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Originally Posted by New Era
No change. The system was faulty and relied on trying to get a lot of shots on the net, a majority of them poor scoring opportunities. The Flames don't need more time with the puck, they need to get better shots on goal and from better scoring areas. Shooting from the slot right into a defenseman or the goaltender's chest counts as a danger zone opportunity on net, but if the shot is into major traffic because the opposition has collapsed into a defensive shell the shot quality is still garbage. They Flames generated a lot of shots, but they weren't good shots, even from home plate. The eye test proved that.
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They're sure jamming a lot of defenseman in a tight space to make sure assertion correct
But I'll ignore all the data and just go with your eye test.
I just hope these teams don't figure out that they can defend against the rest of the league and not only the Flames this way.