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Originally Posted by New Era

I agree. Fancy stats just need to go away. They've been a crutch for fans of bad teams for years. They don't explain anything nor predict anything. They are a statistical excuses for bad systems and bad teams.

Yes! Let's toss out data because it is not precisely accurately effective. We are much better off with LESS information and no attempted innovations.

Throwing a ton of pucks at the net from low percentage areas does not trump a few pucks from high percentage areas. The Flames can skate around the perimeter and throw pucks from outside all night and all they do is generate a lot of shots with no goals...

This does not at all describe how the Flames played last season. It shows rather clearly that you do not understand how all the numbers and analyses that Bingo uses actually work,.

This was the Flames problem the past two years. The opposition was well positioned and kept the Flames to the outside and made them take low percentage shots. When opportunity was there for a quick transition it resulted in the Flames being on their heals, giving up great scoring opportunities, and in the end a bunch of goals. Sure, the Flames spent a lot of time in the offensive zone, but they generated nothing of significance during most of that time. Conversely, the opposition got great opportunities and they capitalized on them with a greater level of efficiency.

No. This is all wrong. As has been discussed numerous times over the summer the Flames were leaders in the Hague at generating chances and shots from high-danger areas on the ice, well inside of the perimeter. The Flames's problems were not so simply reduced to shooting from the outside, but I suspect had primarily to do with timing and comfort. That is, players held the puck too long and made too many passes without shooting.

It was system more than it was players. I really hope that Peters brings in a different system. If he doesn't, all of the retooling in the world won't make a bit of difference. The problems are systemic more than personnel. Yes, the additions should help, but if they play the same perimeter game and take the same useless shots from low percentage areas, we'll be reading more articles about Flames having bad luck or they are on the verge of breaking out, because fancy stats says so.

Descriptions of Peters's system sound subtly different, but I suspect the biggest and most necessary change will come from having a stronger voice and persona behind the bench.