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Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL
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.
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For some reason you think that is all on the coach though...Flames are a top six forward short...maybe two
Changing coaches mid season AGAIN just isn't gonna happen this year, organization wants stability, move on