely, when we lost Monahan our season tanked, when we lost Versteeg, our PP turned to crap, when Smith was injured, we couldn't recover. Everything that I see leads me to believe it's more of a roster problem than a coaching problem and Treliving even validated my opinion with his end of season presser when he said we need to find more skill which is what I've been screaming for all season.