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Originally Posted by ricardodw
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.
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I disagree. The biggest difference is that the entire 3M line dropped their on ice shooting percentage below replacement level player ... something that clearly doesn't match to what they are, and certainly doesn't match to each of the three players on ice career averages.
When a player, a line or a team (in this case all three) have their on ice shooting percentage cripple to that extent you clearly have a case of an expected correction.
Backlund is easily a top six forward and his numbers reflect that. Frolik has good possession numbers but has never been a true top six in my mind, but certainly a top six by league averages in production.