If you're putting it down to confidence I don't think you're having as a honest a conversation about stats as you think you are.
The Flames made the playoffs last year and had what I assume in your mind was a respectable PDB total. They didn't make the playoffs this year and had a less than respectable PDB total. They had largely the same variables as last year except for 2 key variables in my mind: They lost offensive production from the backend by replacing Wideman and Engelland with Hamonic and Stone. A clear step up defensively in my opinion, but also a clear step down offensively.
Can you address how getting the same points per game from Hamonic and Stone as the team got from Wideman and Engelland would've impacted the team's final PDB stats?
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