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Originally Posted by Psytic
This definitely supports the eye test. They weren't any better defensively last year but I felt like their time in the offensive zone was a lot higher and the best defense is to keep the puck in the other teams zone so this supports that...
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The Flames were actually WAY better defensively last year, leading the League by a considerable margin in shots and shot-attempts allowed. They were 9th in goals allowed despite having a bottom-ten ranked team save percentage. That only happens with an excellent defense. It is considerably different right now, not just in the offensive zone.