Reading some posts above ... took a dive into the final four games only of that Edmonton series.
The Flames top guys (2 of 5 are now gone) just got ripped apart.
Rankings
Most xGA in 4 games
Lindholm 3.84
Gaudreau 3.83
Tkachuk 3.74
Anderson 3.66
Hanifin 3.16
Kylington 3.11
bid drop to guy #7
Most actual goals allowed in 4 games
Andersson 8
Lindholm 6
Gaudreau 6
Tkachuk 6
Hanifin 6
gap to 4
High danger chances against
Tkachuk 16
Lindholm 15
Gaudreau 15
Andersson 14
Hanifin 13
Zadorov 13
gap
Now based on ice time ... all /60
xGA60
Andersson 3.16
Lindholm 3.00
Hanifin 2.93
Tkachuk 2.87
Gaudreau 2.76
GA60
Andersson 4.94
Hanifin 4.34
Tkachuk 4.22
Lindholm 4.2
Ritchie 4.02
Lucic 3.80
HDCA60
Tkachuk 14.05
Lindholm 13.67
Gaudreau 12.84
Andersson 11.52
Hanifin 11.47
As someone said above with Tanev out way too much responsibility given to the Andersson/Hanifin pairing. And the Flames top line got their lunch fed to them.
I don't want to dogpile, they're good players playing against great offensive forwards, but for a guy that has always wanted to move on from this core I can't believe they've managed to pull that off this off season.
Hard to know what to expect starting this year's playoffs with Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Bennett and Monahan no longer around.
Hopefully Weegar adds another brick to the foundation so it's not 3 defenders being leaned on but four.
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