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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It's been two games. I have very little faith that this core of players will carry it through. This is the same group that went 6-0 under the last coaching change.
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The 2019-20 Flames were a 49.38% CF team under Geoff Ward.
That 6-0 win streak was a mirage driven by a bump in shooting and save percentages that was probably inevitable after they had been one of the unluckiest teams in the league prior to that.
These "two games" have seen the Flames post a 63.13% corsi.
They've played elite hockey under Darryl Sutter and I'm not just talking about the fact that they won the games.
I'm talking about the fact that they've
dominated these games - against a division rival they are competing with for a playoff spot.
The last time I saw the Calgary Flames dominated a game like this was February 26th, 2019 when they absolutely suffocated the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. And even then, they were not getting the same calibre of in-game adjustments and individual instruction that is on blatant display.
Now read excerpt from this article:
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On Dec. 12, 2011, the L.A. Kings fired head coach Terry Murray. Under Murray, the Kings were 12th in the western conference, but still just two points out of a playoff spot. They hired Darryl Sutter to replace him on Dec. 17, 2011, and he made them an eighth seed playoff team with a five-point cushion.
Under Murray, the Kings were a .517% team with a 52.0% 5v5 CF. Under Sutter, the Kings became a .618% team with a 55.7% 5v5 CF. Although they still had to battle to make the playoffs, they very noticeably improved, and it’s paid massive dividends for the franchise. Murray had been coach since 2008, but the Kings hadn’t started making the playoffs until 2010; it took a coaching change to elevate them to the next level.
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That was 2015 when... Darryl Sutter was being cited as an example of the difference a coaching change can make.
http://flamesnation.ca/2015/10/31/th...nging-coaches/