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Originally Posted by FireFly
Do standings not matter? Isn't the point to win a Stanley Cup? Pretty hard to do that with great Corsi but being outside of the playoffs.
What does success mean to you, Bingo? What would a successful season look like? If it isn't standings, what else is it?
For me, personally, while the standings are great and playoffs are even better, I'd like to watch hockey that doesn't bore me to death.
GG failed at all of those things.
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There are certainly fans that are overly sympathetic to underlying numbers, who are in the minority compared to what I would call the majority of fans that now respect the advanced stats as a whole, but still realize they need to be viewed as an additive tool to analysis.
Beating the drum on the former is totally fine with me, but acting shocked whenever someone disagrees with that notion is a bit over the top. The bottom line is the Flames have been failing in the standings more than they've been winning for a long time now and this is ultimately all that matters in the success department for any fan.
I personally can't bare anymore talk centered around how the team is dominating possession but was just unlucky like last season. At some point you have to call a spade a spade and own it as a franchise. If Peter's can't get the team into the playoffs as a start, I think its a clear sign that this group simply isn't anywhere near good enough and might never be when the GM has essentially overhauled the roster, coaching and management around it, in many cases more than once already.