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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
It's not a narrative, it's a fact. The Flames are playing a much more dominant style:
5v5
Flames under Sutter
55.03% CF
90.80% SV%
Flames under Ward
50.62% CF
92.53% SV%
The difference in goaltending quality is the only reason you don't perceive those results.
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When you've got corsi masters Nordstrom and Backlund driving those numbers and being some ( or the worst) of the least efficient offensive players in the entire league corsi can be a pretty misleading stat.
No doubt goaltending has been bad, but results are measured in wins and losses and nothing else.
It's great that the Flames are attacking 55% of the time but when that attack amounts to a toothless tiger its nothing to brag about.
Edit: goaltending has been poor, but a team that struggles to score more than 2 goals a game doesn't get to use that crutch.