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Originally Posted by Bingo
Out playing the opposition isn't a guarantee that you win. Happens in all aspects of life.
This argument gets so old.
Last season 8 of the top 10 teams in xGF% 5on5 were in the playoffs
Year before 8 out of 10
Year before that 9 out of 10
Teams that out play the opposition tend to do well, but if a team lacks the quality to finish, or doesn't have the goaltending to meet the average expected performance they can get in trouble.
If you don't have all world talent, not a bad idea to have a coach that can get the most out of what you have.
Under Sutter the Flames were 3rd in 5on5 xGF%, a great number but their 5on5 save percentage was 25th. If Markstrom struggles again this year (injuries etc) than I don't think they have the fire power to out score below average goaltending. If he's above average though (or even average honestly) they likely can generate enough to be a playoff team, maybe even better.
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Sutter always had top five xGF% in LA as well.
His team's spot in the standings always lagged the xGF%. Usually by quite a bit.
He got mostly great results but also missed the playoffs twice (granted one miss was with 95 points).
Maybe Sutter's coaching style does something to skew the xGF% stat a bit because you wouldn't expect it to outperform standings placement every single season.
Will be an interesting thing to watch this season.