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Originally Posted by Joborule
Did he really nail it though? Before the pause happened, it wasn't like Flames were guaranteed making a playoff spot. Sure the Flames record was good overall from when he took over. Not sure how they ranked compared to the rest of the league in the timespan, but it wasn't like Flames were playing flawless hockey. There was still warts that were of concern in their play, and as I said, they weren't in a secure enough position in the standings to believe they would've comfortably made the playoffs based on their pace.
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Turns out, no he didn’t nail it. My bad.
During Wards run as interim head coach (regular season, beginning November 29th):
- 4th in the Western Conference in Points Percentage (.607), behind St. Louis (.644), Vegas (.659), Colorado (.674)
- 16th most ROW
- 17th CF% (49.29)
- 16th xGF% (50.93)
...there’s absolutely nothing telling me Ward is anything but a replacement level coach. We did have the 7th best HDCF%, which could speak to a poor team shooting percentage but mixed with our absolutely mediocre and cruddy possession stats it just means we’ve reverted into a team that tries to score off the rush and doesn’t maintain possession (which matches the ol eye test) - which is not a path to sustainable success.
Sigh. I thought the underlying numbers would be stronger than this.
Mediocrity, thy name is the Calgary Flames.