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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is farcically, patently false. The 2016–17 Flames were far and away the best team in the NHL when leading into the 3rd period, winning 97% of the time. They were much better two years ago in this category than last year where they posted a 20th ranked 0.833 winning percentage. Based on this unassailable logic the team suddenly became demonstrably less skilled over the 2017 summer.
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Your highly skilled 2016-17 Flames had a HDCF% 48.73 % ranked 23rd /30 and a HDGF% of 48.47% ranked 18th.
In raw HDCF they 593 HDCF and were ranked 25th the league.
This team made the playoffs.
55.07 HDCF % rank 2nd and 50.87 HDGF% ranked 14th
The 2017-18 team generated 788 HDCF scoring chances 4th most in the league.
If these stats reflect skill and offensive prowess then the 2017-18 team was a lot better offensively than the 2016-17 playoff team.
IMHO the main difference between the 2 teams were that Backlund/ Frolik and Versteeg were top-6 players the first year and they were not close the 2nd second year.
These HDCF stats do not reflect this.