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Originally Posted by zukes
The teams winning percentage is amazing since ward took over. I don’t get the hate. Yes, we’re not the high flying, outscore deficiencies team of last year, but this style of play will be better suited in the playoffs.
Colorado dominated the Flames last year by matching their style and being better physically and defensively
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The perception of coaches is so incredibly judged by their goaltender's performances, it's insane. I'm not talking about just Calgary, but league wide.
Right now, the Flames are relying on their goalies to steal them victories. They legitimately outplayed Minnesota (in Minny), Chicago and Edmonton to start 2020 but overall they're being saved by incredible goaltending.
They're a mess 5v5 but have the 2nd best 5v5 save percentage in the league (.941) and 3rd best save percentage overall (.920) since Ward took over.
Just for comparison, the league average save percentage is .908
It's great to get as amazing goaltending as we have, but it masks a lot of the Flames' big deficiencies.