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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I don’t like the use of the word fake in this context. Stupid Trump and people who say what he says.
But say a team with a quick transition game gets an odd man rush, generates a truly dangerous scoring chance, and scores a goal on their first shot. Then they return to the neutral zone with only one corsi event to show for it. That’s not sustained pressure. And doesn’t out corsi anyone. And is something the Flames were bad at last year.
Meanwhile, the team that gets all 5 guys ready to move together, while the opposing team sets up the D structure, is kept to the outside, and may get rebounds, leading to more Corsi events. They may try to pick corners and miss, and may pick up the pucks that are moved away from the front of the net into the corners or the outside, because that’s where their players are.
That’s what 14-15 Hartley let other teams do. Fill your boots with shots from the outside. That’s what Gulutzan’s Flames did.
Maybe it’s semantics. The other teams let the Flames have the puck to the outside and take low percentage shots until they can regain possession. You can call it sustained pressure, but it is arguably equal parts rope a dope.
There is no narrative that changes what we saw last year. Lots of shots, not dangerous, losing hockey.
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I agree with most of that ... until the end.
The Flames were high in slot metrics as well, they weren't a shooting from the perimeter team.
They were 8th in scoring chances, and 4th in high danger corsi events, they had plenty of time shooting from the areas where you are more likely to score. (splits 3rd and 2nd as percentages)
But I think they were down the list in shots that came from passes that would force movement from the goalie and with that they were unable to use where they were to their advantage.
This off season they've acquired passing pieces almost primarily. Hanifin is an elite entry guy, Lindholm is off the charts in passes leading to shots, so is Ryan. Neal is a one timer expert playing the off side.
They clearly saw the same thing in their post season analysis.