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belsarius · 10-17-2018, 11:38 AM

I think this still passes with the eye test. Last year's Flames got a lot of rubber on net from a variety of places, and not just low danger shots.

I think the data still doesn't reconcile the difference between high danger and a high danger quality shot. The Flames were effective at getting into the home base to take a shot, but, as been stated by others, it doesn't show how ineffective they were at getting opposing goalies to move laterally. In the first 5 games this season I feel that they have been much better at getting pucks across the Royal Road and the goals have come from it.

Do they show the data broken down into success rates for the high/medium/low split? I would be interested in seeing how good the Flames were at converting those high danger compared the the league, as well as overall. If they scored below the average in all splits I can see more of a luck/shooting issue, but if they were average in the low/medium but below average in high then I can see it as a shot selection/quality issue instead of luck.

10-17-2018, 11:38 AM	#5
belsarius First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cranbrook Exp:	I think this still passes with the eye test. Last year's Flames got a lot of rubber on net from a variety of places, and not just low danger shots. I think the data still doesn't reconcile the difference between high danger and a high danger quality shot. The Flames were effective at getting into the home base to take a shot, but, as been stated by others, it doesn't show how ineffective they were at getting opposing goalies to move laterally. In the first 5 games this season I feel that they have been much better at getting pucks across the Royal Road and the goals have come from it. Do they show the data broken down into success rates for the high/medium/low split? I would be interested in seeing how good the Flames were at converting those high danger compared the the league, as well as overall. If they scored below the average in all splits I can see more of a luck/shooting issue, but if they were average in the low/medium but below average in high then I can see it as a shot selection/quality issue instead of luck. __________________ @PR_NHL The @NHLFlames are the first team to feature four players each with 50+ points within their first 45 games of a season since the Penguins in 1995-96 (Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Tomas Sandstrom). Fuzz - "He didn't speak to the media before the election, either."