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Originally Posted by Mike F
Not disagreeing with anyone per se, but using this as a jumping off point to talk about face offs. . . .
For a number of years one of my most well worn critiques of the Flames was their continual failure to sign or develop a strong face off man, and the team's overall poor face off performance. Then I came across this article from Sports Illustrated, and was pretty shocked by the conclusions it presented. . . . |
I have heard of these findings before.
I wonder if faceoff stats are so inconsequential when compared in powerplay/penalty kill situations only.